Challenges for Justin Trudeau’s Government on Extractive Activities, the Environment, Accountability and Tax Transparency
This article intends to analyze the first changes that the liberal government, under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration, has conducted during his first year in tenure regarding the issues related to the environment and mining activity. This article aims to comparatively highlight those a...
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| Xuất bản năm: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/eccs, |
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| Định dạng: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Ngôn ngữ: | Anglais |
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Études canadiennes / Canadian Studies
2017
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Tóm tắt: | This article intends to analyze the first changes that the liberal government, under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration, has conducted during his first year in tenure regarding the issues related to the environment and mining activity. This article aims to comparatively highlight those aspects that, in our view, could mark a difference in the scope of the policies implemented by Stephen Harper’s conservative government in terms of the design of his international economic policy and the role Canadian corporations have in it. We will examine Canada and its mining corporations’ interaction with Latin American countries.In analyzing the policies and actions conducted during Trudeau’s first year in government, there are various aspects that lead us to reflection. It seems evident that the poor image left by Harper became an indisputable political asset for Trudeau. However, some issues the government inherited from its predecessor may be neither overcome nor fully rectified, as would be the case of the almost symbiotic relation taking place – at least since Chrétien’s government – between the government and Canadian companies. This means Justin Trudeau will need to resort more and more often to absolute political pragmatism, and find new issues and battles to champion, as is the case with environmental issues. For now, this is far off from reproving mining companies, but instead internationalism is used to recreate a space for dialogue that places Canada in multilateral forums. |
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