43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée7 mai 2021e-2962e-2962 (Ressources naturelles et énergie)ChrisKeeferJulieDzerowiczDavenportLibéralON12 novembre 2020 à 17 h 10 (HAE)10 février 2021 à 17 h 10 (HAE)24 mars 20217 mai 202115 février 2021 Pétition à la<Addressee type="2" affiliationId="" mp-riding-display="1"> Chambre des communes réunie en Parlement</Addressee> Attendu que : Le Canada est signataire de l’Accord de Paris, dont l’objectif est de maintenir la hausse de la température moyenne mondiale en deçà de 2 °C, et a convenu de réduire ses émissions de dioxyde de carbone de 30 % par rapport aux niveaux de 2005 d’ici 2030; Le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC), dans ses quatre trajectoires de décarbonation, préconise une augmentation de la capacité énergétique nucléaire de l’ordre de 98 à 501 % en vue d’éviter des effets climatiques catastrophiques; En Ontario, l’énergie nucléaire a fourni 90 % de l’énergie à très faibles taux d’émissions nécessaire pour éliminer le recours au charbon dans le réseau; L’énergie nucléaire est la forme de production d’énergie la plus respectueuse de l’environnement, puisqu’elle ne nécessite qu’une infime partie de l’extraction, de la transformation et des infrastructures requises par les autres sources d’énergie, y compris les énergies renouvelables, grâce à la densité énergétique de son combustible, qui contient un million de fois plus d’énergie que les combustibles fossiles; Le nucléaire est la seule forme d’énergie où les déchets sont pleinement comptabilisés et contenus, et tout le combustible nucléaire irradié du Canada pourrait tenir sur une patinoire, s’il était empilé jusqu’à une hauteur de 32 pieds; Le secteur nucléaire canadien joue un rôle essentiel dans la lutte contre la pandémie de COVID-19 en produisant la majeure partie du cobalt-60 utilisé dans le monde, soit en quantité suffisante pour stériliser 20 milliards de masques, de gants ou d’écouvillons de prélèvements; L’énergie nucléaire fournit des emplois bien rémunérés à 60 000 Canadiens, grâce à une chaîne d’approvisionnement qui est à 95 % canadienne. Nous soussignés, citoyens et résidents du Canada, prions le gouvernement du Canada de 1. respecter ses engagements au titre de l’Accord de Paris en maintenant et en agrandissant son parc de réacteurs nucléaires CANDU au Canada et à l’étranger; 2. continuer à appuyer la recherche sur les petits réacteurs modulaires et le déploiement de cette technologie.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to announcing its enhanced target or Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement by the U.S.-led Climate Summit that will take place on April 22-23, 2021.  In December 2020, the Government released a plan to exceed Canada’s current 2030 emission reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels, and lay the foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its current 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target with projected emission reductions of 31% below 2005 levels by 2030.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. Some of these investments have already begun while other measures are being refined through engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians.  Like the Pan-Canadian Framework, this plan is not an endpoint: the transition to a cleaner, more prosperous economy needs to be both an immediate priority and a sustained effort over the years and decades ahead.Key initiatives announced in the plan and subsequently include:
  • Proposing to continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030 rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Creating thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Investing $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 per cent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities;
  • Investing $14.9 billion for public transit projects over the next eight years, including $2.75 billion to support zero-emission public transit and school buses, and $400 million to help build new and expanded networks of pathways, bike lanes, trails, and pedestrian bridges across Canada, as well as permanent funding of $3 billion per year for a permanent public transit fund beginning in 2026-2027.
  • Continuing to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Investing in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Introduced Canada’s Hydrogen Strategy, which sets out a path for integrating low emitting hydrogen across the Canadian economy;
  • Launched the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Action Plan for the development, demonstration and deployment of Small Modular Reactors at home and abroad;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Planting 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests, and announced the Growing Canada’s Forest Commitment as the next step of the Government’s commitment to plant two billion trees;.
On February 23, 2021, the Prime Minister and U.S. President Biden released the Roadmap for a Renewed U.S.-Canada Partnership, and launched the U.S.-Canada High Level Ministerial Dialogue on Climate Ambition. This included a commitment to work together to increase ambition under the Paris Agreement, and to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. The Government of Canada and the Government of the U.S. are exploring opportunities to align policies and approaches to create jobs and reduce inequality, and enhance adaptation and resilience to climate impacts.In addition, in November 2020 the Government of Canada tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050. To provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, a Net-Zero Advisory Body was established in February 2021. 
Response by the Minister of Natural ResourcesSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): Mr. Marc G. SerréNuclear energy plays an important role in Canada’s current energy mix and is expected to continue to play a key role in transitioning Canada to a low-carbon future. Electricity generated from nuclear energy is the second largest source of non-emitting electricity in Canada after hydro. It provides approximately 15  ercent of current generation, including 38 percent of electricity generated in New Brunswick, and almost 60 percent in Ontario. The Government of Canada recognized in its enhanced climate plan, A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, released in December 2020, that nuclear energy has the potential to reduce emissions within Canada and abroad. The sector also delivers a wide array of benefits to Canadians. Nuclear energy contributes $17 billion per year to Canada’s gross domestic product and accounts for approximately 76,000 jobs. More than 200 small- and medium-sized enterprises make up Canada’s nuclear energy supply chain.Canada has successfully developed CANDU reactor technology that has been deployed domestically and exported around the world. Decision-making related to electricity supply is the responsibility of provincial and territorial governments. Governments in both Ontario and New Brunswick have chosen to extend the life of their CANDU reactors through refurbishment. The refurbishments in Ontario, at a cost of $26 billion over 10 years, are expected to offset over 40 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.The Government of Canada also promotes the export of CANDU technology. It will support countries interested in using nuclear energy to achieve their climate change and development goals. And the government will help build capacity so that they are prepared to adopt CANDU and other Canadian nuclear technologies.Small modular reactors (SMRs) are part of the next wave of innovation in the nuclear sector. SMRs have the potential to become an affordable, reliable source of non-emitting power that can help Canada reach net-zero emissions by 2050.  In 2018, Natural Resources Canada convened the SMR Roadmap. This was a 10-month stakeholder-driven engagement initiative that brought together provinces and territories, power utilities, industry and other interested parties to explore priorities and challenges related to possible SMR development and deployment in Canada. The Roadmap found that SMRs could provide significant opportunities and benefits for Canada’s economy and environment.Following the recommendations made in the SMR Roadmap, the Government of Canada, along with partners, released Canada’s SMR Action Plan in December 2020. The Action Plan is the result of a pan-Canadian effort that brings together key enablers from across Canada, including the federal government, provinces and territories, municipalities, Indigenous communities and organizations, power utilities, industry, innovators, laboratories, academia, and civil society. Each of these enablers has contributed a chapter to the Action Plan that describes a concrete set of actions they are taking to seize the SMR opportunity for Canada. The Action Plan responds to all 53 recommendations in Canada’s SMR Roadmap and includes voluntary actions that go beyond the SMR Roadmap recommendations. In developing the SMR Action Plan, Natural Resources Canada engaged with over 100 Indigenous communities and representatives, as well as a number of civil society organizations. The Government of Canada chapter in the SMR Action Plan reflects Canada’s ongoing commitment to meaningfully engage on SMRs.The government recognizes that SMR technology, while still in the development phase, has potential applications in electricity generation, resource extraction, and desalination. It can also offer an alternative to diesel in rural and remote communities that choose to explore its potential. The government has pledged to make sure the federal legislative, regulatory, and policy framework is sound and ready for SMR deployment. It will also working with bilateral and multilateral partners to align international engagement and cooperation with Canadian priorities on SMRs. This includes investments in the nuclear sector and in SMR technologies, including $1.2 billion to revitalize Chalk River laboratories, and $20 million to support Terrestrial Energy's Integral Molten Salt Reactor. Most recently, the Government of Canada announced $50.5 million in funding for Moltex Energy Ltd. to support the development of SMR research and technology in New Brunswick. These investments reflect the government’s recognition that it has a role to play in supporting innovation in this emerging sub-sector.Protecting the health and safety of Canadians and the environment is the government's top priority as it supports the nuclear industry. This includes ensuring that all radioactive waste in Canada is managed safely for generations to come. The Government of Canada has launched a public engagement process to develop a modernized policy for radioactive waste management. It will cover Canada’s existing radioactive waste, as well as potential future wastes, including waste resulting from new technologies like SMRs. The government’s goal is to ensure that Canada has a strong policy framework that continues to reflect international practices in the area of radioactive waste management, the best available science, and the values and principles of Canadians, including Indigenous Peoples. All radioactive waste in Canada is safely managed according to international standards at facilities that are licensed and monitored by Canada’s world-class regulator, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). With respect to nuclear liability, Canada’s regime is modern and adaptable, and the government is currently reviewing the liability limit for power reactors to ensure the limit is appropriate.The Government of Canada, because it prioritizes public safety and environmental protection, has established one of the world’s most stringent and internationally recognized nuclear regulatory systems. The CNSC is positioned in a state of readiness to ensure the effective and safe regulation of SMRs. Any new SMR project will have a thorough and transparent regulatory review and consultation process led by the CNSC. Projects will only receive approval if the commission concludes that they are safe for people and the environment, both today and in the future.The pathway to net-zero by 2050 is the challenge of this generation. To be successful, the government has to consider all options. The International Energy Agency, in its 2019 report Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy System, found that removing nuclear energy from the equation would not only increase the risk of failure to meet climate targets, but would also result in higher electricity prices for consumers. According to the report, it would cost an estimated US$1.6 trillion more to achieve global climate targets without investments in nuclear energy. The government takes these recommendations seriously and believes all low-carbon technologies should be evaluated and allowed to compete on their merits.
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉnergie nucléaireRéacteurs nucléaires
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée26 avril 2021432-00657432-00657 (Environnement)KristinaMichaudAvignon—La Mitis—Matane—MatapédiaBloc QuébécoisQC11 mars 202126 avril 20215 février 2021PÉTITION AU GOUVERNEMENT DU CANADAAttendu que :
  • Les politiques climatiques actuelles du Canada sont nettement insuffisantes pour limiter le réchauffement global moyen à 1,5°C et nous placent plutôt sur la voie d'un réchauffement aux conséquences catastrophiques qui se situerait entre 3 °C et 4 °C, et que le Canada est un des principaux pays responsables du réchauffement climatique;
Nous, soussignés, citoyennes et citoyens, résidentes et résidents du Québec, demandons au Gouvernement du Canada de faire sa juste part pour la justice climatique :
  • en annonçant la mise en place d'une cible de réduction des gaz à effet de serre (GES) cohérente avec la science du climat et visant une réduction d'au moins 45 % d'ici 2030 (par rapport à 2010);
  • en mobilisant au moins 4 milliards de dollars par année, à partir de 2020, pour financer des activités d'atténuation et d'adaptation aux changements climatiques dans les pays du Sud – où vivent les populations les plus touchées et les plus faibles émettrices de GES;
  • en soutenant plus efficacement le leadership des femmes, et des femmes autochtones en particulier, par l'application d'une approche féministe dans les plans de financement matière d'atténuation et d'adaptation aux changements climatiques;
  • en intégrant aux futures politiques climatiques les principes de la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones, et notamment le droit au consentement libre, préalable et éclairé sur l'exploitation des ressources situées sur leurs terres ou leurs territoires au Canada et à l'étranger.
