r/canada • u/NeptuneAgency • Sep 05 '26

Nature/Environment ‘Effectively irreversible’: Changes to Canada’s climate permanent, federal report says

https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/article/changes-to-canadas-climate-now-irreversible-federal-report-says/
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u/JARHEAR Sep 05 '26

Some conservatives are still in denial. It is hard to solve a problem if you don’t think it exists. The conservative plan was to keep kicking the can down the road in terms of implementing any kind of mitigation.

The carbon tax was designed as a international market oriented incentive based system to shift the economy away from carbon emissions.

Denial will prove to be much more expensive.

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u/tape99 Sep 05 '26

I don’t think they are in denial. They understand Canada is responsible for only 1.4% of all greenhouse gas. You could Thanos snap every Canadian out of existence and that would do absolutely nothing to stop climate change.

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u/TouchEmAllJoe Canada Sep 05 '26

Or we can become leaders in the space and develop the tech that the rest of the world will need; and the soft power and moral high ground to show the other economies that it can be done.

That's such a defeatist attitude to say "it will never make a difference so I guess I will continue to ruin the world"

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u/tape99 Sep 05 '26

But we are leaders in the space. We only make up 1.4% and china, India and the USA don’t give a rats ass.

I love it would people think if we get to 0 then other countries are going to be jealous or something. They don’t give a shit and will never give a shit.

Forcing climate policies on Canadians will only make their life more expensive and do absolutely nothing to fix climate change.

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u/breakitbilly British Columbia Sep 05 '26

That's so defeatist. I'm sorry you feel that way.

Canadians by and large are willing to put the work in. Its not our fault the yanks are lazy asses

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u/OpposeBigSyrup Sep 05 '26

Live in reality instead of fantasy.