
By John Woodside, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
With an election widely expected to be around the corner, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s choice of cabinet ministers reveals his approach to this tense political moment, observers say.
For voters who care about climate, the headline is that former Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault, the longtime environmental activist who has frequently drawn the ire of conservatives and the fossil fuel industry, has been shuffled to a new far less controversial role. No longer overseeing policies aimed at slashing emissions, from the carbon price to oil and gas emissions cap, he will now serve as Carney’s Quebec Lieutenant — the government’s leading voice in Quebec — as well as Minister of Parks Canada and Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity.
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