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Where does Carney stand on Canada's 2030 climate targets? It's not clear
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-climate-targets-1.7604950?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

sb arms & legs
@sb@metroholografix.ca

@cbcnews@flipboard.com
I think it's abundantly clear... Pipelines and production. We are fucked.

Dave Sanderson 🇨🇦

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@Sanderde@mstdn.ca

@sb@metroholografix.ca

You never know what a prime minister means when they talk about environmental goals.

Jean Chretien said this in Parliament in 2002 about ratifying the Kyoto Protocol:

“Mr. Speaker, I am very proud that Parliament will vote to ratify Kyoto this afternoon. It is in the interests of future generations that we move on that file and that we respect our international obligations.

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However we will meet the target and future generations will be happy with the actions of Parliament today.”

https://openparliament.ca/debates/2002/12/10/jean-chretien-1/only/

This what Jean Chretien meant:

“This sleight of hand involves Canada's giving itself credit for ‘clean’ energy exports to the U.S. -- natural gas and hydroelectricity. (We would not penalize ourselves, of course, for ‘dirty’ exports of petroleum products.) This self-assigned credit will thereby reduce by 30 per cent Canada's obligations under Kyoto.”

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/mr-chretiens-kyoto-sleight-of-hand/article756482/

Are pipelines and production part of Canada being an “energy superpower”?

sb arms & legs
@sb@metroholografix.ca

@Sanderde@mstdn.ca
I would argue that we do know what they mean - regardless what they say - because of what they've done, what they're doing, and what they say they're planning on doing. That is, generating profits via extraction and burning hydrocarbons.

Dave Sanderson 🇨🇦

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@Sanderde@mstdn.ca

@sb@metroholografix.ca

Until such time a pipeline is actually built, I’m prepared to give Carney the benefit of the doubt.