Commentary
As has been widely publicized, including by me, the whole country is awaiting the narrowly re-elected Liberal government’s long-delayed budget on Nov. 4. The reason for this is not that unusual numbers of Canadians are fascinated by the minutiae of fiscal matters. It is because all public-minded Canadians and all those outside Canada who have any serious interest in this country need to know whether the new prime minister brings to office with him those policy goals and enthusiasms that most marked his previous career.
Carney is unambiguously known as a rigorous and unconditional believer in the necessity to reduce fossil fuel use to zero as soon as is humanly possible. In his six months in office, in addition to rising public skepticism about these policies, he has also seen some evidence of the increasing doubts in climate-learned circles about the basic premises of his long-held, stridently advocated green positions….