A comprehensive plan for zero GHG emissions by 2050

Once Canada gets its own GHG reduction program in order, it needs to join with other countries to work towards an effective worldwide GHG reduction plan, a successor to the 2015 Paris Climate Accord.

Government subsidies and incentives should support GHG reduction, innovation, competitiveness and demonstration projects. Tariffs for imports having high GHG emission content will need to be addressed as well as assistance for GHG reduction for developing countries, writes Hans Rainer. The Hill Times file photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY GILLES G. PATRY

October 22, 2020

OTTAWA—Although we are still fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, it is not too early to start attacking the other emergency: climate change resulting from greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. Canada’s failure to meet previous GHG reduction targets can be traced to a lack of pro...

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