Senate’s new net-zero policy has ‘ambitious but achievable’ targets, says Sen. Deacon

The Senate is showing leadership on an ‘existential issue’ by setting a target to reduce the Red Chamber’s carbon footprint to net zero by 2030, says Independent Senator Colin Deacon.

The Senate of Canada Building, pictured in July 2021. On March 29, the Senate approved an environmental and sustainability policy statement that set out a goal for the body's carbon footprint to reach net zero by 2030.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

April 5, 2022

The Red Chamber has a new green target after adopting an environmental and sustainability plan that one of the policy’s authors says is the first of its kind for a national parliamentary body. “We have to, as an organization, address our own climate footprint and...

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