Quebec’s ‘green’ zeal likely to push Trudeau government’s climate policies
Indeed, BQ MPs often attack the Trudeau Liberals in the House of Commons for being beholden to the energy sector in Western Canada.
“So the question the parties have to think about is protecting their base of support and expanding their base,” said Bratt. Quebec’s unique-in-the-country attitudes on climate and the environment-sense of being green were unearthed in a series of polls conducted by the Privy Council Office through the late spring and summer of 2022 – polling data just recently released to Global News as a result of a federal access to information request.
The PCO conducts weekly live-agent polls of all Canadians on a range of issues and, in its Aug. 14 survey, it asked respondents if the government should “focus more or focus less” on climate change. Counting just the responses from outside Quebec, 48 per cent said more and 25 per cent said less. But for Quebec only, a whopping 71 per cent said Ottawa should focus more on climate change and just 7.4 per cent said Ottawa should focus less.
Asked if climate change or inflation should be a higher priority for Ottawa, the pattern held again. While 41 per cent of respondents outside Quebec chose inflation compared to 25 per cent who chose climate change, among respondents in Quebec a clear majority, or 56 per cent, picked climate change while 30 per cent picked inflation.
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