Seven in 10 Canadians say they’re worried about climate change, so you might think it’s strange to hear Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives railing against “woke” green policies and vowing to “axe the tax.” But Canadians who want to see action on climate change should pay closer attention to what’s happening in Europe, where a cost-of-living crisis, and far-right populists are threatening to derail years of progress towards a green transition.
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Over in Berlin, senior SPD officials acknowledge green policies need to centre the interests of working people. One challenge for them is that their Green coalition partners—who are to the right of the SPD on economic issues—are steering that agenda.
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