Canada

I'm not a Canadian citizen. I studied in Quebec before moving back to my country. I love Canada and I follow Canadian politics very closely.

Justin Trudeau has done some disappointing things. Bill C-59 is not one of them.

In fact, I believe Bill C-59 is perhaps the single greatest bill adopted under Justin Trudeau's government.

This bill gives enormous new powers to the Competition Bureau:

https://competition-bureau.canada.ca/en/how-we-foster-competition/education-and-outreach/guide-june-2024-amendments-competition-act

https://theconversation.com/canadas-competition-laws-just-changed-heres-what-you-need-to-know-220020

This bill also allows the Competition Bureau to punish companies that knowingly lie about their environmental record:

https://ccli.ubc.ca/bill-c-59-anti-greenwashing/

https://www.torys.com/our-latest-thinking/publications/2024/06/competition-act-amendments-require-companies-to-back-up-environmental-claims

Here is a funny thing that happened. A few hours before Bill C-59 was set to pass, some oil companies started deleting content from their website:

Pathways Alliance, a coalition of Canadian tar sands producers aiming to build a massive carbon capture project in Alberta, scrubbed their website of its content June 19.

In its place is a notice indicating the organization “removed content from our website, social media and other public communications” and that they had done so in response to anticipated changes coming with Bill C-59.

https://www.desmog.com/2024/06/20/pathways-alliance-website-scrubbed-ahead-of-new-greenwashing-law/

It's just outrageous to see Danielle Smith and these CEOs whine like that.

If you don't break the law by knowingly lying, you have nothing to fear.