Unpacking the parties’ climate change promises

Halfway through this five-week federal election campaign, no major party has yet released its platform and there have been no big climate change announcements either.

With U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and affordability concerns top of voters’ minds, addressing our heating planet seems to be taking a back seat to other considerations, namely how to build up Canada’s economy through energy exploration and diversifying our international markets. But what will that mean for Canada’s climate commitments? 

In this episode of “It’s Political,” Rick Smith, the president of the Canadian Climate Institute, catches us up on the state of Canada’s current fight against climate change and Chris Severson-Baker, the executive director of the Pembina Institute, joins host Althia Raj to discuss what the parties’ policy proposals mean, and what questions are still left unanswered by their plans. 

This episode of “It’s Political” was produced by Althia Raj and Kevin Sexton. Kevin also mixed the program. Our theme music is by Isaac Joel.

Some of the audio clips this week were sourced from CPAC and the CBC.