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• Delegates vote 54%-46% against policy change request
• Leader O’Toole has sought ambitious climate change agenda

ReutersinTorontoSat 20 Mar 2021 14.19 EDT

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Canada’s main opposition Conservative party members have voted down a proposal to recognize the climate crisis as real, in a blow to their new leader’s efforts to embrace environmentally friendly policies before a likely federal election this year.

The rejected motion included the willingness to act against climate risks and to make highly polluting businesses take more responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

On Friday, the Conservative leader, Erin O’Toole, urged party members to rally around an ambitious climate agenda, in order to avoid a defeat at the hands of Liberals.Advertisementhttps://c0c269f1ed7961379105249bcf2bb65a.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html

He asked members to be open to new ideas if they were serious about toppling the Liberals in the next election, even if that went against the party’s…