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Conservative platform is ‘flipping the bird’ at climate change, expert suggests

By Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 

The Conservative Party’s election platform claims that repealing a slew of climate policies and resource regulations will generate billions in revenue for the federal government.

This platform is “flipping the bird to climate change,” said Ryan Katz-Rosene, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Ottawa, in a phone interview with Canada’s National Observer.

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