Addressing unnamed politicians who would say that the current moment — with the war in Ukraine stoking inflation and driving up gas prices — is a bad time for fighting climate change, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told his audience in Vancouver on Tuesday that “this is no time for excuses.”
“The question is not whether we keep going on climate action,” Trudeau argued. “The question is how much more we can do, and how quickly.”
The climate plan Trudeau’s government released on Tuesday is one proposal for how much and how fast Canada should move. His government will continue to face questions about whether it