Charting Ottawa's coming climate change paradigm shift

Published December 2, 2009

The same day Barack Obama was being sworn in as the 44^th president of the United States, Jim Prentice addressed a gathering of Canada's most powerful business leaders in Toronto.

The timing of the environment minister's presentation may have been mere coincidence, but there was no doubt his message was tied directly with Mr. Obama's move into the White House—and some of the dramatic changes...