A made-in-Canada climate plan can’t rely on outsourcing the solution

Any outsourcing of our emissions reductions, including selling our natural gas abroad, needs to be subject to a rigorous, yet-to-be-built international accounting system to ensure real emissions reductions are achieved.

Military personnel stack sandbags in Ottawa’s Constance Bay neighbourhood on Apr. 30. Climate change is already costing Canadians billions of dollars in disaster relief and insurance coverage, for increasing incidents such as the floods that recently hit Ottawa and surrounding areas, writes Simon Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SIMON DYER

June 5, 2019

Any political party serious about governing in Canada and sincere about slowing climate change will put forward a climate plan designed to rapidly and significantly drive down greenhouse gas emissions here at home to improve the lives of Canadians and honour our international commitments. What’s ...

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