Response by the Minister of International Development Signed by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Karina GouldMobilizing at least 4 billion dollars annually, from 2020 onwards, to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in countries of the Global South - where live the populations that are most impacted by climate change despite having emitted the lowest amount of greenhouse gas emissions;The COVID-19 pandemic has created tremendous loss and uncertainty around the world, but among the hardships and challenges there is also a key lesson. The pandemic has reminded us of what we can accomplish when we all work together toward a common goal. This is a lesson that can be applied to the fight against climate change, which remains one of the greatest challenges of our time.The global pandemic has created an opportunity to rebuild better. That means creating an economy and a society that is stronger, more sustainable, and more resilient than before.Canada is committed to increasing ambition on climate action – at home and abroad.Canada is fully committed to the goal of exceeding its Paris Agreement target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. Canada is also committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050.At the global level, the Government of Canada recognizes that many cannot implement the measures required to face the global climate crisis without help. That is why Canada remains firmly committed to the collective goal of mobilizing US$100 billion in climate finance annually in 2020 and beyond.In 2015, Canada announced that it would deliver $2.65 billion over five years in climate finance to help developing countries—particularly the poorest and most vulnerable—transition to low-carbon, sustainable and resilient economies. This commitment has not wavered in face of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, it has become even more critical in the face of the social, economic, and environmental impacts that are being felt on a global scale.Looking ahead, and in recovering from the pandemic, there are far-reaching opportunities to rebuild better by accelerating the transition to clean, affordable, and secure energy and reorienting business and finance toward sustainable, nature-positive development.In preparing for its next phase of its international climate finance commitment, the Government of Canada consulted widely with stakeholders in Canada and abroad, including those in the Global South. In virtually every consultation event, stakeholders made the connection between international climate finance and the COVID-19 recovery, which risk reversing development gains and increasing inequality. This acutely affects specific sectors and segments of societies, challenging sustainable livelihoods for those in the Global South and elsewhere.Furthermore, COVID-19 is placing pressure on developing countries, threatening to derail their progress in achieving their Nationally Determined Contributions (target greenhouse gas reductions) and national climate action priorities.For these reasons, Canada’s next phase on international climate finance will reflect the role that climate finance should play in a green and equitable recovery and will drive Canada’s leadership on international climate finance.Canada remains steadfast in its commitment to be a global leader in addressing climate change with ambitious domestic and international action. Canada will continue to play a leadership role in supporting developing countries to address climate change, delivering on its commitments under the Paris Agreement, and encouraging innovative approaches to financing sustainable development to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in developing countries.Supporting more effectively the leadership of women, and Indigenous women in particular, through applying a feminist approach to the financing plans for climate change mitigation and adaptation;The Government of Canada recognizes that in developing countries, women and girls are disproportionately affected by the negative impacts of climate change, while at the same time, their experience, knowledge and leadership are essential to addressing these challenges. Environment and climate action is therefore most effective when women and girls play an active role as powerful agents of change to advance action on climate change, pollution and other environmental concerns. This inclusive approach helps deliver informed solutions that also mitigate some of the threats to women’s and girls’ health, safety, economic well-being, and social inequalities associated with climate change.Gender equality is a priority in Canada’s climate change programming. The Feminist International Assistance Policy is pursuing gender-responsive climate action, which recognizes that environment and climate action is most effective when women and girls play an active role.Canada is committed to supporting women’s leadership and decision-making in climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. This means that, if the objectives of the Paris Agreement are to be met, more needs to be done, and done in a way that is informed by the voices of girls and women.To overcome chronic gaps in equitable and fair climate change adaptation, one needs to start with those who are most affected: the poorest and most vulnerable, women and girls. At the local level, this means including women and girls in both the design and implementation of climate projects, and addressing the problems they face head-on. An example of this is Canada’s contribution of $20 million to support the transformation of the market for cook stoves and clean energy in Haiti. Transitioning from wood and charcoal fuel to clean energy cook stoves will help reduce the amount of time that women and girls spend on household work, reduce indoor air pollution to the benefit of the health of women and girls, and reduce outdoor pollution to contribute to a healthier climate.For equitable and fair climate change adaptation finance, one must approach investments with a gender lens. Canada’s goals have led to finding ways to integrate gender equality considerations into both its loan and grant projects – for example, using interest rate rebates to incentivize the hiring of women into non-traditional sectors. Canada believes it is essential to support a broad and inclusive representation of women, Indigenous Peoples, and other marginalized groups in international environment-related negotiations to develop strong, diverse, inclusive partnerships and solutions. The Government of Canada knows that women and Indigenous Peoples are on the front line of the battle to fight climate change. Ensuring Canada’s programming responds to their needs, both in terms of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and in terms of adapting to the realities of a changing climate, will be a guiding principle moving forward. Additionally, the government recognizes the important role that nature plays in absorbing carbon, and incorporating nature-based solutions into future work will be key. Working with local communities, Indigenous Peoples, and women’s rights advocates will help build lasting solutions to the climate crisis.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Jonathan WilkinsonIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed announcing its enhanced target or Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement by the U.S.-led Climate Summit that will take place on April 22-23, 2021.In December 2020, the Government released a plan to exceed Canada’s current 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels, and lay the foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its current 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target with projected emission reductions of 31% below 2005 levels by 2030.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. Some of these investments have already begun while other measures are being refined through engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Like the Pan-Canadian Framework, this plan is not an endpoint: the transition to a cleaner, more prosperous economy needs to be both an immediate priority and a sustained effort over the years and decades ahead.Key initiatives announced in the plan and subsequently include:
  • Proposing to continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Creating thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings, including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Investing $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 per cent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities;
  • Investing $14.9 billion for public transit projects over the next eight years, including $2.75 billion to support zero-emission public transit and school buses, and $400 million to help build new and expanded networks of pathways, bike lanes, trails, and pedestrian bridges across Canada, as well as permanent funding of $3 billion per year for a permanent public transit fund beginning in 2026-2027;
  • Continuing to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Investing in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Introduced Canada’s Hydrogen Strategy, which sets out a path for integrating low emitting hydrogen across the Canadian economy;
  • Launched the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Action Plan for the development, demonstration and deployment of Small Modular Reactors at home and abroad;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Planting 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years, as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests, and announced the Growing Canada’s Forest Commitment as the next step of the Government’s commitment to plant two billion trees.
On February 23, 2021, the Prime Minister and U.S. President Biden released the Roadmap for a Renewed U.S.-Canada Partnership, and launched the U.S.-Canada High Level Ministerial Dialogue on Climate Ambition. This included a commitment to work together to increase ambition under the Paris Agreement, and to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. The Government of Canada and the Government of the U.S. are exploring opportunities to align policies and approaches to create jobs and reduce inequality, and enhance adaptation and resilience to climate impacts.In addition, in November 2020 the Government of Canada tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050. To provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, a Net-Zero Advisory Body was established in February 2021.The Government of Canada supports without qualification the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent. To formalize this commitment, the government has recently tabled legislation in support of the Declaration (Bill C-15 - United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act).The government is already building the principles of the UN Declaration into new climate legislation. For example, the proposed Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act (Bill C-12) stipulates that the Minister of Environment and Climate Change must provide Indigenous Peoples of Canada with the opportunity to make submissions when setting or amending a national greenhouse gas emissions target or an emissions reduction plan under this legislation.
Aide au développement internationalChangements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteDroits des autochtonesFemmes
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée12 avril 2021432-00559432-00559 (Environnement)MatthewGreenHamilton-CentreNPDON25 février 202112 avril 202128 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, key initiatives included:
  • Proposing to continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Creating thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings, including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Investing $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities;
  • Building on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Developing a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continuing to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Investing in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Planting 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years, as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050. To provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, a Net-Zero Advisory Body was established in February 2021.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented, with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in Spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy, including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs, from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html.  
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00356432-00356 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202113 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00357432-00357 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202113 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00358432-00358 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202113 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00359432-00359 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202113 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00355432-00355 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202113 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00354432-00354 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202113 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00353432-00353 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202113 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00352432-00352 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202117 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00351432-00351 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202113 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00350432-00350 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202113 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00349432-00349 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202120 janvier 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00348432-00348 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202122 janvier 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00347432-00347 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202122 janvier 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00346432-00346 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202113 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00345432-00345 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202113 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00344432-00344 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202113 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00343432-00343 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202113 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00342432-00342 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202113 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00341432-00341 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202113 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00340432-00340 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202113 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00339432-00339 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 202128 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021432-00338432-00338 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC4 décembre 202025 janvier 20217 octobre 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time, we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html. 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 janvier 2021e-2712e-2712 (Environnement)KarriMunn-VennNathanielErskine-SmithBeaches—East YorkLibéralON8 juillet 2020 à 14 h 00 (HAE)6 octobre 2020 à 14 h 00 (HAE)5 novembre 202025 janvier 20217 octobre 2020Pétition au <Addressee type="6" affiliationId="" mp-riding-display="1">gouvernement du Canada</Addressee>Attendu que : Nous sommes appelés comme croyants à aimer et à prendre soin de la création;Les églises et les organisations religieuses canadiennes se réunissent sous le slogan « Pour l’amour de la Création »;La pandémie de COVID-19 a eu des effets sur chaque aspect de notre vie et a exacerbé les vulnérabilités existantes; Le respect de l’interdépendance de la création est essentiel pour l’action sur le climat, l’intégrité écologique et économique, les bonnes relations avec les peuples autochtones et pour une récupération holistique; Le changement de comportement humain a entraîné des réductions d’émissions modestes, mais non durables, et a démontré l’impératif scientifique d’une modification des systèmes pour limiter le réchauffement; Nous pouvons mieux reconstruire.Nous, soussignés, résidents du Canada et membres des communautés religieuses canadiennes,, prions le gouvernement du Canada de :1. S’engager à réduire les émissions canadiennes de GES de 60 % en-dessous des niveaux de 2005 d’ici 2030, tout en investissant dans une transition juste vers une économie verte, équitable et inclusive qui crée de bons emplois sûrs et favorise le bien-être de tous au Canada;2. Honorer les droits des peuples autochtones en appliquant le principe du consentement préalable, libre et éclairé, en particulier dans le contexte de la politique climatique, de la politique énergétique et du développement des infrastructures. La mise en œuvre législative de la Déclaration des Nations unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones est la clé d’un droit solide et opérationnel au consentement préalable, libre et éclairé;3. S’engager à soutenir de la même manière les mesures d’adaptation au changement climatique et d’atténuation de ses effets dans les pays du Sud par le biais de mécanismes internationaux de financement de la lutte contre le changement climatique, avec un financement supplémentaire pour les pertes et les dommages, en augmentant la contribution de la part équitable à hauteur d’au moins 4 milliards de dollars américains par an;4. Répondre à la pandémie dans les pays du Sud par l’annulation de la dette multilatérale et un soutien accru aux ONG internationales canadiennes sous forme de subventions.
