“Steven Guilbeault has pulled off his greatest anti-oil stunt. The former Greenpeace activist is now Canada’s minister of environment and climate change.” (Don Braid, Calgary Herald, October 26, 2021).
From breaking the law and climbing on then Premier Klein’s roof at his home, Guilbeault has made it into the big leagues now that Prime Minister Trudeau has made him the environment minister.
Guilbeault proved as Heritage minister that he wasn’t up to the job, doing poorly in committee and Question Period. It will be interesting to see how he does in a position where he should know the facts. But can he keep his environmental activism in check and be realistic about what progress can be made?
I suspect he can’t and won’t. He has to many buddies in the green networks who won’t let him forget his previous beliefs and opinions. The Conservatives shouldn’t either. He should be their number one target because we know from his time at Heritage that he does screw up and go off script.
This is a man with a known bias and someone who has the power to put tens of thousands of people out of work. Every word that he has ever uttered publicly, put in print or been quoted in the media should be in the CPC files.
Watch how he handles the pressure at this upcoming climate conference. My bet is that we will see his first screw up shortly. Whether he screws up in a few days or a few months; for the CPC it is just a matter of when to pounce on him.
