The bathtub is overflowing: why Canada’s climate strategy needs to pull the plug

We cannot meet our climate goals without removing the legacy carbon pollution that has accumulated since the Industrial Revolution.

Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin. The government must heed the Senate’s advice and provide the regulatory clarity, dedicated targets, and financing necessary to scale the carbon-removal sector safely and transparently, writes Na’im Merchant. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NA’IM MERCHANT

March 4, 2026

Canada’s climate policy has been fixated on a single objective: turning off the tap. We have poured our political capital, policies, and public investments into reducing emissions to prevent new greenhouse gases from entering our atmosphere. But, in doing so, we have compl...

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