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Canada election: Charities warned against climate change ads
19 August 2019
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Canada's Arctic is warming faster than southern Canada
Canada's election watchdog has warned environmentalists that saying climate change is real could break the law.
The issue arose because one party running in October's election denies climate change is a threat.
That has led Elections Canada to warn groups that running paid advertisements about climate change could be considered partisan activity.
Advocates called the guidance "ludicrous" and say it will dampen urgent climate discussions.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49400492
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Canada election: Charities warned against climate change ads (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Aug 2019
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applegrove
(118,622 posts)1. Crazy.
Karadeniz
(22,506 posts)2. Here this would go to court. Ridiculous!
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)3. So they have a law that specifically protects the liars
and penalizes anyone who looks into it.
Guess all that "moving to Canada" stuff is nonsense.
#JustAsBadAsUS
applegrove
(118,622 posts)4. Maybe Bernier splitting off was a conservative party ploy to jettison
white supremacists for the election.