During CBC/Radio-Canada’s French-language television interviews with party leaders on Aug. 29, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau blamed the former Conservative government for Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. When asked about his climate policy, including why greenhouse gas emissions have increased in recent years under his party’s governance, Trudeau responded by blaming former prime minister Stephen Harper­, and said his party’s new goal to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 40-45 percent below the 2005 level by 2030 will work. The Radio-Canada live program allotted roughly 30 minutes each to Trudeau and Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole, followed by interviews with Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Annamie Paul. When it was his turn, O’Toole defended his party’s current policy on climate change. “I’m a new leader with a new approach,” O’Toole said when asked about speculation concerning a Liberal-backed “climate lockdown” plan, raised by Conservative candidate …