and all that business about his government following science is self-serving crap. Unlike his failed predecessor, the Liberal prime minister might be the guy who'll drive through the bitumen pipelines (link is external), getting that hazmat sludge to "tidewater."
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government was criticized from all sides on Tuesday in response to a published report that alleged he had instructed key officials to prepare a strategy to approve major new pipeline projects.
John Stone, a former climatologist with Environment Canada, and vice-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group II, said that building more pipelines is scientifically incompatible with meeting Canada’s climate change commitments.
“If you build a pipeline, you’re going to fill it with tar sands that’s going to increase our emissions and that’s not going to allow us to meet our climate change commitments," said Stone
Conservative MPs attacked Trudeau for not doing more to promote more oil and gas expansion. Trudeau said his government was building for the future by combining both the environment and the economy, while basing decisions on evidence.
"For 10 years, the previous government did everything it could to try and shout those pipelines into being," Trudeau said, in response to a question from Conservative leader Rona Ambrose. "What that resulted in was delivering no pipelines to tidewater. One of the fundamental responsibilities of any prime minister is to get our resources to market. However, in the 21st century, getting those resources to market means doing it responsibly for communities, for indigenous peoples and for the environment."
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Trudeau attacked from all sides over pipeline stance | National Observer
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government was criticized from all sides on Tuesday in response to a published report that alleged he had instructed key officials to prepare a strategy to approve major new pipeline projects.
John Stone, a former climatologist with Environment Canada, and vice-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group II, said that building more pipelines is scientifically incompatible with meeting Canada’s climate change commitments.
“If you build a pipeline, you’re going to fill it with tar sands that’s going to increase our emissions and that’s not going to allow us to meet our climate change commitments," said Stone
Conservative MPs attacked Trudeau for not doing more to promote more oil and gas expansion. Trudeau said his government was building for the future by combining both the environment and the economy, while basing decisions on evidence.
"For 10 years, the previous government did everything it could to try and shout those pipelines into being," Trudeau said, in response to a question from Conservative leader Rona Ambrose. "What that resulted in was delivering no pipelines to tidewater. One of the fundamental responsibilities of any prime minister is to get our resources to market. However, in the 21st century, getting those resources to market means doing it responsibly for communities, for indigenous peoples and for the environment."
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Trudeau attacked from all sides over pipeline stance | National Observer