Response by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Signed by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable David LamettiOn December 3, 2020, the Government introduced Bill C-15, An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This is an important step along our collective journey of reconciliation. The key purpose of this initiative is to create a legislated framework for advancing self-determination, self-government, inclusion, economic participation, and equality for Indigenous peoples through the alignment of federal laws and policies with the UN Declaration over time. Over the last few months, the Government has used former Private Member’s Bill C-262, An Act to ensure that the laws of Canada are in harmony with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as the basis for discussion with Indigenous Peoples through distinctions-based virtual engagement sessions across Canada. The Government has also had dialogue with provincial and territorial governments and industry sectors on what the proposed legislation would and would not do.If passed, the proposed UN Declaration legislation would require the federal government to collaborate on the development of an action plan with Indigenous peoples, and begin work to align federal laws and policies with the UN Declaration in a manner that more fully respects, protects, promotes and implements their rights, through collaborative processes, approaches and mechanisms, including free prior and informed consent. The approach proposed in the legislation commits the federal government to look for opportunities, together with Indigenous peoples, to uphold the rights included in the UN Declaration. As the Principles Respecting the Government of Canada’s Relationship with Indigenous Peoples note, free prior and informed consent builds on and goes beyond the legal duty to consult. To this end, the Government of Canada will continue to look for opportunities to build processes and approaches aimed at securing consent, as well as creative and innovative mechanisms that will help build deeper collaboration, consensus and new ways of working with Indigenous peoples when making decisions that impact their rights and interests. 
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissionsby 2050.To ensure Canada has a solid foundation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Government has announced a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy is Canada’s strengthened climate plan of federal policies, programs and investments to build a stronger, cleaner, more resilient and inclusive economy. This plan builds on the important accomplishments of and work underway with provinces, territories and Indigenous partners under the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.The Pan Canadian Framework has done more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada’s history. Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030. Taken together with A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, Canada will exceed its 2030 greenhouse-gas-reduction target—making it the first time ever this country has set a climate target and outlined a path to not only meet it but exceed it.A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy outlines 64 new and strengthened federal climate measures and $15 billion in new investments. While some of these investments will begin immediately, other measures require engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, stakeholders, and with Canadians. Over the next few months, the Government of Canada will work with partners to ensure a strong, workable plan that can be delivered together.As part of its plan, the Government of Canada will:
  • Continue to put a price on pollution through to 2030, rising at $15 per tonne after 2022, while returning the proceeds back to households such that the majority receive more money back than they pay in provinces where the federal system applies;
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings, including an investment of $2.6 billion over seven years to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Invest $1.5 billion over three years for green and inclusive community buildings, and require that at least 10 percent of this funding be allocated to projects serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including Indigenous populations in urban centres;
  • Build on historic investments in public transit in the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to develop next steps on public transit, including the government’s plan to help electrify public transit systems, and provide permanent public transit funding;
  • Develop a national active transportation strategy, and explore ways to deliver more active transportation options;
  • Continue to make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable by extending the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program until March 2022, while investing an additional $150 million over three years in more charging stations across the country;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies; and,
  • Plant 2 billion incremental trees over the next 10 years, as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
In addition, the Government of Canada also recently tabled the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which delivers on the government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Once the bill becomes law, it will establish a legally binding process for the Government to set five-year emissions reduction targets based on the advice of experts and Canadians to ensure transparency and accountability as Canada charts a path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Act also requires emissions reduction plans for each target and the publication of interim and final reports on implementation of the plans and the emissions reductions they achieve, as well as periodic examination and reporting by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development on the implementation of these mitigation measures. The Act will also establish a Net-Zero Advisory Body to provide independent advice to the Government on the best pathways to reach its targets, and also enshrine greater accountability and public transparency into Canada’s plan for meeting net-zero emissions by 2050.The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on the recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, in 2016 the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The economic impacts of COVID-19 have been unprecedented with millions of jobs lost at the height of the lockdown in spring 2020, continued hardships throughout the year, and an unequal distribution of who feels these impacts more deeply. The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canada build back a better and more resilient economy including by creating over 1 million jobs to bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels with climate action and clean growth serving as a cornerstone for these efforts. This includes a variety of measures in our strengthened climate plan that will help create jobs from retrofitting homes and buildings, to building the infrastructure needed for clean transportation across the country, to helping clean technology firms grow.At the same time we know that achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers. Climate action and clean growth is a cornerstone of this commitment, and that Canadians must be at the center of our climate policies, which is why we need to support workers and communities affected by the transition to a low carbon economy. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, we established a Just Transition Task Force in 2018 to provide advice on how to make the transition away from traditional coal-fired electricity fair to those affected. In response to the Task Force’s recommendations, Budget 2019 proposed that we:
  • Create worker transition centres that will offer skills development initiatives and diversification activities in western and eastern Canada.
  • Work with those affected to explore new ways to protect wages and pensions.
  • Establish a $150 million infrastructure fund to support priority projects and economic diversification in impacted communities.
Adding to these efforts, the Government of Canada is working to prepare the workforce for a decarbonized economy by identifying skills that are in demand now and in the future, developing new approaches to skills development, and providing new opportunities for Canadian workers. The Future Skills program (led by Employment and Social Development Canada) provides an opportunity to support the deep transformations that will be required across a range of economic sectors in order to meet our climate change targets, and provide new opportunities for Canadian workers. Learn more about Future Skills at the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills.html.   
Response by the Minister of International Development Signed by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Karina Gould3. Commit equal support for climate change adaptation and mitigation measures in the Global South through international climate financing mechanisms, with additional funding for loss and damage, scaling up to a fair share contribution of at least $4 billion USD per year.The COVID-19 pandemic has created tremendous loss and uncertainty around the world, but among the hardships and challenges there is also a key lesson. The pandemic has reminded us of what we can accomplish when we all work together toward a common goal. This is a lesson that can be applied to the fight against climate change, which remains one of the greatest challenges of our time.The global pandemic has created an opportunity -- an opportunity to build back better. That means creating an economy and a society that is stronger, more sustainable, and more resilient than before.Canada is committed to increasing ambition on climate action – at home and abroad.Canada is fully committed to the goal of exceeding its Paris Agreement target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. Canada is also committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050.At the global level, the Government of Canada recognizes that many cannot implement the measures required to face the global climate crisis without help. That is why Canada remains firmly committed to the collective goal of mobilizing US$100 billion in climate finance annually in 2020 and beyond.In 2015, Canada announced that it would deliver $2.65 billion over five years in climate finance to help developing countries—particularly the poorest and most vulnerable—transition to low-carbon, sustainable and resilient economies. This commitment has not wavered in face of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, it has become even more critical in the face of the social, economic, and environmental impacts that are being felt on a global scale.Looking ahead, and in recovering from the pandemic, there are far-reaching opportunities to build back better by accelerating the transition to clean, affordable, and secure energy and reorienting business and finance toward sustainable, nature-positive development.As it develops its international climate finance commitment for post-2020, the Government of Canada consulted widely with stakeholders in Canada and abroad, including those in the Global South. In virtually every consultation event, stakeholders made the connection between international climate finance and the COVID-19 recovery, which risk reversing development gains and increasing inequality. This acutely affects specific sectors and segments of societies, challenging sustainable livelihoods for those in the Global South and elsewhere.Furthermore, COVID-19 is placing pressure on developing countries, threatening to derail their progress in achieving their Nationally Determined Contributions (target greenhouse gas reductions) and national climate action priorities.For these reasons, Canada’s next phase on international climate finance will reflect the role that climate finance should play in a green and equitable recovery. The parameters that the government sets for international climate finance, including its loan/grant mix, funding ambition, and mitigation/adaptation mix, will drive Canada’s leadership on international climate finance.Canada remains steadfast in its commitment to be a global leader in addressing climate change with ambitious domestic and international action. Canada will continue to play a leadership role in supporting developing countries to address climate change, delivering on its commitments under the Paris Agreement, and encouraging innovative approaches to financing sustainable development to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in developing countries.4. Respond to the pandemic in the Global South through multilateral debt cancellation and increased grant-based support for Canadian international NGOs. Canada’s approach and response to the pandemicCanada knows that this global crisis will likely exacerbate inequalities and reverse development gains, in particular for women and children who already experience poverty, exclusion and marginalization more acutely. In line with Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy, Canada’s response includes a particular focus on the world’s poorest and most marginalized, and considers the differentiated needs of women and girls.Since February 11, 2020, the Government of Canada has announced commitments of approximately $1.1 billion in direct support to the global response to COVID-19. Canada has also made an additional $1 billion available for IMF loans related to COVID-19.Canada recognizes that COVID-19 poses a unique and truly global challenge, and that it is in our common interest to work together to defeat it. This means bringing together the world’s best minds to find the vaccines, treatments and therapies we need to make our world healthy again, while strengthening the health systems that will make them available for all.The international response and Canada’s efforts must also reinforce ongoing essential life-saving global health and humanitarian programs addressing other key crises and situations, and in particular programs aimed at women, children, adolescents and vulnerable populations, which too often are the first to be de-prioritized in light of other pressures.Canada is working to ensure that international partners can maintain their services for vulnerable populations where possible, including support for sexual and reproductive health and rights, maternal and child health, food security and nutrition, education, the provision of humanitarian assistance, and programs aimed at combating gender-based violence.Canada will continue to look for opportunities to leverage innovation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by encouraging traditional partners to use creative solutions, and by working with new partners to drive innovative approaches. This is particularly the case regarding medical counter-measures, where significant new developments in diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines are providing hope about containing and then ending the pandemic.Debt CancellationCanada is implementing the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) with G20 members and the Paris Club. To date, the DSSI has provided nearly USD $6 billion in debt service relief to the poorest countries. This relief has been extended through June 2021.Canada was also pleased to endorse the G20 Common Framework for Debt Treatment Beyond the DSSI (Common Framework) to address unsustainable debt challenges faced by some of the poorest countries. This marks the first time the G20 has committed to coordinated debt relief with the Paris Club and other willing creditors. The Common Framework is a significant step forward in creditor coordination and is expected to provide meaningful debt relief for the poorest countries.
