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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-votes-newsletter-issue-13-premiers-meeting-1.5201976
A premiers' meeting without fed-bashing? Don't bet on it
4095 Comments
Jason Smith
In my humble but learned opinion, the party that pushes the climate-scam agenda the least, will win a majority this fall.
What is also certain is that the Liberals will be history, most likely going the way of the dodo , like their Provincial cousins in Ontario.
Mo Bennett
Reply to @Jason Smith: and if voters elect reformacons, you will see for the very first time in history, dodo's returning from extinction.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jason Smith: In my humble methinks the Premiers should discuss the lawsuit I filed in Federal Court in 2015 and all the emails from me that they thanked me for over the years since the last writ was dropped and Mr Prime Minister Trudeau the Younger won a big mandate N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
Reply to @mo bennett: YO MO Methinks the tag team of Jody and Jane agree the # 1 objective is to elect many Independents to sit in the 43rd Parliament in order keep whoever wins a minority mandate accountable to all N'esy Pas?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/jason-kenney-premiers-calgary-stampede-1.5203338
Premiers to meet at Calgary Stampede in advance of Council of the Federation
641 Comments
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David R. Amos
Methinks folks need to relax and enjoy the circus then vote accordingly in October N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
Methinks the Premiers should discuss the lawsuit I filed in Federal Court in 2015 and all the emails from me that they thanked me for over the years since the last writ was dropped and Trudeau won a mandate N'esy Pas?
Marian Frances
Reply to @David R. Amos: after 78 comments on one article methinks none of us care what you think.
David R. Amos
Reply to @marian frances: Methinks apathy rules the day but you best check again not everybody agrees with you N'esy Pas?
Jim Redmond
I wonder when Mr. Trudeau (he's not my Prime Minister) will visit the Calgary Stampede to be booed out of the city.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jim
Redmond: Methinks you forgot Mr Prime Minister Trudeau The Younger used
our money to buy a pipeline that made a lot of greasy gassy oily dudes
in Calgary very happy N'esy Pas?
Jim
Redmond
Reply to @David R.
Amos: Interesting perspective, but virtually no one was happy when the
Liberals bought TransMountain (and paid way too much for it, but the
way) because it didn't solve the problem of the stunning lack of federal
leadership. Do tell how buying TransMountain helped.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jim Redmond: I never said it did
Irv Millar
Reply to @Jim Redmond: Is that you Donald?
Jim
Redmond
Reply to @Irv Millar: Please explain.
Marian Frances
Reply to @David R. Amos: you are the only commenter here that sounds greasy and gassy to me...
Joe Smith
Conspicuously absent from an appearance at the stampede, none other than Justin Trudeau. A tradition among Prime Ministers that care about all of Canada.
Jim Graham
Reply to @Joe Smith:
It's only Monday .. Trudeau will be there later this week.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jim Graham: Of that I have no doubt Methinks everybody knows Mr Dressup loves a parade N'ey Pas?
Marian Frances
Reply to @David R. Amos: now it's n'ey pas?
David R. Amos
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Reply to @marian
frances: Clearly you care to read all my comments if only to notice that
my keyboard is getting old and cranky just like you N'esy Pas?
Danny Devo
Imagine the stuff they talk about. Did he invite that useless geezer from NB as well? This should be very intellectually challenging, this meeting. Main topic? How can we plunder this nation and get serious appointments after we leave politics. Typical cons.
David R. Amos
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Reply to @Danny Devo: YUP
Claude DeRoche
The Crown Prince of Bermuda will join the carbon tax fight at a cost of $20 million.
that's like 10 "Jeux de la Francophonie"
A lot of taxpayers money to waste!
Vickers will send the Irving Boy packing!
David R. Amos
Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Methinks you should say Hey to Mr Vickers for me N'esy Pas?
Claude DeRoche
Conservatives name former Rebel Media director Hamish Marshall as 2019 campaign chair.
Man who helped Andrew Scheer win party leadership set to run Tory federal election campaign
CBC News · Posted: Oct 17, 2017
Scheer walks out on media when asked about campaign manager’s Rebel ties Oct. 16, 2017. Sean Kilpatrick
Charlie Wood
Reply to @Claude DeRoche:
Newsflash, this is 2019.
