Short answer, yes:
The Privy Council in a confidential report complains Canadians have little trust in cabinet’s climate leadership. The report did not mention Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault by name but found “few Canadians” think cabinet is fair, transparent or competent on climate issues: “Most respondents indicated they had little trust.”
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Speaking at a transit conference in Montreal on Tuesday, Guilbeault said money that in the past would be spent on asphalt and concrete should be spent on projects to fight climate change instead.
More roads and interchanges inevitably lead to more automobiles which inevitably leads to a self-fulfilling cycle of more road building and more cars — electric or otherwise, he said.
“Our government has made the decision to stop investing in new road infrastructure. Of course we will continue to be there for cities, provinces and territories to maintain the existing network, but there will be no more envelopes from the federal government to enlarge the road network,” he said.
“The analysis we have done is that the network is perfectly adequate to respond to the needs we have. And thanks to a mix of investment in active and public transit and in territorial planning and densification, we can very well achieve our goals of economic, social and human development without more enlargement of the road network.”
Walk to get your Xanax, nutter.
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