It won’t be because people don’t care. The predictions right now show a conservative majority. Of course the other parties will try to make it about climate change but the reality is a lot of people simply think it’s not their concern. Rather it will be angled on cost of life and inflation and whatnot
Multiple elections have established that people do care. As the article points out, every federal election since 2008 (whoops, except 2011) has been won by a party that either promised a carbon tax, or had already implemented one.
“promised” is the key word. We will eventually need to make lifestyle changes, but no party wants to wear that at election time. So we have delays:
the federal government is internally tracking progress on as many as 115 climate-related policies. But “delays” in implementing some of the most significant policies are endangering Canada’s chances of meeting that 2030 target.
One of the major causes of delays is provincial resistance. With the major provinces having conservative governments, roll outs are stonewalled at every opportunity. Friggen Sask over there threating to break federal law and refuse to collect a legal tax, for example. Alberta would rather burn the country to the ground than even think about something other than oil extraction.
It’s ridiculous.
Yeah, you’re not going to catch me defending the current regime’s overall track record.
The predictions show a conservative plurality not a majority… that’s a significant difference because it’s extremely unlikely that the CPC will be able to form government.
338Canada seat projection | November 5, 2023
Cons 169-226 seat projection (170 for majority)
Well that’s bad news for most people.
I think it’s a lack of civics education
People see “punish municipalities for not meeting housing quotas” and think that’s a good idea
They don’t understand that that means higher property taxes and an indefinite increasing housing minimum means that the municipalities will not keep up. (Among a vast amount of other issues)
Pretty sure it’s going to be the cost of living.
I think single-issue elections are a myth, but there’s no doubt that that’s top-of-mind for a lot of people right now.
It’s not a single issue, though-- It’s many:
- Inflation, especially cost of necessities (groceries, etc.)
- Buying property is well out of reach for many people
- Renting property is increasingly out of reach for many people
- Stagnant or declining job markets
- Interest rates and the cost of debt
- (To a lesser extent) Carbon taxes and cost of energy
And so on. Those problems are related in many ways, and well-summarized by the umbrella term “cost of living,” but I think it’s a mistake to think of it as a single issue… Both in general, and in the context of “single-issue elections.”
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Pressed by reporters on Monday to explain what a Conservative government would do to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, Pierre Poilievre again demurred.
But there’s also no reason (beyond partisan political considerations) for waiting to have a real debate on Canada’s response to climate change until the writs are dropped.
The environment commissioner’s latest report on the Liberal government’s climate agenda, released Tuesday, is a decent starting point for that debate.
Indeed, the mere existence of the commissioner’s review is due to the reporting mechanisms built into the Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act passed in 2021 — government legislation the Conservatives voted against.
When a long-time environmentalist — Catherine Abreu, who is also a member of the government’s net-zero advisory body — remarked at a conference in Ottawa this week that climate policy in Canada has gone through a “revolution” in the last seven years, she had solid grounds for saying so.
But the precise measure of that revolution, and Canada’s chances of getting to within sight of that 2030 target, now depend a lot on the actual implementation of policies that have so far only been promised or proposed.
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The animal ag industry outputs more emissions than the transportation sector but we’re getting screwed at the pumps while the meat industry gets billions in subsidies.
And the construction sector puts out more emissions and waste than the animal ag industry.