Response by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of FinanceSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Chrystia Freeland4. Respond to the pandemic in the Global South through multilateral debt cancellation and increased grant-based support for Canadian international NGOs.The pandemic has caused social and economic distress throughout the globe but it has acutely affected low- and middle-income countries. Canada is leading international coordination and cooperative efforts to provide equitable access to vaccinations, support global economic stability and help foster an inclusive recovery, including through Canada’s participation to the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI).Canada has been advocating for international financial institutions to use all their instruments to the fullest extent possible as part of a coordinated global response. As part of the G20 Action Plan Progress Report, multilateral development banks have committed to provide net positive financial flows to the poorest countries over the suspension period of the DSSI. G20 and Paris Club countries have provided an estimated US$5.7 billion in temporary debt payment relief to some of the world’s poorest countries through the DSSI. Of this, Canada has provided over $40 million in debt payment relief. Given the scale of the COVID-19 crisis, the G20 and Paris Club countries have also recognized that debt treatments beyond the DSSI may be required on a case-by-case basis. In this context, Canada welcomed and endorsed the G20 "Common Framework for Debt Treatments beyond the DSSI", as an important opportunity to bring non-traditional bilateral and private sector lenders into debt restructuring Club processes.
Aide au développement internationalChangements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteDroits des autochtones
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée11 décembre 2020432-00174432-00174 (Affaires étrangères)ElizabethMaySaanich—Gulf IslandsParti vertBC28 octobre 202011 décembre 202016 septembre 2020Pétition adressée à la Chambre des communes réunie en ParlementAttendu que :
  • Le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat prévoit que les changements climatiques exacerberont les inégalités et les vulnérabilités qui existent entre les hommes et les femmes;
  • Les pays en développement assument déjà jusqu'à 80 % des coûts associés aux changements climatiques, notamment en raison de l’insécurité alimentaire, des pertes et des dommages, des moyens de subsistance compromis et de l’instabilité;
  • En l’absence de mesures immédiates, les effets des changements climatiques pourraient faire basculer 100 millions de personnes supplémentaires dans la pauvreté d’ici 2030;
  • Les pays développés qui ont signé l’Accord de Paris sur les changements climatiques ont convenu de mobiliser 100 milliards de dollars par an d’ici 2020 pour aider les pays en développement à faire face aux répercussions des changements climatiques, et d’équilibrer ces ressources entre les mesures d’adaptation et les mesures d’atténuation;
  • Les investissements visant l’adaptation aux changements climatiques sont essentiels pour promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes, la croissance économique inclusive et la stabilité sociale, et peuvent permettre de réaliser des économies de plusieurs billions de dollars, mais ils représentent actuellement moins de 20 % du financement pour la lutte contre les changements climatiques;
  • Moins de 35 % des investissements du Canada dans la lutte internationale contre les changements climatiques visent à soutenir des projets d’adaptation, et l’égalité entre les sexes représente l’objectif principal de seulement 0,2 % de ces investissement;
  • En avril 2019, le Comité permanent de l’environnement et du développement durable a prié le gouvernement du Canada de faire passer à 50 % la proportion du financement affecté à la lutte contre les changements climatiques qu’il consacre aux mesures d’adaptation.
Nous, soussignés, citoyens et résidents du Canada, exhortons la Chambre des communes réunie en Parlement à :
  • S’engager à ce qu'au moins 50 % du financement versé par le Canada à des pays en développement pour lutter contre les changements climatiques soit destiné à des mesures d’adaptation, et à s’assurer que l’égalité entre les sexes soit l’objectif principal d’au moins 15 % des projets financés à cet égard.
the Minister of International Development Signed by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Karina GouldClimate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today, affecting every country, community and individual. Developing countries are the most affected by climate change and its impacts, and least able to afford its consequences. Their vulnerability is due to multiple factors that can limit their ability to prevent and respond to the impacts of climate change, and as a result, climate change has the potential to reverse significant development gains made in these countries. In developing countries, women and girls are disproportionately affected by the negative impacts of climate change, while at the same time, their experience, knowledge and leadership are essential to addressing these challenges. Environment and climate action is therefore most effective when women and girls play an active role as powerful agents of change to advance action on climate change, pollution and other environmental concerns. This inclusive approach helps deliver informed solutions that also mitigate some of the threats to women’s and girls’ health, safety, economic well-being, and social inequalities associated with climate change. In March 2015, United Nations member states, including Canada, agreed to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the accompanying Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Climate Action goal – SDG 13 – calls on the international community to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. To achieve SDG 13, all countries need to accelerate and intensify their actions and investments on climate change. In December 2015, the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted the Paris Agreement. In support of the Paris Agreement, the Prime Minister announced in 2015 that Canada would provide $2.65 billion over five years to help developing countries tackle climate change. Canada is delivering on this climate finance pledge as part of the commitment to supporting the poorest and most vulnerable populations affected by climate change. Canada also continues to work closely with other donors towards the joint goal to mobilize US$100 billion per year by 2020. Canada’s climate finance is helping developing countries transition to low-carbon and climate resilient economies through:
  • initiatives that significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in line with developing countries’ needs and plans
  • adaptation action, particularly for the poorest and most vulnerable, including women and girls
  • mobilizing new private sector capital for climate action in developing countries.
 In 2018, Canada was President of the Group of Seven (G7) and played a leadership role on climate change by placing it high on the G7 agenda and ensuring an inclusive approach that addressed gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. Canada has been particularly active in supporting climate-smart agriculture, and increased access to green energy – both of which are especially important to women and girls. The Government of Canada recognizes that adaptation measures are essential for developing countries, in particular the poorest and most vulnerable, to enable them to build resilience in the face of a changing climate. Canada’s continued efforts to scale up adaptation measures are in line with the Paris Agreement and Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy. Adaptation and gender equality will also be key elements of Canada’s future climate finance. The government also recognizes the importance of mitigation investments for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, directly addressing the cause of climate change, and therefore reducing support needed for adaptation in the long run. Canada continues to invest in initiatives and approaches to help mobilize the private sector investment that is essential for addressing the SDG and Climate Action financing gaps. By supporting an appropriate balance of adaptation and mitigation investments, the Government of Canada is ensuring that it responds to developing country priorities in line with the Paris Agreement and Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy.
Aide au développement internationalChangements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteDiscrimination sexuelle
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée4 décembre 2020e-2794e-2794 (Fiscalité)EricStarkPaulManlyNanaimo—LadysmithParti vertBC14 août 2020 à 15 h 04 (HAE)13 octobre 2020 à 15 h 04 (HAE)21 octobre 20204 décembre 202015 octobre 2020Pétition au <Addressee type="3" affiliationId="" mp-riding-display="1">gouvernement du Canada</Addressee>Attendu que :Nous devons rester en dessous du seuil de réchauffement de 1,5 degré Celsius pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques;Les objectifs actuels du Canada en matière de lutte contre les changements climatiques ont été établis par le gouvernement Harper en 2015 et qu’ils correspondent à environ la moitié des efforts à déployer pour limiter à 1,5 degré Celsius la hausse moyenne des températures mondiales comme l’exige l’Accord de Paris; Le Climate Action Tracker, un groupe de réflexion international indépendant, considère que les niveaux d’émissions prévus par le Canada pour 2030 sont « nettement insuffisants »;Les économistes estiment que, dans le cadre d’une stratégie intégrée pour s’attaquer à la crise climatique, une augmentation régulière de la tarification du carbone peut être un moyen efficace d’assurer la transition vers une économie à faibles émissions de carbone;Le gouvernement fédéral avait prévu des augmentations annuelles de la tarification du carbone de 10 $ la tonne par année, lesquelles prendront fin en 2022;Selon la Commission de l'écofiscalité du Canada, une hausse de 20 $ la tonne par année appliquée au-delà de 2022 permettrait tout juste d’atteindre les objectifs de réduction des émissions « nettement insuffisants » établis par le gouvernement Harper;Le remboursement de la taxe sur le carbone procure à presque tous les Canadiens, exception faite de ceux qui font partie des 20 % ayant les revenus les plus élevés, un avantage financier net.Nous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, prions le gouvernement du Canada de :1. Mettre à jour les cibles du Canada pour lutter contre les changements climatiques, en tenant compte de la science et du rapport de 2018 du GIEC;2. Augmenter la tarification du carbone de 25 $ la tonne par année après 2022;3. Mettre sur pied un groupe d’experts chargé d’examiner les hausses annuelles de la tarification pour s’assurer qu’elles concordent avec les cibles du Canada en matière de lutte contre les changements climatiques;4. Veiller à ce que les Canadiens soient pleinement conscients des remboursements de la taxe sur le carbone effectués au moyen de chèques émis régulièrement ou de dépôts directs.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONThe Government of Canada has a plan to fight climate change, drive clean economic growth, and build resilience to a changing climate. This plan includes pricing carbon pollution as a foundational pillar.Pricing carbon pollution is the most efficient way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A well-designed price on carbon pollution provides an incentive for climate action and clean innovation, while also protecting competiveness and preventing carbon leakage. The Pan-Canadian Approach to Pricing Carbon Pollution, released in October 2016, gives provinces and territories the flexibility to implement carbon pricing systems tailored to their jurisdiction’s unique needs and circumstances, as long as they meet minimum stringency criteria. The federal carbon pollution pricing system applies in any jurisdiction that requests it or that does not implement its own system that meets federal stringency requirements.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will bring forward a plan to exceed Canada’s 2030 climate goal. As part of its plan, the Government will:
  • Create thousands of jobs retrofitting homes and buildings, cutting energy costs for Canadian families and businesses;
  • Help deliver more transit and active transit options;
  • Make zero-emissions vehicles more affordable while investing in more charging stations across the country;
  • Set legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appoint a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Support investments in renewable energy and next-generation clean energy and technology solutions;
  • Work with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Invest in reducing the impact of climate-related disasters like floods and wildfires to make communities safer and more resilient;
  • Complete all flood maps in Canada; and,
  • Plant two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests.
The Government of Canada has committed to report back on our progress. The Minister of the Environment will report annually to Parliament on the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act. As committed under the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, we will also review the overall approach to pricing carbon pollution by early 2022 to confirm the path forward, with an interim report in 2020. These review processes will include consideration of the carbon price trajectory after 2022.  
