A researcher from Simon Fraser University who presented at the Penticton Lakeside Resort on Thursday said the Trudeau Liberals are the 91裸聊视频渇irst climate sincere federal government that Canada has had.91裸聊视频�

Dr. Rose Murphy, who specializes in developing models to evaluate government policies for reducing energy consumption and greenhouse emissions, spoke to approximately 125 people at a climate change event hosted by not-for-profit First Things First Okanagan on Oct. 3.

In the upcoming federal election, she said individuals concerned about climate change should vote for 91裸聊视频渃limate sincere91裸聊视频� politicians.

She went on to compare the election 91裸聊视频渇rontrunners,91裸聊视频� who she said were the Justin Trudeau Liberals and Andrew Scheer Conservatives.

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Compared to the Trudeau Liberals91裸聊视频� federal backstop carbon price, which includes levying a tax of $20 on every tonne of greenhouse gas emissions starting this year, rising by $10 each year to $50 a tonne by 2022, she said the Scheer Conservatives promise free carbon pollution everywhere except B.C. and Quebec.

Compared to the Liberals91裸聊视频� clean fuel standard to achieve 30 million tonnes of annual reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, the Conservatives have said they will 91裸聊视频渨ork to increase the availability and use of renewable fuels.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淭his is an example of the kind of statement you might see where you91裸聊视频檇 say, 91裸聊视频楬ow will we do that exactly?91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� Murphy said.

And compared to the Liberals91裸聊视频� output-based pricing system designed to ensure there is a price incentive for companies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, she said the Conservatives haven91裸聊视频檛 yet defined the stringency of emissions standards they would set for large industry.

The Conservatives91裸聊视频� climate plan, she said, includes actions that are assumed to happen without carbon pricing and mostly without regulations, and uses vague language, making policy difficult to forecast.

She criticized the Conservatives calling them 91裸聊视频渃limate insincere91裸聊视频� and predicted that if they were to come to power, greenhouse gas emissions would increase between 2020 and 2030.

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91裸聊视频淏ased on those criteria, (the Trudeau Liberals) are the first climate sincere federal government that Canada has had,91裸聊视频� she said.

She also acknowledged the Trudeau Liberals91裸聊视频� controversial purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline, and a 91裸聊视频渃hipping away91裸聊视频� on promising regulations.

91裸聊视频淓ven in British Columbia, maybe the most environmentally-forward jurisdiction of the country with this NDP-Green coalition, we91裸聊视频檙e seeing the same thing as well,91裸聊视频� she said, adding that the coalition has put some good policies in place, but their vehicle emissions and low carbon fuel standards are weak.

91裸聊视频淪o some evidence I think of really 91裸聊视频榗limate sincere91裸聊视频� governments who get worn down by all of these other pressures,91裸聊视频� she said, noting conflicting interests that discourage join action and timelines. 91裸聊视频淚 think this leaves us with a huge role for activism.91裸聊视频�

Murphy said she didn91裸聊视频檛 go into detail about the NDP or Green Party platforms because 91裸聊视频渋t is different writing a climate change plan when you know you91裸聊视频檙e not going to form government.91裸聊视频�

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After the event, South Okanagan West Kootenay NDP MP Richard Cannings told the Western News it91裸聊视频檚 not surprising that the Liberal policies are better than the Conservative ones.

91裸聊视频淪he didn91裸聊视频檛 really talk about the NDP or the Greens91裸聊视频� options, which I think are the real 91裸聊视频榗limate sincere91裸聊视频� parties,91裸聊视频� Cannings said.

Green Party candidate Tara Howse said she was disappointed Murphy didn91裸聊视频檛 look at all five platforms.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a little disappointing because the Green Party is the only platform that actually meets the (International Energy Conservation Code) targets,91裸聊视频� she said.

Howse added she was 91裸聊视频渟hocked91裸聊视频� Murphy still classified the Trudeau Liberals as 91裸聊视频渃limate sincere91裸聊视频� after the purchase of the pipeline.

91裸聊视频淚n the context of doublespeak, of declaring an emergency and then purchasing a pipeline and then calling that 91裸聊视频榮incere climate,91裸聊视频� that is disappointing to me,91裸聊视频� she said, adding that it speaks to the amount of corporate influence driving the fossil fuel industry.

91裸聊视频淭he Green Party is very explicitly saying we need to end that.91裸聊视频�

First Things First Okanagan will be hosting an all-candidates debate on Oct. 15 at the Penticton Lakeside Resort. Residents are invited to participate in a roundtable discussion about environmental issues from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m., with the debate starting at 7 p.m.

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