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Big questions for Canada: Oil sands, the carbon price, and climate leadership

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Canada
Started April 17, 2026

Can Canada credibly claim climate leadership while remaining one of the world's largest oil producers?

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CLAIM Posted by will Apr 18, 2026
Canada cannot credibly claim climate leadership while continuing to expand oil sands production.
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CLAIM Posted by will Apr 18, 2026
Canada should be a global leader in protecting its boreal forests as a major terrestrial carbon sink.
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CLAIM Posted by will Apr 18, 2026
Clean electricity should constitute 100% of Canada's grid by 2035 — the resources and technology to achieve this exist.
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CLAIM Posted by will Apr 18, 2026
Canada should introduce a moratorium on new oil and gas export permits while the country develops a binding long-term energy transition plan.
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CLAIM Posted by will Apr 18, 2026
The federal carbon price is the most cost-effective policy instrument for reducing Canadian emissions, even when it is politically contested.
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CLAIM Posted by will Apr 18, 2026
Federal and provincial climate policies are insufficiently coordinated to achieve Canada's Paris Agreement commitments.
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CLAIM Posted by will Apr 18, 2026
The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion should have been cancelled on environmental and Indigenous rights grounds.
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