Canada: Elections Canada and Climate Change

canada: People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier doesn't believe in climate change, according to National Observer. That was enough for Elections Canada to say they would construe a position on the issue as proxy support for one party over another. The star candidate and former director of the environmental organization quiterre continued, Elections Canada won't let environmental groups talk about climate change because Maxime Bernier doesn't believe in it!!! Science is no longer acceptable for them it seems... Guilbeault was responding to a Canadian Press report saying Elections Canada had issued a warning that it could classify advocacy around climate change as partisan activity during the upcoming election. This is pure madness, Elections Can E won't let environmental groups talk about climate change because Maxime Bernier doesn't beleive in it!!! Science is no longuer acceptable for them it seems... globeandmail https //t.co/T5fDjgdGYs Election2019 steven guilbeault s guilbeault August 19, 2019This has serious consequences for environmental organizations like Guilbeault's former group. Groups that don't comply could be punished with fines adding up to several multiples of the amount they originally spent on the campaign activities. Under current election law, a group engaging in any election-related activity that's deemed partisan and costs more than 500 must be registered as a third party. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.