Based on our Environmental Choices public opinion data, this article describes the 'political space' that Canadian politicians have to act on specific types of climate change policy. This document is part of a series - we are also releasing equivalent discussions for the UK and the USA.
The imminent climate change meeting at Copenhagen (COP15) is providing an extra incentive for political parties to clarify where they stand on climate change, and what policies they support. In this article we consider the policy choices facing one particular politician – Michael Ignatieff, who has been effective leader of the Canadian Liberal party since December 10, 2008, and is Leader of the Official Opposition. On November 26, 2009, Michael Ignatieff made a speech critical of the Canadian government’s approach to climate change and announced a wide range of approaches (particularly using clean energy standards, supporting clean energy investments, support of cap-and-trade) with emissions targets set against 1990 levels.
You can download the press release in the PDF attachment at the bottom of this page.
Data for this press release comes from Environmental Choices Wave 1, Section report 2.b, Government Mandates for action. A free summary of the report is available via this link. For more details about the full report, and to purchase, please use this link.
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| 09 Dec 9 Haddock Canada Political Space press release UPDATED.pdf | 1.84 MB |
