Catherine McKenna accused the Tory leader of developing his climate plan with 'oil lobbyists.'
Canada's climate targets.Finance Minister Bill Morneau looks on as Environment Minister Catherine McKenna speaks in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on April 29, 2019.
McKenna accused Scheer of developing his climate plan with"oil lobbyists," a dig at the Tory leader's recentShe also said Scheer has been working in lockstep with conservative premiers who"believe we should do less on climate change," pointing a finger at Ontario's Doug Ford. Ontario Tories scrapped the province's cap-and-trade system shortly after forming government last year. The province is fighting the federal carbon tax in court, something Prime Minister Justin Trudeau chalked up toCanadians across the country are seeing the impacts of climate change, McKenna said, from flooding to extreme heat to forest fires.
"I think Canadians are connecting the dots and we have a responsibility as government to provide the best science, to also do policy measures that make sense," she said. "That's why we're putting a price on pollution because when it's free to pollute we're going to have more pollution which is bad in the short term for health but it's also bad in the long term for climate change."The Liberal plan is"comprehensive," McKenna said, and was borne from year-long negotiations with provinces and territories, Indigenous communities, and cities.
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