Newsflash, this is 2019.
Mac Isaac
Reply to @Charlie
Wood: C'mon Charlie...that's simply silly. M. DeRoche was just giving us
all a little biographical detail about the calibre of person heading up
your party's election campaign. That's kosher isn't it?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Too Too Funny
Mac Isaac
If you've ever heard of the "pendulum" swing in terms of mass psychology you will understand what I mean when I say this election could possibly have international ramifications. If there is a swing back to a Conservative government it might mean the continuing tilt of the world's ethos towards more insular and populist right wing government. We've seen it happen next door, in Europe (U.K., Hungary, Poland, Italy, and most recently in Greece) and Australia. To me this election is more about stopping that trend than it is about being pro-Trudeau. It's about whether or not we believe in social equality and justice or if we prefer creating walls and other barriers to sublimate our wills to those of the super rich and powerful. Keep in mind that our own former Prime Minister (Harper) is now travelling the world as one of the biggest proponents of that populist hyper right wing ideal...in fact has just recently offered his services to the pro-Brexit Conservative leaders in the U.K. The current Conservative leader is none other than Harper's Canadian junior proponent. Canada has always been an outlier in so many areas of human endeavour and it's my profound hope we are in this instance.
Stop this continued pendulum swing to the right!
David R. Amos
Reply to @Mac Isaac: Methinks you should put your name on the ballot in Fundy Royal and debate in the next election N'esy Pas?
Jordan Harvey
Reply to @David R. Amos:
N'esy pas...??? really...? That is so wrong I won't even try to explain it to you...MD espece de salaud.....!
N'esy pas...??? really...? That is so wrong I won't even try to explain it to you...MD espece de salaud.....!
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jordan Harvey: Methinks we should all feel relieved N'esy Pas?
Jordan Harvey
Reply to @David R. Amos:
Dude...N'esy is not a word in any known language...!!!
Dude...N'esy is not a word in any known language...!!!
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jordan
Harvey: Methinks the folks in Fundy don't care what some snobby Anglo
dude thinks of our parle in the Chiac lingo N'esy Pas Roger?
Roger Richard
Reply to @David R.
Amos: The use of correct words are important for people to understand
each other. But I believe that « N’esy Pas? » are nice words to signe
off.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Roger Richard: Aww Shucks Merci mon ami.
Dave Ewanchook
But they sure will look Gosh Darn Purdy with their new hats. All show no substance.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Dave Ewanchook: I Wholeheartedly Agree Sir
Claude DeRoche
Kenney is happy that Higgs will return New Brunswick's equalization transfers back to Ottawa
once N-B voters refuse fracking!
One billion dollar in extra debt for N-B!
once N-B voters refuse fracking!
One billion dollar in extra debt for N-B!
Bob Ols
Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Why refuse expansion of your natural resources? NB'ers extracted coal for decades, now they have an option to produce their own natural gas and create high paying jobs.
Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Why refuse expansion of your natural resources? NB'ers extracted coal for decades, now they have an option to produce their own natural gas and create high paying jobs.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Bob Ols: Methinks you should put your name on the ballot in Fundy Royal and debate in the next election N'esy Pas?
Reply to @Bob Ols: Methinks you should put your name on the ballot in Fundy Royal and debate in the next election N'esy Pas?
Jackie Claxton
Kenney's threat is just one of the reasons to hurry up electrification of BC.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jackie Claxton: Methinks a lot of folks know Kenney is quite a joker N'esy Pas?
Jackie Claxton
Reply to @David R. Amos: Yes... the court jester is on the throne, while our leaders play the fool.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jackie
Claxton: Methinks all the fools know I am the court jester who sued the
Queen when Harper was our Prime Minister N'esy Pas?
Mack Leigh
Number 1 objective should be to ensure the ousting of Trudeau and his band of cohorts !!!
