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pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

I've been neglecting Canada because I superficially assumed they would never be as bad as the US.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/26/i-thought-canada-was-supposed-to-be-better-than-us/

X Suspended Canada's Clean Electricity Regulations in Alberta X Weakened methane regulations X Scrapped the Oil & Gas Sector Emissions Cap X Abandoned Canada’s consumer carbon pricing system X Ended Canada Greener Homes retrofit program to electrify and improve household efficiency X Ended Canada Greener Homes Loan Program to electrify and improve household efficiency X Ended the Electric Vehicles (iZEV) program X Delayed Canada's Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate X Passed bill C5 ‘Building Canada Act' to allow government to override 12 laws and 7 regulations, including the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, for designated projects X Committed to clawing back Canada’s anti-greenwashing legislation > Announced plans to eliminate a tax on private jets and yachts X Weakened the Alberta industrial carbon price from the $170/tonne it should have been (if the federal government enforced its own policies) to $130/tonne