Bill Crumplin

Sudbury Green candidate Bill Crumplin says Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's climate target is more “pie in the sky” than a real attempt to deal with the climate crisis.

In a news release Friday, Crumplin accuses Trudeau of “betraying” the children of the world by not taking stronger action now.

“Trudeau says he will make Canada carbon-free by 2050,” Crumplin is quoted as saying in the release. “But his own scientists say his plan won’t even meet (Former Tory PM Stephen) Harper’s feeble targets for 2030. This is pie in the sky. The children need strong action now, not in 20 years.”

The Greens and Leader Elizabeth May have promised to cut emissions by 60 per cent by 2030, Crumplin said, compared to the Liberal plan to cut it by 30 per cent.

“The science says we don’t have time for Trudeau’s waffling and (Tory Leader Andrew) Scheer wants to go backwards,” Crumplin said in the release. “I ask you to compare Trudeau’s plan to ours -- Scheer isn’t even in the game yet.”

Read the full release below:

Media Release

September 27, 2019

Pie in the sky: Trudeau betrays world’s children

Green Party Candidate Bill Crumplin says Trudeau’s recent climate target is just a smokescreen to hide the fact he is standing still.

“Trudeau says he will make Canada Carbon free by 2050. But his own scientists say his plan won’t even meet Harper’s feeble targets for 2030. This is pie in the sky. The children need strong action now, not in 20 years.”

Crumplin and the Greens under Elizabeth May are committed to cutting emissions by 60 per cent by 2030. Trudeau is promising 30 per cent by 2030.

“By then it is too late,”says Crumplin. “As Greta Thunberg said, 'He’s, of course, obviously not doing enough… this is such a huge problem, this is a system that is wrong. So my message to all the politicians is the same: to just listen to the science and act on the science.'”

According to Crumplin, “The science says we don’t have time for Trudeau’s waffling and Scheer wants to go backwards. I ask you to compare Trudeau’s plan to ours - Scheer isn’t even in the game yet.”

According to Crumplin, every new study says that the climate crisis is worse than we thought.

“Look at this week’s UN study on the oceans. Look at the landmark report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released on Monday.

They say urgent and unprecedented changes are needed. We have 12 years to prevent a catastrophe.”

“Use your vote to say you want action,” says Crumplin. “Let’s not betray our children.”