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Liberal leadership contenders will take the stage again on Tuesday night for the English-language debate in Montreal — their last shot to confront each other in person and shake up the race.

The candidates — former central banker Mark Carney, former finance minister Chrystia Freeland, former government House leader Karina Gould and former MP Frank Baylis — spent much of the debate talking about the threat Trump poses to Canada's economy and sovereignty.

B.C. Conservatives are reviving Alberta-style attacks against environmental groups to distract voters from their soft-on-Trump approach to tariffs, say critics.

Tailpipe emissions are still Canada’s most significant driver of greenhouse gas emissions, which directly cause global warming and climate change. Despite the burden of passenger vehicles on climate change and other environmental problems, Ontario’s leading party continues to push expansion of Ontario’s highway network, while making it harder for cities to build bike lanes.

Provincial Conservatives are promising a fund for ‘strategically located’ facilities to refine mined minerals and metals for use in everything from EV batteries through wind turbines to fighter jets, though some in industry worry the money could be badly spent.

The US government is withdrawing grants and other support for research that even references the climate crisis, academics have said, amid Donald Trump’s blitzkrieg upon environmental regulations and clean-energy development.

Among the promises are a few previously unannounced measures including a $5-billion Protect Ontario Account to help respond to American tariffs, $705 million to expand STEM and skilled trades training capacity at post-secondary institutions, and $50 million to support modular housing technology.

Trump's executive order to implement 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian imports, with a lower 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy, was delayed until March 4 after Canada agreed to introduce new security measures at the border.

A recent Leger poll puts the NDP at just 14 per cent support — and suggests that support would drop to 12 per cent with Mark Carney as Liberal leader.

The lawsuit stems from the protests in 2016 and 2017 over the oil pipeline's planned Missouri River crossing, upstream from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's reservation.

Thousands of people have electronically signed a parliamentary petition calling for revocation of Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship over his role in the Trump administration, which is pointedly threatening Canada's sovereignty.

The candidates in the race to be the next leader of the Liberal Party of Canada will square off tonight in the first of two live debates.

When U.S. President Donald Trump was elected in November, Canadian officials issued a weaker than expected 2035 emission reduction target to account for the new political reality.

Government documents obtained by Canada's National Observer show that Fisheries and Oceans Canada, already struggling to meet its core services with spiking climate change costs is forecasting at minimum a $100 million budget deficit annually.

Anjali Carter-Rau supports young people to green their existing jobs.