NEP 2.0 from Trudeau act 2
The Liberal Party’s environmental plan would include everything from the creation of “green bonds” to giving free access to Canada’s national parks as part of the celebrations of the country’s 150th anniversary in 2017.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is also promising to strike a deal with the Ontario government to finalize the creation of Canada’s Rouge National Urban Park, located in the Greater Toronto Area. The idea has been heavily promoted by the Conservative government, but the provincial Liberals pulled back their portion of the land in a protracted dispute with Ottawa over environmental protection earlier this year.
According to an advance copy of his speech, Mr. Trudeau said that as Canada’s prime minister, he would lead a delegation of the country’s first ministers to the United Nations’ climate change conference in Paris in December. Within the following three months, Mr. Trudeau would hold a first ministers’ meeting to put together a “framework to combat climate change,” including national emissions-reduction targets.
The environmental program is part of a series of announcements – including a middle-class tax cut and a 32-point plan for a “fair and open government” – that Mr. Trudeau will put to the electorate in the Oct. 19 next election. The Liberals are hoping not only to convince Canadians to put an end to nearly 10 years of Conservative rule, but also to select the Liberal Party over the NDP for a “real change” in government.
Announced in Vancouver on Monday, the Liberal Party’s “plan for Canada’s environment and economy” promises to reverse a series of budget cuts to the country’s environmental agencies, including Parks Canada.
“Sadly, during the Harper decade, Canada’s environment has suffered,” the Liberal plan states. “The Conservatives have openly questioned and refused to take meaningful action on climate change, slashed environmental protections, cut funding for science, and allowed other countries to take the lead in the race to create new, high-tech, clean jobs.”
In response, Mr. Trudeau said a Liberal government would invest an additional $200-million a year to support the development of clean technologies in the forestry, fisheries, mining, energy and agricultural sectors.
The Liberals would follow a growing world-wide trend by creating “green bonds,” which could be used by the private sector to develop alternatives to fossil fuel energy sources.
“The bond will leverage the federal government’s ability to provide more affordable loan guarantees for clean energy projects, and provide Canadians with the opportunity to invest in clean technologies,” the Liberal plan said.
The Liberals are also promising to overhaul Canada’s environmental assessment process, stating the current system fails to protect the environment but also paralyzes the exportation of resources to foreign markets. The Liberal plan would provide “robust oversight and thorough environmental assessments of areas under federal jurisdiction,” while ensuring that Canadian citizens and experts are heard throughout the process.
The Liberals are promising to restore $25-million in funding to Parks Canada, while offering free entry into all parks in 2017. In following years, the parks would be free for children and new immigrants, within one year of obtaining their citizenship.
In addition, the Liberals are promising to:
boost funding by $100-million a year to organizations that support the emergence of clean technology firms in Canada, including Sustainable Development Technology Canada;
formalize the moratorium on crude oil tanker traffic on B.C.’ north coast;
phase out all subsidies to the fossil fuel industry; and
adding electricity storage technologies and electrical car charging stations to the list of investments that are eligible for accelerated capital cost allowance
Oh yeah and he also said Canada will GET a CARBON TAX
Why cant this idiot just die in a car crash or get smished by a bus because he did not look both ways before crossing the street.
FTH
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a hunting we will go!!!!!!
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