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HOT SEATNatural Resources Minister Joe Oliver told an audience in Washington, D.C., that former NASA scientist James Hansen made “exaggerated comments” about the threat of climate change. This comes in the wake of comments to La Presse earlier this month in which Oliver said “our fears” related to climate change “are exaggerated.” The opposition won’t have any of that.

HOT TOPICS Average pay on the rise Anti-terror legislation Joe Oliver’s criticism of a NASA scientist

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