News Summary

• In 2015, the newly elected Trudeau government signed the Paris Agreement.
• The following year saw the imposition of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.
• The 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan, targeting emissions of 40 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050.
• The Fraser Institute has found that Ottawa and the four biggest provinces have either spent or forgone a mind-numbing $158 billion to create just 68,000 “clean” jobs, increasing the “green economy” by a minuscule 0.3 percentage points to 3.6 per cent of GDP.