New Canadian Government Promises Strong Action on Climate, Environmental Protection

摘要

"Canada is back" has been the mantra of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government on en-vironmental issues since his Liberal Party won a convincing majority in Canada's House of Commons in the October 2015 elections. After a decade of limited action on environmental issues by Stephen Harper's Conservatives, the new government has promised a more aggressive agenda, including in the global effort to fight climate change. Trudeau and Environment Minister Catherine Mc-Kenna, accompanied by an entourage of provincial premiers and industry and environmental group representatives, took the "Canada is back" message to the climate summit in Paris last December, winning widespread approval from the international community (38 INER 1662, 12/2/15).