David R. Amos
Reply to @Mack Leigh:
Methinks the tag team of Jody and Jane agree that the number 1
objective should be to elect as many Independents as possible to sit in
the 43rd Parliament in order keep whoever wins a minority mandate
accountable to all N'esy Pas?
Daryl
McMurphy
Kenny's
province has 34 HOC seats, Fords has 121. Scheer is being dismantled by
Ford in Ontario and Scheer has little chance of support in QC (78 seats
) after the damage inflicted by Harper in the name of Conservatism. No
matter how intent Kenny campaigns for Scheer in Conservative land
Alberta, Scheer will never have the votes to win. Thanks again to Mr.
Doug Ford. Trudeaus re-election will be a semi Ford Fest, celebrating
the thrashing of a Ford.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Daryl
McMurphy: Methinks many political pundits agree with you including me
but the fat lady ain't sung yet N'esy Pas?
Daryl McMurphy
All three of their minds would fit into one hat, yet again they waste resources.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Daryl McMurphy: Methinks they are all of the same mind and Harper still does the thinking for them N'esy Pas?
Daryl McMurphy
Doug Ford and Jason Kenny, the worst of the worst in Conservative politics. This is the dual that will bring down Andrew Scheer. Thanks guys, your the best.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Daryl McMurphy: Methinks many liberals agree with you N'esy Pas?
Daryl McMurphy
Doug Ford alone is going to win Trudeau the election. JT barely has to campaign because Ford is shedding his brand of Conservative light on the province with the most HOC seats and Ontario are getting the full Conservative treatment bent on sending voters across the floor.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Daryl McMurphy: BINGO
Rick Wier
They must be planning on how they will not govern for the next four months to give Scheer Nonsense a chance in the federal election, but the damage has already been done by ford in Ontario, a federal conservative government will give money to the rich and cut services for everyone else, the Harper government plan is still in full force with Steve hiding behind the curtain
David R. Amos
Reply to @Rick Wier: YUP
Robert Chen
Reply to @Rick Wier: When you're in the bubble, Steve Harper is hiding under every bed. He apparently haunts your dreams.
Robert Chen
Reply to @David R. Amos: If you're just going to be a yes-man in every comment, can you at least spell n'est-ce pas correctly?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Robert Chen: NOPE
Nick Chavez
Hard to believe that in this day and age, an event lie the silly Calgary Stampede is even allowed to exist. Oh well....that's Alberta.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Nick Chavez: Methinks a wise Yankee showman referred to as "the Prince of Humbugs once said people want to see a circus so you give them a circus N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
Methinks the Premiers should discuss the lawsuit I filed in Federal Court in 2015 and all the emails from me that they thanked me for over the years since the last writ was dropped and Trudeau won a mandate N'esy Pas?
Danny Devo
A big meeting of tiny minds. Not much to see here. They are running from the chaos they have unleashed in their home provinces to meet in the biggest disaster of all. Kenney's Romper Room.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Danny Devo: YUP
Ray Boychuk
Ford must be teaching Kenney how to cut healthcare and education to pay for drinking Buck-a-beer legally in a park.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Ray Boychuk: Methinks many would agree that it is Kenney who is giving lessons to Ford N'esy Pas?
Carey Turner
Is Kenney still our Premier? Are the RCMP on holidays?
Angela Kung
Reply to @Carey Turner:
The RCMP will remain on holidays for the duration of his term. That is a guaranty.
The RCMP will remain on holidays for the duration of his term. That is a guaranty.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Angela Kung: Sad but true
Mac Isaac
The major problem, as I see it, is trade between provinces, such as Alberta and British Columbia, is NOT in provincial jurisdiction. For the kind of embargo Kenney envisions he would need to get the federal government on side. Again, as I see it, Scheer "might" form government this year, BUT the Liberals are rebounding and the Greens are quickly displacing the NDP as the "third Party"...Ms May has already said her Party would support the Liberals in a minority government situation. The question is: Do Canadians want a Harper-lite government that previously did nada for the environment, indigenous peoples, the middle class, food safety, provincial infrastructure, etc. or let a Trudeau-led minority government have another "kick at the can"? I think most people can agree we'll most likely have a minority situation, so what other alternative do we have?