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planètePanels d'examenRemboursements de taxeTarification du carboneTaxe sur les émissions carboniques
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée18 novembre 2020432-00069432-00069 (Affaires étrangères)ElizabethMaySaanich—Gulf IslandsParti vertBC5 octobre 202018 novembre 202016 septembre 2020Pétition adressée à la Chambre des communes réunie en ParlementAttendu que :
  • Le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat prévoit que les changements climatiques exacerberont les inégalités et les vulnérabilités qui existent entre les hommes et les femmes;
  • Les pays en développement assument déjà jusqu'à 80 % des coûts associés aux changements climatiques, notamment en raison de l’insécurité alimentaire, des pertes et des dommages, des moyens de subsistance compromis et de l’instabilité;
  • En l’absence de mesures immédiates, les effets des changements climatiques pourraient faire basculer 100 millions de personnes supplémentaires dans la pauvreté d’ici 2030;
  • Les pays développés qui ont signé l’Accord de Paris sur les changements climatiques ont convenu de mobiliser 100 milliards de dollars par an d’ici 2020 pour aider les pays en développement à faire face aux répercussions des changements climatiques, et d’équilibrer ces ressources entre les mesures d’adaptation et les mesures d’atténuation;
  • Les investissements visant l’adaptation aux changements climatiques sont essentiels pour promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes, la croissance économique inclusive et la stabilité sociale, et peuvent permettre de réaliser des économies de plusieurs billions de dollars, mais ils représentent actuellement moins de 20 % du financement pour la lutte contre les changements climatiques;
  • Moins de 35 % des investissements du Canada dans la lutte internationale contre les changements climatiques visent à soutenir des projets d’adaptation, et l’égalité entre les sexes représente l’objectif principal de seulement 0,2 % de ces investissement;
  • En avril 2019, le Comité permanent de l’environnement et du développement durable a prié le gouvernement du Canada de faire passer à 50 % la proportion du financement affecté à la lutte contre les changements climatiques qu’il consacre aux mesures d’adaptation.
Nous, soussignés, citoyens et résidents du Canada, exhortons la Chambre des communes réunie en Parlement à :
  • S’engager à ce qu'au moins 50 % du financement versé par le Canada à des pays en développement pour lutter contre les changements climatiques soit destiné à des mesures d’adaptation, et à s’assurer que l’égalité entre les sexes soit l’objectif principal d’au moins 15 % des projets financés à cet égard.
Response by the Minister of International Development Signed by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Karina GouldClimate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today, affecting every country, community and individual. Developing countries are the most affected by climate change and its impacts, and least able to afford its consequences. Their vulnerability is due to multiple factors that can limit their ability to prevent and respond to the impacts of climate change, and as a result, climate change has the potential to reverse significant development gains made in these countries. In developing countries, women and girls are disproportionately affected by the negative impacts of climate change, while at the same time, their experience, knowledge and leadership are essential to addressing these challenges. Environment and climate action is therefore most effective when women and girls play an active role as powerful agents of change to advance action on climate change, pollution and other environmental concerns. This inclusive approach helps deliver informed solutions that also mitigate some of the threats to women’s and girls’ health, safety, economic well-being, and social inequalities associated with climate change. In March 2015, United Nations member states, including Canada, agreed to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the accompanying Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Climate Action goal – SDG 13 – calls on the international community to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. To achieve SDG 13, all countries need to accelerate and intensify their actions and investments on climate change. In December 2015, the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted the Paris Agreement. In support of the Paris Agreement, the Prime Minister announced in 2015 that Canada would provide $2.65 billion over five years to help developing countries tackle climate change. Canada is delivering on this climate finance pledge as part of the commitment to supporting the poorest and most vulnerable populations affected by climate change. Canada also continues to work closely with other donors towards the joint goal to mobilize US$100 billion per year by 2020. Canada’s climate finance is helping developing countries transition to low-carbon and climate resilient economies through:
  • initiatives that significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in line with developing countries’ needs and plans
  • adaptation action, particularly for the poorest and most vulnerable, including women and girls
  • mobilizing new private sector capital for climate action in developing countries.
 In 2018, Canada was President of the Group of Seven (G7) and played a leadership role on climate change by placing it high on the G7 agenda and ensuring an inclusive approach that addressed gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. Canada has been particularly active in supporting climate-smart agriculture, and increased access to green energy – both of which are especially important to women and girls. The Government of Canada recognizes that adaptation measures are essential for developing countries, in particular the poorest and most vulnerable, to enable them to build resilience in the face of a changing climate. Canada’s continued efforts to scale up adaptation measures are in line with the Paris Agreement and Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy. Adaptation and gender equality will also be key elements of Canada’s future climate finance. The government also recognizes the importance of mitigation investments for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, directly addressing the cause of climate change, and therefore reducing support needed for adaptation in the long run. Canada continues to invest in initiatives and approaches to help mobilize the private sector investment that is essential for addressing the SDG and Climate Action financing gaps. By supporting an appropriate balance of adaptation and mitigation investments, the Government of Canada is ensuring that it responds to developing country priorities in line with the Paris Agreement and Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy.
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43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée18 novembre 2020432-00065432-00065 (Environnement)RachelBlaneyNorth Island—Powell RiverNPDBC5 octobre 202018 novembre 20205 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • Regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • Accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • Developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • Establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • Increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • Adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • Establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html  
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verteM-1
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée16 novembre 2020432-00007432-00007 (Affaires étrangères)ElizabethMaySaanich—Gulf IslandsParti vertBC24 septembre 202016 novembre 202016 septembre 2020Pétition adressée à la Chambre des communes réunie en ParlementAttendu que :
  • Le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat prévoit que les changements climatiques exacerberont les inégalités et les vulnérabilités qui existent entre les hommes et les femmes;
  • Les pays en développement assument déjà jusqu'à 80 % des coûts associés aux changements climatiques, notamment en raison de l’insécurité alimentaire, des pertes et des dommages, des moyens de subsistance compromis et de l’instabilité;
  • En l’absence de mesures immédiates, les effets des changements climatiques pourraient faire basculer 100 millions de personnes supplémentaires dans la pauvreté d’ici 2030;
  • Les pays développés qui ont signé l’Accord de Paris sur les changements climatiques ont convenu de mobiliser 100 milliards de dollars par an d’ici 2020 pour aider les pays en développement à faire face aux répercussions des changements climatiques, et d’équilibrer ces ressources entre les mesures d’adaptation et les mesures d’atténuation;
  • Les investissements visant l’adaptation aux changements climatiques sont essentiels pour promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes, la croissance économique inclusive et la stabilité sociale, et peuvent permettre de réaliser des économies de plusieurs billions de dollars, mais ils représentent actuellement moins de 20 % du financement pour la lutte contre les changements climatiques;
  • Moins de 35 % des investissements du Canada dans la lutte internationale contre les changements climatiques visent à soutenir des projets d’adaptation, et l’égalité entre les sexes représente l’objectif principal de seulement 0,2 % de ces investissement;
  • En avril 2019, le Comité permanent de l’environnement et du développement durable a prié le gouvernement du Canada de faire passer à 50 % la proportion du financement affecté à la lutte contre les changements climatiques qu’il consacre aux mesures d’adaptation.
Nous, soussignés, citoyens et résidents du Canada, exhortons la Chambre des communes réunie en Parlement à :
  • S’engager à ce qu'au moins 50 % du financement versé par le Canada à des pays en développement pour lutter contre les changements climatiques soit destiné à des mesures d’adaptation, et à s’assurer que l’égalité entre les sexes soit l’objectif principal d’au moins 15 % des projets financés à cet égard.
Response by the Minister of International Development Signed by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Karina GouldClimate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today, affecting every country, community and individual. Developing countries are the most affected by climate change and its impacts, and least able to afford its consequences. Their vulnerability is due to multiple factors that can limit their ability to prevent and respond to the impacts of climate change, and as a result, climate change has the potential to reverse significant development gains made in these countries. In developing countries, women and girls are disproportionately affected by the negative impacts of climate change, while at the same time, their experience, knowledge and leadership are essential to addressing these challenges. Environment and climate action is therefore most effective when women and girls play an active role as powerful agents of change to advance action on climate change, pollution and other environmental concerns. This inclusive approach helps deliver informed solutions that also mitigate some of the threats to women’s and girls’ health, safety, economic well-being, and social inequalities associated with climate change.In March 2015, United Nations member states, including Canada, agreed to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the accompanying Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Climate Action goal – SDG 13 – calls on the international community to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. To achieve SDG 13, all countries need to accelerate and intensify their actions and investments on climate change. In December 2015, the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted the Paris Agreement. In support of the Paris Agreement, the Prime Minister announced in 2015 that Canada would provide $2.65 billion over five years to help developing countries tackle climate change. Canada is delivering on this climate finance pledge as part of the commitment to supporting the poorest and most vulnerable populations affected by climate change. Canada also continues to work closely with other donors towards the joint goal to mobilize US$100 billion per year by 2020. Canada’s climate finance is helping developing countries transition to low-carbon and climate resilient economies through:
  • initiatives that significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in line with developing countries’ needs and plans
  • adaptation action, particularly for the poorest and most vulnerable, including women and girls
  • mobilizing new private sector capital for climate action in developing countries.
 In 2018, Canada was President of the Group of Seven (G7) and played a leadership role on climate change by placing it high on the G7 agenda and ensuring an inclusive approach that addressed gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. Canada has been particularly active in supporting climate-smart agriculture, and increased access to green energy – both of which are especially important to women and girls. The Government of Canada recognizes that adaptation measures are essential for developing countries, in particular the poorest and most vulnerable, to enable them to build resilience in the face of a changing climate. Canada’s continued efforts to scale up adaptation measures are in line with the Paris Agreement and Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy. Adaptation and gender equality will also be key elements of Canada’s future climate finance. The government also recognizes the importance of mitigation investments for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, directly addressing the cause of climate change, and therefore reducing support needed for adaptation in the long run. Canada continues to invest in initiatives and approaches to help mobilize the private sector investment that is essential for addressing the SDG and Climate Action financing gaps. By supporting an appropriate balance of adaptation and mitigation investments, the Government of Canada is ensuring that it responds to developing country priorities in line with the Paris Agreement and Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy.
