Canada: departure of finance minister suggests Trudeau will pursue ‘green’ recovery plan
by Tracey Lindeman in Ottawa from on (#571KN)
The prime minister has an ambitious post-pandemic plan that would go against the wishes of powerful industries - and several provincial leaders
With a projected C$343bn (US$260bn) Covid-shaped deficit, a collapsing oil and gas sector, and a province on the verge of bankruptcy over a botched energy project, Canada is at a crossroads.
Does it pursue an ambitious green" post-pandemic economic recovery plan that goes against the wishes of a number of influential and powerful industries - not to mention several provincial leaders - or does the tenuous Justin Trudeau-led minority government freeze in the headlights?
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