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Now that Mr. Kenney has been declared a winner, readers may find it useful to keep his party’son hand to watch for how closely he sticks to his promises. For disappointed NDP supporters, the platforms are also useful as a reference for the inevitable time when the NDP needs to adjust its positions as it adapts to official opposition status.Both leaders campaigned vigorously on promises to expedite the construction of a pipeline to get Albertan oil to alternative markets.
The uptick pushes Canada even further away from its Paris climate-change agreement pledge to slash emissions to 70 per cent of what they were in 2005 by 2030.: Activists in Vancouver who have spent decades holding smoke-ins to push for cannabis legalization say their work isn’t done. This Saturday,will once again be held in a waterfront Vancouver park. Once again, it will be an unsanctioned festival featuring booths selling all manner of unlicensed cannabis products.
, in the short-term at least. The announcements that drew the most fanfare, and engendered the most support from Albertans, were highly symbolic in nature.”As Mr. Trudeau prepares for a fall federal election, Ms. Notley’s defeat means. Mr. Kenney’s election means B.C. Premier John Horgan is the only provincial leader west of Quebec to support a carbon tax. That makes Mr. Horgan the most important ally Mr. Trudeau has on environmental action.
And Mr. Horgan has his own needs, from federal support to combat money laundering to cash for affordable housing and transit projects." Campbell Clark notes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau now faces a challenge to make his climate-change plan heard amid the din from Ontario Premier Doug Ford and now, Jason Kenney:Back in 2015, at his first premiers’ conference, Mr. Trudeau had a group of Liberals and New Democrats singing about the need to act on climate change. The objection of Saskatchewan’s then-premier Brad Wall was on a different page and barely came through the chorus that carried Mr. Trudeau’s message.
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