A legacy of broken promises on climate change

Environment Minister Jim Prentice continues to report that his plan is on track, and he is working closely with the U.S. administration to coordinate efforts to fight climate change and develop clean technologies. Yet actions on the ground in the two coun

The 2008 Conservative election platform promised a regulatory framework to impose mandatory emission reduction targets on Canadian industry, and reduce Canada's greenhouse-gas emissions by an absolute 20 per cent by 2020. That target is now reduced to 17 per cent while our emissions climb.

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