Canadians must not be deterred from making climate action a ballot-box issue in 2025, despite a U.S. election that saw a climate-change denier win the presidency
The issue of climate change took a bit of a back seat in the recent U.S. presidential election. Americans were more focused on immigration, the economy and reproductive rights. But that doesn’t mean the climate crisis didn’t play a part in the results. In fact, it wasinto office. And here in Canada, we may soon suffer a similar fate if we don’t get properly informed – quickly.. found that 60 per cent of Canadians believe climate change is a fact and that it is mainly caused by human activities.
What may come as a surprise is just how much intentional disinformation around climate change has infiltrated our public discourses and poisoned political perspectives, particularly on the right. In September, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted two employees of RT, the Russian state-funded news outlet, for paying US$10-million to American company Tenet Media to spread climate misinformation across the U.S. and Canada through its roster of social-media influencers.
The fallout from the growing volumes of climate misinformation can be seen in Canada, too. As Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre vows to dismantle Justin Trudeau’s climate and energy policies – a strategy increasingly at odds with the global push toward cleaner, renewable energy – his party leads in the polls.
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