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Conservatives should seize the policy opportunity on climate change, but will they?

A party committed to dismantling much of what has been put in place—rather than improving what we have—is not a party that deserves to form the next government. There is much at stake at the Tories' convention this fall in Québec City.

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BY DAVID CRANE
July 10, 2023

Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 10, 2023

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Tory polling sign of political landscape’s ‘shifting sands’ and volatility from undecided voters, says pollster Shachi Kurl

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Transitioning to a low-carbon world is one of the great game-changing challenges of our generation, but Liberals have failed to sell it

Transitioning to a low-carbon world is one of the great game-changing challenges of our generation, but Liberals have failed to sell it

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Canada’s climate policy, not just the carbon tax, is on a knife’s edge

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Tories’ ‘axe the tax’ messaging ignores success of B.C. policy and misunderstands ‘basics of climate change,’ says NDP critic Cannings

Climate change is the greatest existential threat facing mankind, but you wouldn’t know it from the Conservative leadership race

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Conservatives should seize the policy opportunity on climate change, but will they?

A party committed to dismantling much of what has been put in place—rather than improving what we have—is not a party that deserves to form the next government. There is much at stake at the Tories' convention this fall in Québec City.

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