“It’s really bad … I think this might be the thing that breaks things,” added another MP, who noted that the Liberal caucus was kept in the dark about the changes until Friday.

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“Canadians expected better when they elected this government. They voted for a government that would shield us from the threat posed by the current U.S. administration, not to mimic their legislative agenda,” said Équiterre’s Marc-André Viau. ”(This) will only create additional problems for Canadians and future generations.”

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“It’s worse than what Harper did, I agree,” said Steven Guilbeault, the Liberal MP and former environment minister. “This goes beyond what Harper proposed when he was in power, yes, that’s true.”

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"This would represent by far the worst evisceration of environmental law in Canadian history, far worse than what happened under Prime Minister Harper’s government in 2012.”

(via West Cost Environmental Law on BlueSky: @wcelaw.bsky.social‬)

https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/mark-carney-runs-roughshod-over-the-environment-its-worse-than-what-harper-did/article_1fa59928-a8d5-481a-896b-405c86a466d1.html

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Althia Raj: Mark Carney runs roughshod over the environment: ‘It’s worse than what Harper did’

The prime minister plans to make it easier to kill off endangered species and pollute waterways in the name of fast-tracking private-sector development projects, Althia Raj writes.

Toronto Star

"What we have seen is a slow almost sleepwalk into increasing dangers over the last decade. And we see these problems growing", thanks to the "complete failure in leadership" in the US and other countries, which are doing little to address global, catastrophic threats, even as they feed into one another:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/09/doomsday-clock-ai-iran-ukraine-war-climate-breakdown-nuclear-apocalypse

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‘The odds are not in our favour’: who sets the Doomsday Clock – and what can they tell us about the future of humanity?

With the war on Iran, Ukraine, AI and climate breakdown increasing the likelihood of a nuclear war, the clock stands closer to midnight than ever before. So who decides how many seconds we have left – and can we buy ourselves more time?

The Guardian
New Global Emissions Projections: Scrapping the Highs & Lows with Detlef van Vuuren

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