Trudeau’s environmental record on the line in Canada election year
October’s parliamentary elections may hinge on the recent pipeline nationalisation and the government’s carbon tax plan
In his four years leading Canada, the Liberal prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has gone to great lengths – at home and abroad – to bolster his environmental credentials. Now, with a federal election looming, he is gambling his parliamentary majority and political future on them.
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