Mark Carney is making a cynic out of me |
When Mark Carney won the last election, I was one of the believers.
I trusted him to navigate the US tariff assault and reshape the Canadian economy without trashing what scant progress we have made on lowering our carbon emissions.
After all, here was an internationally respected finance expert who had spent years trying to convince banks to shift investments away from fossil fuels to clean energy and technologies. Judging by the candidates with impressive climate chops Carney attracted to run with the Liberals, I was not alone.
Among the hopeful was Quebec MP Steven Guilbeault, the most ambitious environment minister this country has ever had when it comes to climate. He ran alongside Carney, undoubtedly knowing the position would not be his to keep, given his name was inexorably linked with the wildly unpopular Trudeau-era consumer carbon price.
But it wasn’t just Guilbeault: climate-concerned Canadians from all walks of life supported Carney as well. What are they thinking now? If they are like me, they may feel duped as they watch Carney dismantle numerous climate initiatives and greenlight more liquefied natural gas projects. But the last straw for me, and others it seems, is the most recent deal Carney signed with Alberta, supporting an oil pipeline through northern BC. This was done without consulting those being asked to shoulder the risk of a spill: David Eby, the premier of BC, and Coastal First Nations.
We certainly know