Aide au développement internationalChangements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteDiscrimination sexuelle
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée24 septembre 2020e-2395e-2395 (Affaires étrangères)ShaughnMcArthurElizabethMaySaanich—Gulf IslandsParti vertBC28 janvier 2020 à 9 h 20 (HAE)27 avril 2020 à 9 h 20 (HAE)8 juin 202024 septembre 202027 avril 2020Pétition au <Addressee type="3" affiliationId="" mp-riding-display="1">gouvernement du Canada</Addressee>Attendu que :Le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat prédit que les changements climatiques exacerberont les inégalités et les vulnérabilités existantes entre les hommes et les femmes;Les pays en développement assument déjà jusqu’à 80 % des coûts liés aux changements climatiques en raison de l’insécurité alimentaire, des pertes et des dommages, des moyens de subsistance compromis et de l’instabilité;En l’absence de mesures immédiates, les changements climatiques pourraient acculer 100 millions de personnes de plus à la pauvreté d’ici 2030;Les pays développés qui ont signé l’Accord de Paris sur les changements climatiques ont convenu de mobiliser 100 milliards de dollars par an d’ici 2020 pour aider les pays en développement à faire face aux répercussions des changements climatiques, et d’équilibrer ces ressources entre les mesures d’adaptation et les mesures d’atténuation;Les investissements visant l’adaptation aux changements climatiques sont essentiels pour promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes, la croissance économique inclusive et la stabilité sociale, et peuvent permettre de réaliser des économies de plusieurs billions de dollars, mais ils représentent actuellement moins de 20 % du financement pour la lutte contre les changements climatiques;Moins de 35 % des investissements du Canada dans la lutte internationale contre les changements climatiques visent à soutenir des projets d’adaptation, et l’égalité entre les sexes représente l’objectif principal de seulement 0,2 % de ces investissements;En avril 2019, le Comité permanent de l’environnement et du développement durable a prié le gouvernement du Canada de faire passer à 50 % la proportion du financement affecté à la lutte contre les changements climatiques qu’il consacre aux mesures d’adaptation.Nous, soussignés citoyens du Canada, prions le gouvernement du Canada de s’engager à ce qu’au moins 50 % du financement versé par le Canada à des pays en développement pour lutter contre les changements climatiques soit destiné à des mesures d’adaptation, et à s’assurer que l’égalité entre les sexes soit l’objectif principal d’au moins 15 % des projets financés à cet égard.
Response by the Minister of International Development Signed by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Karina GouldClimate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today, affecting every country, community and individual. Developing countries are the most affected by climate change and its impacts, and least able to afford its consequences. Their vulnerability is due to multiple factors that can limit their ability to prevent and respond to the impacts of climate change, and as a result, climate change has the potential to reverse significant development gains made in these countries.In developing countries, women and girls are disproportionately affected by the negative impacts of climate change, while at the same time, their experience, knowledge and leadership are essential to addressing these challenges.  Environment and climate action is therefore most effective when women and girls play an active role as powerful agents of change to advance action on climate change, pollution and other environmental concerns.  This inclusive approach helps deliver informed solutions that also mitigate some of the threats to women’s and girls’ health, safety, economic well-being, and social inequalities associated with climate change.In March 2015, UN member states, including Canada, agreed to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the accompanying Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Climate Action goal – SDG 13 – calls on the international community to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. To achieve SDG 13, all countries need to accelerate and intensify their actions and investments on climate change.In December 2015, the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted the Paris Agreement. In support of the Paris Agreement, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in 2015 that Canada would provide $2.65 billion over five years to help developing countries tackle climate change. Canada is delivering on this climate finance pledge as part of the commitment to supporting the poorest and most vulnerable populations affected by climate change. To date, Canada has announced $2 billion in programming, disbursed more than $1.7 billion to partners, and is on track to meeting the expected results of the $2.65 billion commitment by the end of fiscal year 2020-21.Canada continues to work closely with other donors towards the joint goal to mobilize US$100 billion per year by 2020.Canada’s climate finance is helping developing countries transition to low-carbon and climate resilient economies through:
  • initiatives that significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in line with developing countries’ needs and plans
  • adaptation action, particularly for the poorest and most vulnerable, including women and girls
  • mobilizing new private sector capital for climate action in developing countries
In 2018, Canada was President of the Group of Seven (G7) and played a leadership role on climate change by placing it high on the G7 agenda and ensuring an inclusive approach that addressed gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. Canada has been particularly active in supporting climate-smart agriculture, and increased access to green energy – both of which are especially important to women and girls.The Government of Canada recognizes that adaptation measures are essential for developing countries, in particular the poorest and most vulnerable, to enable them to build resilience in the face of a changing climate. Canada’s continued efforts to scale up adaptation measures are in line with the Paris Agreement and Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy. Adaptation and gender equality will also be key elements of Canada’s future climate finance, on which the government is currently consulting publicly.The government also recognizes the importance of mitigation investments for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, directly addressing the cause of climate change, and therefore reducing support needed for adaptation in the long-run. Canada continues to invest in initiatives and approaches to help mobilize the private sector investment that is essential for addressing the SDG and Climate Action financing gaps.  By supporting an appropriate balance of adaptation and mitigation investments, the Government of Canada is ensuring that it responds to developing country priorities in line with the Paris Agreement and Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy.
Aide au développement internationalChangements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteDiscrimination sexuelle
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée24 septembre 2020431-00247431-00247 (Environnement)RichardCanningsOkanagan-Sud—Kootenay-OuestNPDBC10 juin 202024 septembre 202022 janvier 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Jonathan WilkinsonTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • Regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • Accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • Developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • Establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • Increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • Adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • Establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html)
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée24 septembre 2020e-2525e-2525 (Environnement)VictorBricePaulManlyNanaimo—LadysmithParti vertBC16 avril 2020 à 13 h 25 (HAE)15 juin 2020 à 13 h 25 (HAE)18 juin 202024 septembre 202017 juin 2020Pétition à <Addressee type="1" affiliationId="" mp-riding-display="1">la Chambre des communes </Addressee>Attendu que :Quelque 80 % des réserves de combustibles fossiles sont actuellement exploitées à l’échelle mondiale; Ces réserves doivent demeurer dans le sol si nous voulons rester sous le seuil de réchauffement de 1,5 degré Celsius et prévenir un changement climatique catastrophique;Pour réduire nos émissions de gaz à effet de serre, nous devons graduellement délaisser les combustibles fossiles;Les pays doivent immédiatement cesser d’investir dans les infrastructures de combustibles fossiles en subventionnant fortement le secteur et en proposant des plans de relance aux compagnies pétrolières et gazières; Au Canada, les gouvernements fédéral et provinciaux continuent de dépenser des milliards de dollars en fonds publics pour alimenter le secteur des combustibles fossiles;Selon les dernières estimations, les coûts rattachés au pipeline de TMX s’élèvent à 12,6 milliards de dollars;Le gouvernement subventionne le secteur des combustibles fossiles à hauteur de 3,3 milliards de dollars par an;Non seulement cette subvention entrave la transition vers un avenir sans combustibles fossiles, mais elle réduit également à néant l’objectif de la taxe sur le carbone;Les cibles actuelles du Canada pour le climat ont été fixées par le gouvernement Harper en 2015, et il faudrait les doubler pour arriver à limiter le réchauffement moyen de la planète à 1,5 degré Celsius.Nous, soussignés, citoyens et résidents du Canada, prions la Chambre des communes réunie en Parlement de :1. Mettre à jour les cibles d’action climatique du Canada de façon à tenir compte des données scientifiques et du rapport de 2018 du Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat (GIEC);2. Éliminer toutes les subventions accordées à l’industrie des combustibles fossiles;3. Investir dans une transition juste pour les travailleurs du secteur pétrolier et gazier;4. Arrêter d’acheter, de subventionner ou de soutenir toute autre infrastructure de combustibles fossiles;5. Investir dans des énergies propres et renouvelables et/ou des projets respectueux du climat et socialement responsables.
Response by the Minister of SeniorsSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): IREK KUSMIERCZYKCanada’s energy sector is one of significant importance to both the Canadian economy and labour market. In 2018, Canada’s energy sector accounted for 10.6% of GDP; directly employed more than 281,000 people, including over 169,000 in the oil and gas sector; and indirectly employed over 550,000 people. Energy industries are quickly evolving in response to policies combatting climate change, resulting in associated labour market disruptions and creating anxiety among workers and communities. The Government committed to achieving a net-zero carbon emissions economy by 2050. The Government recognizes that the transition to a net-zero carbon emissions economy will have an impact on oil and gas sector workers, especially in regions of the country where the sector drives economic growth.The Minister of Natural Resources was mandated, with the collaboration of the Minister of Labour and the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, to ensure that workers and their communities will be aided in the transition to a low-carbon global economy through targeted investments, and services and programs to integrate workers and companies back into the labour market. To support the Government’s commitment to support a just transition for oil and gas workers and communities, the Task Force on Just Transition for Coal Power Workers and Communities was established in April 2018. The Task Force consulted extensively in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick and released their final report in March 2019, which included a suite of recommendations.Through Budgets 2018 and 2019, the Government committed $185 million to support displaced oil and gas workers and communities impacted:
  • $35 million for skills development and employment activities (underway); and,
  • $150 million for community infrastructure projects to support economic diversification (underway).
The Government also has several programs in place to support workers through times of transition, through income support and in upskilling and reskilling as the labour market evolves. These programs aim to support displaced workers by strengthening their long-term labour attachment and build a more resilient Canadian labour force:
  • The main income support program in place is the Employment Insurance (EI) Program. EI regular benefits provide temporary income support to unemployed individuals who, through no fault of their own, become unemployed while they look for work or upgrade their skills.
  • Work-Sharingis another important tool that can be leveraged when sectors are facing specific challenges. Work-Sharing is an adjustment program, funded through the EI Operating Account, designed to help employers and employees avoid layoffs when there is a temporary reduction in the normal level of business activity that is beyond the control of the employer. The program provides income support to employees eligible for EI benefits who work a temporarily-reduced work week while their employer recovers.
Beyond income support measures, the Government has several programs in place to support the upskilling and reskilling of workers, including underrepresented workers. These include:
  • Skills Boost aims to help workers adapt to the changing nature of work by providing enhanced student financial assistance and making use of Employment Insurance flexibilities targeted to working or unemployed Canadians looking to return to school to upgrade their skills.
  • Future Skills is an initiative dedicated to examining major trends that will have an impact on the economy; identifying the skills sought and required by Canadian employers; exploring new and innovative approaches to skills development; and sharing information and analysis to help inform future skills investments and programming.
Indigenous Peoples Programming Indigenous Skills and Employment Training Program helps close the employment, skills and earnings gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, focusing on employment skills development and training for higher-quality jobs, rather than rapid employment. Skills and Partnership Fund leverages service-delivery and business partnerships to support Indigenous training and participation in current and emerging economic opportunities by funding targeted projects in federally identified priority areas. Youth Programming Student Work Placement Program gives post-secondary students across Canada paid work experience related to their field of study through partnerships with businesses and post-secondary education institutions. To encourage the development of skills required, the Government has made investments specifically for student work placements for young Canadians enrolled in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and business programs, as well as work-integrated learning opportunities in cyber security and artificial intelligence. Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) helps young people between the ages of 15 and 30 gain the information, skills, job experience and abilities they need to make a successful transition to the workplace.Provincial and Territorial TransfersEach year, the Government of Canada provides provinces and territories (PTs) with approximately $3 billion in ongoing funding through the Labour Market Development Agreements (LMDAs) and the Workforce Development Agreements (WDAs). These agreements enable PT governments to offer a range of skills training and employment supports to help Canadians improve their skills, and find and keep good jobs. Under these agreements, PTs have the flexibility to design and deliver employment programming that meets the needs of their local labour markets.Building on these existing supports, Employment and Social Development Canada is committed to working with partners and stakeholders, including other federal Government departments and levels of government to support a just transition for workers in the oil and gas sector.