For me I would favour any scenario that keeps Scheer and his ilk from 24 Sussex Drive...a Liberal minority or coalition government of Greens and Liberals would probably work well. I know the virulently anti-Trudeau-ites and right wingers will never agree, but that's okay, because most of us will never agree with THEIR p.o.v. either! It's what makes us Canadians...diversity, which, by the way, is another Liberal/Trudeau policy!!
Bob Ols
Reply to @Mac Isaac:
Why do you people keep insisting on bringing up Harper's name like it is
some kind of curse? Canada was much, much better off during the last
CPC government and it looks like we are headed back to some good times
post-October.
When will Trudeau do something to get the two Canadians being tortured in China released? We all know how much he admires their basic dictatorship. Is that your preference, to have a communist government running Canada?
When will Trudeau do something to get the two Canadians being tortured in China released? We all know how much he admires their basic dictatorship. Is that your preference, to have a communist government running Canada?
Greg Black
Reply to @Mac Isaac: Mac issac do you own a home ? pay taxes, utilities etc.. gst or PST
David R. Amos
Reply to @Mac Isaac: "It's what makes us Canadians...diversity, "
Methinks that should include Independents such as I and not just your favourite political parties N'esy Pas?
Methinks that should include Independents such as I and not just your favourite political parties N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Greg Black:
I do Methinks that is one of the many reasons why the all knowing dude
named Mac tries hard to ignore my replies to his words N'esy Pas?
Marian France
Reply to @Bob Ols: if times were so good, bob, why was harper ousted with such muster?
David R. Amos
Reply to @marian
frances: Methinks there is a strong possibility that Bob may be asking
the same of you about your hero in a few months N'esy Pas?
Audrey Devlin
These guys look even dumber in those hats than they do in real life - if that is even possible.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Audrey Devlin: Methinks everybody knows when it comes these stooges the comedy never ends but our mindless Mr Dressup is sure to turn up and try trump them in order steal the show and be known as the best clown at the rodeo N'esy Pas?
Danny Devo
Rodeo clowns unite!
David R. Amos
Reply to @Danny Devo: Welcome to the Circus
James Bilodeau
Oh boy, another boys club party at tax payers expense.
Bob Ols
Reply to @James
Bilodeau: The last few women just weren't up to the task and lost their
jobs. Don't blame men for succeeding where women failed.
David R. Amos
Reply to @James Bilodeau: YUP
David R. Amos
Reply to @Bob Ols: Methinks it not hard telling who is a big fan of Trump N'esy Pas?
Al Jamison
Kenney is meeting with Ontario's Doug Ford, Saskatchewan's Scott Moe, New Brunswick's Blaine Higgs and Bob McLeod of the Northwest Territories ahead of this week's Council of the Federation meeting in Saskatoon.
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Not that there is anything going on, it was just that they needed to talk...alone.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Al Jamison: Methinks Bobby McLeod must be very confused by the other 3 stooges about now N'esy Pas?
Ken Miller
Imagine being so fixated on the Alberta energy industry, that you are triggered when some premiers flip some pancakes.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Ken Miller:
Never mind the pancakes What triggered me was Higgs and Ford in cowboy
hats Methinks it suits them with all the BS they sling back east N'esy
Pas?
John Popowich
Another successful event without Trudeau attending to mess it up.
Angela Kung
Reply to @John Popowich:
Common courtesy would have included inviting him and all the other premiers - not just conservative premieres. Jason is losing no time in sowing the seeds of dissension.
Angela Kung
Reply to @John Popowich:
Nothing weak about the majority in Quebec or Nova Scotia. But we know - Jason doesn't like their kind.
David R. Amos
Reply to @John Popowich: Methinks if you speak of Mr Dressup he is sure to appear N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Angela
Kung: Methinks many would agree that Kenney has no class whatsoever and
would prefer not to be caught promoting anything he does including
flipping pancakes N'esy Pas?
Al Jamison
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will host the premiers of Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and the Northwest Territories at the Calgary Stampede.
BC's Premier Horgan will do something else. Listening to the rest of them won't be it.
