Discussion · Government Orders
Elizabeth May Green
“This bill does almost nothing to fight climate change. The government also weakened its deal with Alberta. I want to know if the Prime Minister is giving up on our legal climate targets for 2035 and 2050.”
“Mr. Speaker, in Bill C-30, there is not much climate commitment at all. We now know, concerning the MOU with the province of Alberta, that whereas the November 27 MOU said Canada and Alberta are committed to net zero by 2050, the May 15 MOU said they are committed to tangible progress toward net zero by 2050. Has the Prime Minister now completely withdrawn from our legally binding commitments to reductions by 2035? Are we now retracting the commitment, which was already too late, to the year 2050?”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, in Bill C-30, there is not much climate commitment at all. We now know, concerning the MOU with the province of Alberta, that whereas the November 27 MOU said Canada and Alberta are committed to net zero by 2050, the May 15 MOU said they are committed to tangible progress toward net zero by 2050. Has the Prime Minister now completely withdrawn from our legally binding commitments to reductions by 2035? Are we now retracting the commitment, which was already too late, to the year 2050?