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B.C. opposition parties heat up climate debate with attacks on NDP's plans (www.cbc.ca)
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B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad told a news conference at the Legislature that the NDP's climate policies are taxing people into poverty and they don't do anything "to change the weather.''

He says the Conservatives, if elected next year, will eliminate the province's carbon tax, roll back climate-friendly building codes and consider nuclear power as an energy option.

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[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Rustad, a former cabinet minister, was ousted from the caucus of the B.C. Liberals, now B.C. United, in August 2022 after he boosted a social media post casting doubt on climate change science and urging people to "celebrate CO2."

In posts on both Facebook and Twitter, Rustad shared a graphic and post arguing that people had been "hoodwinked" by climate change science and they should be glad CO2 is being emitted into the atmosphere.

A statement issued Wednesday by the B.C. Conservatives did not deny climate change.

"Our changing climate is real, and man is impacting our climate" said Rustad in a statement about the party's climate policy.

The statement then said British Columbians are not facing an existential threat from the changing climate and climate change is not a crisis.

Goddamn, and people vote for this group. How embarrassing.