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EPISODE · Aug 20, 2026 · 31 MIN

Has the Carney government abandoned climate policy? It's complicated

from CanCon · host Jordan Heath-Rawlings, Laura Palmer

You may have noticed that we're talking about building another pipeline. And our acknowledgement that we'll probably blow past our emissions targets. You may have also noticed all the trees burning. Again. And the smoke and the flooding and the ... you get it. But the country faces economic and non-economic threats as extreme as any in recent memory, and in times of trouble we often look to the oil fields. So has Prime Minister Carney's government sacrificed our climate future for dollars and jobs right now? Or can the Liberals have their cake and electrify it, too? Environmental journalist Arno Kopecky helps us parse through what has changed and what hasn't since Justin Trudeau's government crafted the Liberals' signature climate policies.   Feedback from listeners is so, so welcome. If you have something to say, email us: [email protected].

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