| Commissioner Slams Climate Measures - Again | 19 May 09 |
 The Canadian federal government has overstated greenhouse gas reductions expected from its climate change plans. Environment Canada, the department responsible, will be unable to determine actual emission reductions for the measures planned.The criticisms come from the Canada's 2009 Spring Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, tabled in the House of Commons May 12, 2009. The second chapter is an assessment of the government's climate change plans, as required under the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act and notes in particular that:
The Pembina Institute, a non-partisan sustainable energy think tank, responded to the report by calling for Canada to signal to the world it is ready to move forward with an ambitious approach to emissions reductions. Pembina Institute urged Environment Minister Jim Prentice to initiate the legal process to cap Canadian emissions before the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, December 2009. View May 12, 2009 Office of Auditor General (Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development) press releaseView Chapter 2, Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act, Spring 2009 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development View May 26, 2009 Canadian Press article View May 12, 2009 CBC News article View May 12, 2009 Pembina Institute press release View Manitoba Wildlands Canada Climate Initiatives View Manitoba Wildlands climate change reports service Sources: CBC, Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Pembina Institute |
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