Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said the Carney government is not serious about climate change. May, who supported Carney's budget in December, has since questioned the prime minister's word after accusing him of a climate policy flip-flop.

"If we're serious about emissions reduction, then we have to actually revisit some of the measures that have been eliminated since (Carney) took over," May told The Canadian Press.

"They're miles from hitting any of the Paris Agreement targets, and the prime minister did recommit to me on the floor of the House on Nov. 17 that this government is committed to the Paris Agreement and achieving its targets. So the emissions reduction update, the so-called climate competitiveness strategy — there's lots of highfalutin titles for what boils down to...(no) climate plan.""

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[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

As Bernard Drainville of Québec's CAQ once said, "lâchez-moi avec les GES". Meaning something like "won't you drop it with those greenhouse gases". His last title was the head of the Ministry of Environment and Fight Against Climate Change. And he proudly announced that the ban on internal combustion vehicles planned in 2035 was scrapped. He cried on TV when his party announced that maybe building a third bridge over the St-Lawrence for $10G to save a few minutes may not entirely be a good idea.

He's also the xenophobic idiot that introduced ""Québec's Charter of Values". It didn't work but he still continues to this day to push his xenophobic agenda under the guise of secularism.

He is a despicable human being, and until recently he was responsible for the Ministry of Environment in our province, until he resigned. And the shittiest part is, he resigned to run as the next leader of the CAQ and could be our next premier.

In any way, whatever the next party in power, Québec probably won't help. Nobody really wants to. Every election everyone just wants economic growth. Ask them what's the most important every election? They'll tell you the economy is the most important thing, obviously! And have you seen the price of gas?! It's robbery! Gas should be cheaper!11!! That's what's important!

So no, we won't meet any climate target.

[–] dlhextall@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I say this with all my heart: fuck Bernard Drainville. I can't wait for him to lose the CAQ leadership race.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

I wasn't paying much attention to the race but I just checked and apparently it's not going well for his aspirations. Good.

Sa croisade pour le troisième lien Québec-Lévis et sa sortie intempestive contre les tergiversations de Christine Fréchette à ce sujet n’ont pas été payantes.

Unfortunately Fréchette didn't admit yet that this is a bad idea, she's just "unsure" about the proposed route. And sadly Drainville is like a cockroach. If/when he loses, I expect him to find his way again into a party in power and continue pushing his BS.