Today the federal government dropped a new plan -- this one federal (not fed-prov!) -- to surpass Canada's current target to reduce emissions to less than 30% below 2005 by 2030. It's a very big deal. Here's the plan, a (probably long) thread follows.
https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/pdf/climate-change/climate-plan/healthy_environment_healthy_economy_plan.pdf
As noted by @riversNic this is the first time we've seen a credible plan to meet a climate target. We've had 30 yrs of parties pretending their plans will meet bold targets, but they couldn't really call each other out when their own plans were exaggerated too. (Academics tried.)
I hope this promises diff climate politics, especially with a fed election plausible in 2021. If propose deeper cuts (which are needed), show how your plan will deliver. Most importantly, if Conservative party says it can meet the same target at lower cost to voters, prove it.
Framing is economy first and foremost: both risk of being left behind as world transitions to low-carbon, and opportunities to build on Canada's competitive advantages (biofuels, H2, minerals, land). Both parts are critical and go together. Continued economic growth projected.
This builds on the fed govt's approach since 2016 of setting fed backstop. For 25 yrs the goal of fed-prov consensus yielded lowest common denominator climate policies. Threat of fed action was critical to Pan-Cdn plan in 2016, C pricing in 2019. C budget bill similar tack.
Plan to increase the fed backstop carbon price to $170/tonne by 2030 is boldest for both electoral and fed/prov politics. I suspect it does much of the heavy lifting in this plan, esp for o/g, which sees some of the biggest reductions. Cushioned with $ for retrofits, ZEVs (sigh).
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