LAWTON: Why haven’t Trudeau’s carbon taxes prevented wildfires?

Justin Trudeau’s Environment Minister, Steven Guibeault, made a surprise appearance at the Conservative Party of Canada’s 2023 convention on Friday and criticized the Conservatives for their apparent lack of a climate plan.

According to the Trudeau government, Canada’s unprecedented wildfire season is a result of climate change.

But the Trudeau Liberals have been in power since 2015 and have implemented heavy-handed carbon taxes as a main plank of their climate plan.

Why haven’t the Trudeau government’s carbon taxes prevented wildfires in Canada?

Andrew Lawton reports from Quebec City.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is standing by his government's carbon tax on Canadians, even as China ramps up coal production. My latest report from the Conservative convention in Quebec City. pic.twitter.com/AeMLAP1S1b

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