Canada's main opposition party members reject proposal to recognize climate change as real

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

ENVIRONMENT
MARCH 20, 2021 2:04 PM UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Canada's main opposition party members reject proposal to recognize climate change as real

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada’s main opposition Conservative Party members on Saturday voted down a proposal to recognize climate change as real, in a blow to the new party leader’s efforts to embrace environment-friendly policies ahead of a likely federal election this year.

The rejected motion included the willingness to act against climate risks and to make highly polluting Canadian businesses take more responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole had urged party members on Friday to rally around an ambitious climate agenda to avoid a defeat at the hands of Liberals. He asked members to be open to new ideas if they were serious about toppling Liberals in the next election, even if that goes against party’s conventional thinking and said he doesn’t want Conservative candidates to be branded as “climate change deniers.”

Yet, the Conservative delegates rejected the policy shift by 54% to 46%.

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[LastDemocratInSC]

1. Stupidity on an international scale.

[Bev54]

2. I am very hopeful this will keep these jackasses out of office

So we can continue with the climate change policies of the Trudeau government.