Canada can still get to net-zero by 2050 if we get real about what’s missing

If 2025 becomes the year governments reconnect climate, energy, and economic policy, Canada can still meet its 2050 goal—and emerge more prosperous and competitive in the process.

A new report from the Trottier Energy Institute says that Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin's government must master, build, and innovate in the electro-technologies that underpin modern economies. This includes energy production, storage, and distribution, in addition to heating, transportation, and automation. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SIMON LANGLOIS BERTRAND, NORMAND MOUSSEAU, JAMES MEADOWCROFT

October 27, 2025

Canada is not on track to meet its climate goals. On the current trajectory, national greenhouse-gas emissions will fall roughly 20 per cent below 2005 levels by 2035, which is less than half the government’s official target. Even under ‘enhanced measures’, discussed b...

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