Claude DeRoche
Reply to @Charlie Wood:
What about the Crown Prince of Bermuda's mandate?
Did he even get the popular vote?
What about the Crown Prince of Bermuda's mandate?
Did he even get the popular vote?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Methinks you seem to be quite bitter N'esy Pas?
Molly Earl
Jason will sit on his throne and there will be a lot of ring kissing.
Rosco Holt
Reply to @Molly Earl:
Which ring, the hand one or the other one?
Which ring, the hand one or the other one?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Rosco holt: LMAO
Danny Devo
Who decided to collect the worst Canada has to offer in one place. Kenney? I thought the RCMP had removed him already. Perfect time to lock them all up at once.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Danny Devo: YUP
Bernie Joseph
Those big boys will bust the springs in the pimpwagon.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Bernie
Joseph: Methinks their predecessors have done that so many times it has
become a tradition to bust them again N'esy Pas?
James Carpenter
Mutt and Jeff
David R. Amos
Reply to @James Carpenter: Mr Frick and Mr Fracking
A premiers' meeting without fed-bashing? Don't bet on it
The Canada Votes newsletter is your weekly tip-sheet as we count down to Oct. 21
Premiers meet ahead of fall election
Chris Hall, host of CBC Radio's The House
The country's premiers get a chance to set aside their differences this week when they gather in Saskatoon for the annual meeting of the Council of the Federation.
It's a fancy title befitting a premier event. But this year's two-day get-together comes with the added attraction (distraction?) of being the last time the premiers meet before the federal election that's now mere months away.
And that suggests fed-bashing might well be more attractive to the premiers than fighting each other — more appealing than B.C. and Alberta hashing out their Trans-Mountain arguments in public again, or Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister voicing his concerns about Quebec's decision to ban public officials from wearing symbols of their religious faith while on the job.
"My hope is that we will focus not on the parties but the need for the federal government — whoever is controlling that, whether it's the Liberals, Conservatives or New Democrats — to look at how the different orders of government can act together," British Columbia Premier John Horgan said Friday in an interview airing on this weekend's edition of The House.
"Those discussions are going to be critically important and I'm hopeful that we don't get into a lot of partisan hectoring. We will get into, 'The feds should do this and the feds should do that.' But I don't think we should put a partisan label on the feds at this point."
Horgan is the lone New Democrat in a group of premiers that includes a whole lot of newcomers this year — all of them 'conservatives.'
Still, those same political divisions were evident when the western premiers met in Edmonton two weeks ago, and the communiqué that came out of that gathering included a commitment to tackle climate change — even if the people around the table had very different views on how to do it.
Horgan said he's not bothered by all the new faces. "I believe that we'll be focusing on looking at new ideas with a new perspective, rather than continuing to beat the same old drum."
The formal agenda for Saskatoon isn't out yet, but it's expected to include the usual topics. More money for health care. Fewer barriers to trade among provinces. More economic growth. More co-operation in recognizing the training and certification of skilled workers interprovincially.
When it comes to health care, Horgan said premiers of all political stripes want the next federal government to halt the steady decline in the federal share of spending.
"And so, although we come from different teams and different perspectives in terms of blue and orange teams, we come with the same unified position when it comes to appropriate level of funding from the federal government to meet the services that people are demanding in our communities."
A unified position. Common ground. Demands for action. All things you can typically expect of any gathering of premiers.
But can the premiers resist the usual round of fed-bashing this time around, when the political stripe of the next government might just be different than the one today? Don't count on it — no matter what they say heading in.
Chris Hall is CBC's National Affairs editor and host of The House, airing every Saturday right after the 9 o'clock news on CBC Radio One and Sirius XM. Subscribe to the podcast to get it delivered each week.
Power Lines
The Power & Politics Power Panellists on where the big parties will be focused this week
Amanda Alvaro, president and co-founder of Pomp & Circumstance
Liberals across the country are knocking on doors, attending community BBQs and talking to their neighbours about Justin Trudeau's plan to build a stronger middle class. This week, the Liberals' Canada Child Benefit (CCB) will once again increase, providing more money to nine out of 10 Canadian families. They'll likely take this opportunity to remind Canadians that the Conservatives voted against the CCB.
