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https://policyoptions.irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ottawa-lanscape.jpg2500750Eugene Lang’s article represents well the framing of political life in Ottawa by a long-term insider. As such, it is perhaps unsurprising that he misses recent and novel developments that are increasingly taking centre stage in Canadian political life. Climate change is one such development, arguably the key one. While the Harper government has largely […]