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FIRST READING: And just like that, nobody cares about climate change anymore

Sudden Canadian disinterest in emissions matching global trends

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FIRST READING: And just like that, nobody cares about climate change anymore Back to video

Before Steven Guilbeault announced his resignation from the House of Commons, he first had to watch the slow dismantling of his Canadian climate change empire.

The consumer carbon tax — the policy that Guilbeault defended more than any other while environment minister — was eliminated on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first day in office.

Guilbeault had been the point man for the Clean Electricity Regulations, a series of mandates designed to completely purge fossil fuels from the Canadian electricity grid by 2035. These were just gutted by a new National Electricity Strategy that abandoned the obsessive decarbonization of Guilbeault’s plan in favour of one that was much friendlier towards natural gas.

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When Guilbeault introduced an emissions cap on Canada’s fossil fuel sector in 2024, he infamously declared that “no other major oil and gas producer” was imposing similar handicaps on energy production. The emissions cap was scrapped just 12 months later as part of a pipeline agreement with Alberta.

As the former Greenpeace activist prepares to exit public life this summer, one of the only remaining pieces of his legacy is........

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