Rachel Curran, senior associate at Harper & Associates Consulting
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will be focused on meeting as many Canadians as possible before the start of the election campaign, while continuing to outline substantive differences between his approach and Justin Trudeau's on major files like the Canada-China dispute.
Kathleen Monk, principal at Earnscliffe Strategy Group
New Democrats will be sweating through the dog days of summer, holding events this week in battleground Ontario, hitting Liberal-held ridings in Toronto and Ottawa. With news that millennials will need 29 years to afford a house, Jagmeet Singh is arguing that if we want better results, we must make different choices than Liberal and Conservative governments, starting by building 500,000 new affordable homes.
Poll Tracker Takeaway
Éric Grenier's weekly look at key numbers in the political public opinion polls.
Let's do something reckless. Let's assume that where the Poll Tracker stands today is what the results of the election will be on Oct. 21.
If that happens, what takes place after the vote could be more interesting than the vote itself.
The Poll Tracker estimates that with current support levels, the Conservatives would win 157 seats and the Liberals would win 142 seats.
That's a small gap between the two parties — a gap that has gotten smaller recently as the Liberals appear to be bouncing back in Ontario.
But it means both parties would be below the 170-seat threshold needed for a majority government.
It's hard to see a dancing partner for the Conservatives at this stage, but the Liberals also would have a tough time finding enough allies in the House of Commons to continue governing.
The New Democrats would be too weak; they stand at just 19 seats in the Poll Tracker, not enough to get the Liberals to 170. Even the four Green MPs projected still would put a possible red-orange-green rainbow coalition five seats short.
The Bloc Québécois has no more support than it had in 2015 — but it could win more seats this time, thanks to how the vote could split in Quebec. That would leave it holding the balance of power.
That didn't work out so well for the Liberals the last time the minority math required the support of the Bloc back in 2008.
Of course, the Oct. 21 results are unlikely to mirror where the Poll Tracker stands today. It wouldn't take much to shift the dynamic in the House significantly. Five seats are easy to find.
And a shift of a few points here or there could mean the Liberals or Conservatives wouldn't need any dancing partners in the first place.
Still, it's something that politicians — and voters — might be thinking about come October.
Tap here to go to the full poll tracker
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Marcia Almey asks: I am very concerned about climate change and I want to know more about how each party would address this ...
The report of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change last fall was clear about the consequences of failing to limit future global warming.
At the moment, it's still difficult to do a thorough comparison of how the federal parties would approach climate policy, but there are some broad differences.
Under the Paris accord, the Canadian government has committed to reducing Canada's emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. Over the last four years, the Liberals have implemented or proposed a number of policies to achieve those reductions, including regulations, carbon pricing, subsidies for zero-emission vehicles, and funding for clean technology and public transit. The most recent federal analysis showed that federal and provincial actions since 2015 had reduced Canada's projected emissions by 200 megatonnes, but another 79 megatonnes needed to be accounted for.
The Conservatives say they would repeal the fuel charge element of the Liberal carbon-pricing plan and replace the Liberal system for reducing emissions from heavy emitters with a system that forces facilities to invest in clean technology or research. The Conservatives also say that their plan represents Canada's "best" chance to meet the current 2030 target, but their plan does not include any projections for further emissions reductions.
The New Democrats and Greens both say they would commit to steeper emissions reductions for 2030: the NDP would aim for a cut of 40 to 50 per cent, the Greens say they would reduce emissions by 60 per cent. Both parties have mentioned a number of options they would pursue to reach those targets — including carbon-pricing — but neither has so far provided a detailed account of how those policies would result in the promised reductions.
With two months remaining before the campaign officially begins, there's still time for the parties to explain their policies more fully. With any luck, complete details and projections will be forthcoming.
– Aaron Wherry, senior writer
Have a question about the October election? About where the federal parties stand on a particular issue? Or about the facts of a key controversy on the federal scene? Email us your questions and we'll answer one in the next Canada Votes newsletter.
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