Canada's top candidates talk up fossil fuels as climate slips down agenda
Summary
In Canada's federal election, the main focus has shifted from climate change to energy needs. The main candidate from the Liberal party, Mark Carney, and the main candidate from the Conservative party, Pierre Poilievre, want Canada to rely less on U.S. energies and more on its own resources.Key Facts
- The biggest talk during Canada's federal election has moved from climate change to energy needs and resources.
- Mark Carney of Canada's Liberal party wants the country to be a big player in both regular and green (or clean) energies.
- Pierre Poilievre of Canada's Conservative party wants to make the oil and gas sectors strong. He also wants to get rid of the industrial carbon tax.
- In Canada's last election, the environment was the top concern for voters.
- Carney, who was already known for his work on climate change, became the leader of Canada's Liberal party and prime minister in March.
- Carney's first action as prime minister was to get rid of a tax on carbon. This tax was not liked because it made things like oil, coal and gas more expensive for people to use.
- Since late 2023, Canadians have shifted their concerns from the climate to higher costs and availability of energy and housing.
- The war in Ukraine has made Canada look to its own natural resources like oil, gas and important minerals.
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