Goldstein: Canada’s bottomless climate change money pit
Canadians were paying at least $503 billion on more than 500 federal, provincial and territorial programs
By News on the Net -- TORONTO SUN & Lorrie Goldstein—— Bio and Archives--October 8, 2026
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We’ll never know the total cost Canadians paid to fund former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s failed climate change policies that Prime Minister Mark Carney has largely abandoned.
That’s because in addition to the upfront costs, there were the lost opportunity costs caused by putting a damper on the expansion of Canada’s oil and natural gas sectors for a decade.
The upfront costs of Trudeau’s plan can be estimated to some extent.
In April 2023, then environment minister Steven Guilbeault boasted the Trudeau government had earmarked more than $200 billion to fight climate change, administered by 149 government agencies.
Add to that $303 billion in estimated provincial and territorial spending on climate change, administered through 364 government programs. ---More...
COLUMN: Canada’s bottomless climate change money pit Canadians were paying at least $503 billion on more than 500 federal, provincial and territorial programs, which doesn't include municipal ones. [url=https://t.co/y6lT3Z39e4]https://t.co/y6lT3Z39e4[/url]
— Lorrie Goldstein (@sunlorrie)October 8, 2026
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