New environment minister faces questions about past activism, scaling Toronto's CN Tower in 2001

New environment minister faces questions about past activism, says he has no 'secret agenda'

Ryan Maloney · CBC News · Posted: Oct 27, 2021 3:30 PM ET | Last Updated: October 27

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/steven-guilbeault-environment-activist-1.6227337

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Canada's new environment minister says his past as an activist should not raise alarms in the energy industry or the office of Alberta's premier.

"I don't have a secret agenda as environment minister," Steven Guilbeault said today after the first meeting in Ottawa of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's new cabinet. "It's a government effort to tackle … what many consider one of humanity's greatest challenges, which is climate change."

Guilbeault said the government's plan to fight climate change is "very clear" and most of it — such as carbon pricing and the push for more public transit and cleaner energy sources — is "already known."

The Trudeau government has committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.

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