Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's promise to scrap environmental assessments in Quebec is his latest move from a playbook without principle, and one that panders to Premier Francois Legault, writes former NDP leader Tom Mulcair in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
Clientelism, in politics, is the art of convincing people to buy your schemes, then having them pay for the purchase with their votes. Pierre Poilièvre is revealing himself to be a skilled practitioner.Over the weekend, Poilièvre promised that if elected, Quebec would never again have to worry about a federal environmental assessment troubling one of its major projects -- even those under national jurisdiction.
The exceptionally competent president and CEO of Hydro Quebec, Sophie Brochu, seemed nonplussed by Legault’s announcement, but simply put out a coded message that read like a refusal to informed eyes. Enter Pierre Polièvre. He stated categorically that all that was needed going forward was the Quebec environmental hearing board’s approval. Under his tutelage, the feds would no longer be doing their part of the job of protecting the environment on behalf of all Canadians. Quebec could go it alone and Ottawa would stand down on its constitutional obligations.
It’s going to be a different political landscape by the time Trudeau pulls the plug on his deal with Singh. Singh should also be wary because the classic Liberal appeal to NDP voters, that they should not split the vote, will be fuelled by a real bogeyman this time.
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