Response by the Minister of Natural ResourcesSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): Mr. Paul LefebvreThe Government of Canada is committed to taking meaningful climate action, investing in clean energy and supporting workers and communities in the transition to a low-carbon economy.3. Invest in a just transition for oil and gas workersThe Government of Canada is helping to lead an inclusive economic recovery and building a global low-carbon economy. This includes supporting workers and a commitment to leaving no community behind. That commitment is why, for example, the government recently invested up to $2.5 billion in the energy sector to reduce emissions and remediate inactive oil and gas wells. This is how the government is helping to drive innovation, enhance environmental performance, create jobs, and support Canada’s economic recovery in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic.Prior to the pandemic, the Government of Canada also established the Task Force on a Just Transition for Canadian Coal Power Workers and Communities to engage communities affected by the phase out of coal-fired electricity. Based on the Task Force’s recommendations, the government is investing $185 million in infrastructure, skills development and economic diversification initiatives in affected communities. As well, the Government of Canada continues to look at other innovative ways to support the skills and employment needs of workers and communities across the country.5. Invest in clean, renewable energy and/or other climate, and socially conscious investment opportunitiesCanada is a global leader in clean technology and energy innovation. In fact, Canada ranks fourth on the Global Cleantech Innovation Index, and has 12 companies on the 2020 Global Cleantech 100 List. Additionally, Canada is 7th among member countries of the International Energy Agency for public expenditures on energy research, development, and demonstration. All of this reflects Canada’s growing leadership on the international stage – including its five-year commitment through Mission Innovation to double federal funding for clean energy research and development to $775 million this year.In all, the Government of Canada has committed $2.3 billion in clean technologies since 2016. This includes significant investments in clean and renewable energy through the Pan-Canadian Framework (PCF), such as:
  • $220 million to transition rural and remote communities from diesel-powered generation to clean electricity;
  • Over $300 million to support the demonstration and deployment of electric-vehicle and alternative-fuel infrastructure, including a coast-to-coast network of electric vehicle charging stations;
  • $200 million to support the deployment of emerging renewable energy technologies;
  • $100 million to fund research and development related to smart grids, storage and clean electricity technologies; and
  • $1 billion to increase energy efficiency in residential, commercial and multi-unit buildings and expand on existing programs that include the EnerGuide Rating System, the ENERGY STAR® program and the Energy Manager Program.
  • The creation of new Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles to make the purchase of these vehicles more affordable for Canadians.
Other important measures under the PCF include pricing carbon pollution, phasing out coal-fired electricity, introducing new building codes (Build Smart) and investing in the production and use of low-carbon fuels. Further information on investments being made under the PCF is available in the annual synthesis reportsIn addition, the government has implemented numerous new programs and policies to leverage more private-sector investments. These initiatives include the Impact Canada Cleantech Challenges, the Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada initiative with the Bill Gates-led Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund, and the Clean Growth Program. These emission-reduction initiatives support promising demonstration projects, help to commercialize Canadian ingenuity and ensure the nation’s innovators can compete in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.As Canada takes its first steps toward a post-COVID-19 recovery, the government will take further action to build on all of these efforts to drive economic growth, combat a changing climate and ensure more inclusive prosperity.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson1. Update Canada’s climate action targets to reflect science and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2018 reportIn pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s Paris Agreement 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels, and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial, and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society, and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures in the Pan-Canadian Framework include:
  • federal regulations to phase out coal-fired electricity by 2030 and set performance regulations for natural-gas fired electricity;
  • working with provinces to put Canadian electricity generation on a path towards 90 percent non-emitting sources by 2030, while supporting workers and communities in the transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • implementing a Clean Fuel Standard to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the lifecycle of fossil fuels used in transportation, buildings, and industry;
  • regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector;
  • developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine, and off-road sectors;
  • adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in federally funded infrastructure projects; and
  • establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, protect the environment, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • more than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption, and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • the $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • over $64 million to help rural, remote, and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful, and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. However, the science is clear, global emissions must reach carbon neutrality by 2050 to limit warming to 1.5°C. The Government of Canada recognizes these findings and agrees that more work is needed. As such, the Government of Canada is committed to implementing the Pan-Canadian Framework, while strengthening existing and introducing new climate actions to exceed Canada’s 2030 emission reduction target. The Government of Canada is also committed to putting Canada on a path to achieve a prosperous net-zero emissions future by 2050. This includes setting legally-binding five-year emission-reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and Canadians.The Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. Additional new climate measures include:
  • working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow a clean technology company;
  • completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 percent of Canada’s land and 25 percent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 percent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge, and local perspectives.
The federal government will look to the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians to ensure the path to net-zero is sensitive to the needs of our country, grows the economy, and makes life more affordable. Achieving Canada’s climate goals will require nothing short of a transformation of the Canadian economy, with corresponding impacts on and opportunities for Canadian workers.The Canadian economy is currently facing important challenges in light of the COVID-19 pandemic situation. The Government of Canada’s number one priority remains keeping Canadians safe and supporting families and businesses through this extraordinary time. To help Canadians and businesses, the Government of Canada has announced support through the COVID-19 Economic Response Plan, which provides immediate help to Canadians and businesses that need it most.The Government of Canada also recognizes that changes to our environment present a threat to our long-term health and economic prosperity. As such, the federal government announced that it will provide up to$1.72 billion to clean up orphan and/or inactive oil and gas wells in British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, creating and maintaining thousands of jobs and generating lasting environmental benefits. In addition, the Government of Canada will provide up to $750 million to create a new proposed Emissions Reduction Fund to reduce emissions in Canada’s oil and gas sector, with a focus on methane. This fund will provide primarily repayable contributions to conventional and offshore oil and gas firms to support their investments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, climate conditions have been built into new financial support for businesses. On May 12, 2020, the Government of Canada announced support for large- and medium-sized businesses through the establishment of a Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility to provide bridge financing to Canada’s largest employers whose needs during the pandemic were not being met through conventional financing in order to keep their operations going. Recipient companies will be required to commit to publish annual climate-related disclosure reports consistent with the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, including how their future operations will support environmental sustainability and national climate goals.As the economy recovers, the Government of Canada will continue effective, transparent, and efficient policy approaches to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, protect our environment, and position Canada for clean growth. 
Response by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of FinanceSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Chrystia Freeland2. Eliminate all subsiies to the fossil fuel industry.In 2009, Canada, as a member of the G20, committed to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies over the medium term.  Canada’s commitment was further strengthened on June 29, 2016, when North American Leaders committed to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies by 2025.In recent years, Canada has taken significant steps to phase out a number of corporate income tax preferences for the oil and gas and coal mining sectors, including:Canada will continue to review measures that could be considered fossil fuel subsidies, with a view to reforming them as necessary.4. Cease from purchasing, subsidizing or supporting any future fossil fuel infrastructure.The environment and the economy go hand-in-hand. When we create prosperity today, we can invest in the clean jobs, technologies, and infrastructure of the future — and help Canadians benefit from opportunities presented by a rapidly changing economy.The key to creating prosperity is finding new markets for our businesses to sell their products and services. Nowhere is the need to diversify greater than for our energy sector, where 99 per cent of our conventional resources are sold to one market — and often at large discounts. Canadians understand that we need to open up new international markets, in order to get a full and fair price, support workers and their families, and foster competitiveness.The Government’s purchase of the Trans Mountain Corporation (TMC) and approval of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP) was based on the confidence that:
  • strong environmental protections have been and continue to be put in place, and that the effects of TMEP can be mitigated through conditions and recommendations outlined by the National Energy Board, as well as measures including the historic $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan and the national climate plan.
  • consultations with Indigenous peoples involved meaningful, two-way dialogue, which fulfilled the legal duty to consult and helped identify new accommodation measures and conditions to appropriately address potential impacts on Indigenous rights and concerns expressed by Indigenous communities.
On February 7, 2020, TMC announced that its Board of Directors had approved a total cost estimate of $12.6 billion to bring TMEP into service by the end of 2022. The Government is confident that the TMEP will generate a positive return for Canadians.TMEP as it stands today is very different from the project that Kinder Morgan proposed in 2017. It has been designed to a higher standard for environmental protection, undergone rigorous consultation with Indigenous groups and will support union jobs in B.C. and Alberta. These enhancements have improved TMEP, ensured that construction proceeds in the right way, and that it will support the Canadian economy today and into the future.The Government also announced that every dollar the federal government earns from TMEP will be invested in Canada’s clean energy transition. It is estimated that additional tax revenues from TMEP alone could generate $500 million per year once the project has been completed. This money will be invested in clean energy projects that will power our homes, businesses, and communities for generations to come.In addition, the Government launched the second step of its engagement process with Indigenous groups on June 9, 2020, to explore the possibility of Indigenous economic participation in the Project.  In this step of the engagement process, the Government is focused on building consensus on the form of economic participation in the Project preferred by participating Indigenous groups: equity and/or revenue sharing; and identifying or supporting the formation of one or more entities to represent participating Indigenous groups in negotiations with Canada.By moving forward with TMEP, the Government is creating jobs, diversifying markets, accelerating Canada’s clean energy transition, and opening up new avenues for Indigenous economic prosperity.
  1.  Invest in clean, renewable energy and/or other climate, and socially conscious investment opportunities.
Since Budget 2016, the Government has committed over $60 billion to support the transition to a clean economy – including:
  • $18.2 billion in green infrastructure over 12 years:
    • The Clean Water and Wastewater Fund - $2 billion announced in Budget 2016 to provide communities with more reliable water and wastewater systems.
    • Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (Green Stream) - $9.2 billion announced in Budget 2017 for the provinces and territories to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enable greater adaptation and resilience to the impacts of climate change and climate-related disaster mitigation, and ensure that more communities can provide clean air and safe drinking water for their citizens.
    • Disaster Mitigation and Adaption Fund - $2 billion announced in Budget 2017 to support large-scale infrastructure projects to help communities better manage the risks of natural disasters.
    • Canada Infrastructure Bank - $5 billion to support investments in green infrastructure projects. To date, the Canada Infrastructure Bank has announced $20 million for the Mapleton water and wastewater project, and memoranda of understanding to advance the Lulu Island District Energy Project, the Pirate Harbour Wind Farm, and the Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link.
    • Information on projects and funding allocated under these initiatives are available on Infrastructure Canada and Canada Infrastructure Bank websites. 
  • $28.7 billion in public transit infrastructure over 12 years:
    • The Public Transit Infrastructure Fund - $3.4 billion announced in Budget 2016 to improve and expand public transit systems across Canada.
    • Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (Public Transit Stream) – $20.3 billion announced in Budget 2017 for the provinces and territories to support the new construction, expansion, and improvement and rehabilitation of public transit infrastructure, and active transportation projects.
      • Canada Infrastructure Bank - $5 billion to support investments in public transit projects. To date, the Canada Infrastructure Bank has announced $1.28 billion for the Réseau express métropolitain project, and a memorandum of understanding to advance planning for a new passenger railway service between Calgary International Airport and the Town of Banff.
      • Information on projects and funding allocated under these initiatives are available on Infrastructure Canada and Canada Infrastructure Bank websites.
  • $2 billion to the Low Carbon Economy funds to generate clean growth, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and to help meet Canada's Paris Agreement climate commitments:
    • The Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund - up to $1.4 billion to provinces and territories that adopted the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. Provinces and territories are each eligible to receive $30 million plus funding based on population. Approximately $200 million was subsequently reallocated to the Ontario Energy Savings Rebate program, which allows Ontario retailers to offer rebates on the purchase of approved energy efficient products, following Ontario’s decision to eliminate its carbon pricing system.
    • The Low Carbon Economy Challenge - over $500 million allocated through a competitive process to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and generate clean growth. Provinces and territories, municipalities, Indigenous communities and organizations, businesses, and not-for-profit organizations are eligible to apply.
  • $1.5 billion in the Oceans Protection Plan over 5 years, starting in 2017-18
    • In November 2016, the Government launched the $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, the largest investment ever made to protect Canada’s coasts and waterways. The Plan aims to create a world-leading marine safety system that will increase the Government of Canada’s capacity to prevent and improve response to marine pollution incidents; restore and protect marine ecosystems and habitats; create stronger local emergency response capacity by establishing Indigenous partnerships and by engaging coastal communities; and invest in oil spill cleanup research and methods to ensure that decisions taken to protect the marine environment are evidence-based.
  • $1.3 billion in the Nature Legacy over 5 years to support Canada’s biodiversity and protect species at risk. This investment includes a $500 million federal contribution to create a new $1 billion Nature Fund in partnership with corporate, not-for-profit, provincial, territorial and other partners. In collaboration with partners, the Nature Fund secures private land, supports provincial and territorial species protection efforts, and helps build
  • Indigenous capacity to conserve land and species. The remaining funding increases the federal capacity to protect species at risk and manage protected areas, and establishes a coordinated network of conservation areas working with provincial, territorial and Indigenous partners.
  • $2.3 billion in clean technology funding over 5 years, starting in 2017-18 as follows:
    • $1.4 billion to the Business Development Bank of Canada and Export Development Canada in growth capital and project financing to support the clean technology sector.
    • $400 million recapitalization of Sustainable Development Technology Canada to support projects which develop and demonstrate new technologies with potential to advance sustainable development, including technologies in areas of climate change, clean air and water, as well as soil quality.
    • $229 million in core clean energy and clean transportation innovation programming to accelerate the deployment and market entry of next-generation clean energy infrastructure, such as electric vehicle charging stations and smart grid technologies.
      • $200 million to support clean technology research, development, demonstration and adoption of clean technology in Canada’s natural resources, agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture sectors.
      • $15 million for an international business development strategy to encourage and support Canadian firms in their efforts to capitalize on growing opportunities in the global market for clean technology.
      • $14.5 million for a clean technology data strategy, which will support the collection of data and regular reporting on clean technology activities. This will strengthen the evidence-base for decisions, improve the understanding of the emerging clean technology landscape, and ensure the creation of policies and programs to support the production and adoption of clean technology.
      • $12 million for the Clean Growth Hub, a whole-of-government focal point for clean technology focused on supporting companies and projects, coordinating programs and tracking results. The Clean Growth Hub helps clean technology developers and adopters identify the federal programs and services most relevant to their needs, and can also help answer questions regarding policy, regulations, accessing federal laboratories, procurement and skills/training related to clean technology.
  • $950 million in energy efficiency initiatives through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities in 2018-19. This investment will improve the energy efficiency of residential, commercial, multi-unit and large community buildings through three initiatives as follows:
    • Collaboration on Community Climate Action ($350 million) to provide municipalities and non-profit community organizations with financing and grants to retrofit and improve the energy efficiency of large community buildings as well as community pilot and demonstration projects in Canadian municipalities, both large and small.
    • Community EcoEfficiency Acceleration ($300 million) to provide financing for municipal initiatives to support home energy efficiency retrofits. Homeowners could qualify for assistance in replacing furnaces and installing renewable energy technologies.
    • Sustainable Affordable Housing Innovation ($300 million) to provide financing and support to affordable housing developments to improve energy efficiency in new and existing housing and support on-site energy generation.  
Incentive for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) Program ($300 million) to provide Canadians with incentives of up to $5,000 for the purchase of eligible new zero-emission vehicles.
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉnergie et combustibles renouvelablesPétrole et gaz
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée20 juillet 2020431-00209431-00209 (Environnement)GordJohnsCourtenay—AlberniNPDBC21 mai 202020 juillet 20205 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • Regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • Accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • Developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • Establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • Increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • Adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • Establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html  
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verteM-1
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée20 juillet 2020431-00188431-00188 (Environnement)LloydLongfieldGuelphLibéralON14 mai 202020 juillet 202023 mars 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Jonathan WilkinsonTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • Regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • Accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • Developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • Establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • Increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • Adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • Establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée20 juillet 2020431-00187431-00187 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC14 mai 202020 juillet 202028 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): THE HONOURABLE JONATHAN WILKINSONTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • Regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • Accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • Developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • Establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • Increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • Adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • Establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html  
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée20 juillet 2020431-00169431-00169 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC5 mai 202020 juillet 202028 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • Regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • Accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • Developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • Establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • Increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • Adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • Establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 mai 2020431-00150431-00150 (Fiscalité)LaurelCollinsVictoriaNPDBC11 mars 202025 mai 202010 mars 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNES RÉUNIE EN PARLEMENTNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, demandons respectueusement à la Chambre des communes d’examiner sérieusement ce qui suit : ATTENDU QUE le Canada a fixé un prix national sur le carbone, amenant toutes les provinces à instaurer une taxe minimale et croissante et qu’il s’agit là d’un pas important pour aider le Canada à assurer une transition vers l’énergie propre; QUE le Canada s’est engagé à hausser ce prix pendant seulement cinq ans, ce qui complique la planification pour les entreprises canadiennes; QU’un engagement de cinq ans et un prix de 50 $ sur le carbone n’est pas suffisant pour atteindre l’objectif du Canada de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions des gaz à effet de serre de 30 % par rapport au niveau de 2005; QUE certains secteurs de l’économie n’ont pas à payer le plein prix de la taxe sur le carbone et qu’une taxe globale, appliquée dès la tête du puits et au point d’entrée des importations dans toutes les provinces, constitue le moyen le plus efficace de réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre au Canada tout en offrant de puissantes incitations à investir dans une économie axée sur l’énergie propre; QUE le Canada devrait inciter les pays qui n’impose pas de prix sur le carbone à le faire tout en aidant notre économie à se placer sur un pied d’égalité sur le marché mondial; QUE les familles à revenu faible et moyen font déjà face à un fardeau fiscal trop lourd.PAR CONSÉQUENT, nous, pétitionnaires, demandons à la Chambre des communes de prendre des mesures concrètes pour permettre au Canada de réduire substantiellement ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et de devenir un chef de fil mondial de l’économie axée sur l’énergie propre. Pour garantir une économie forte, diversifiée et concurrentielle et inspirer les autres pays à suivre l’exemple du Canada, il faut accroître progressivement la taxe sur le carbone pour qu’elle atteigne au moins 150 $ d’ici 2030, veiller à ce que personne ne soit exempt et imposer des rajustements fiscaux aux frontières pour la pollution par le carbone. Il faut aussi protéger les Canadiens à revenu faible et moyen contre la hausse du prix du carbone en redistribuant équitablement 100 % des recettes aux citoyens sous forme de chèques de dividendes afin d’assurer la transparence et d’aider les citoyens à comprendre où vont les taxes sur le carbone.
Response by the Minister of FinanceSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): Mr. Sean FraserThe Government of Canada has been working with provinces, territories, and Indigenous Peoples, to implement the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. This plan outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, spur clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. The Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change provides a foundation and positions Canada on a path to meet its 2030 targets and achieve net zero by 2050.Pricing carbon pollution is an essential part of this plan. It is the most effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stimulate investments in clean innovation. A price on carbon pollution creates incentives for individuals, households, and businesses to choose cleaner options.The federal carbon pollution pricing system is not about raising revenues. It is about recognizing that pollution has a cost, empowering Canadians, and encouraging cleaner growth and a more sustainable future. All direct proceeds from carbon pollution pricing under the federal system will be returned to the jurisdiction in which they were generated.Provincial and territorial governments that have committed to addressing climate change by voluntarily adopting the federal system will receive these proceeds directly from the federal government and can decide on how to use them.For provinces that have not committed to pricing carbon pollution (Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta), the federal government will return the bulk of direct proceeds from the fuel charge directly to individuals and families in the form of tax-free Climate Action Incentive payments. Most households in those provinces will receive more in Climate Action Incentive payments than the increased costs they incur from the federal carbon pollution pricing system. Returning proceeds from carbon pollution pricing mitigates the financial impact on families while maintaining the incentive to pollute less.In the Pan-Canadian Framework, the Government committed to work with provinces and territories to review the path forward on carbon pollution pricing in 2022. The review will inform the path forward, and help ensure that carbon pollution pricing is fair and effective across Canada.
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteRemboursements de taxeTarification du carboneTaxe sur les émissions carboniques
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 mai 2020431-00141431-00141 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC10 mars 202025 mai 202023 janvier 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • Regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • Accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • Developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • Establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • Increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • Adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • Establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée25 mai 2020431-00135431-00135 (Environnement)MarkGerretsenKingston et les ÎlesLibéralON9 mars 202025 mai 202028 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNES RÉUNIE EN PARLEMENTNous soussignés, résidents du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes réunie en Parlement sur ce qui suit : ATTENDU QUE :
  • 1) Les niveaux de CO2 et de méthane dans l’atmosphère continuent d’augmenter.
  • 2) Les températures médianes mondiales continuent d’augmenter.
  • 3) La fonte des glaces en Arctique, au Groenland, en Antarctique et alpines continue d’augmenter.
  • 4) L’acidification des océans continue d’augmenter.
  • 5) Les phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes et les feux de forêts continuent d’augmenter.
  • 6) Le Parlement a déclaré en 2019 que nous vivions une « urgence climatique ».
PAR CONSÉQUENT, nous prions la Chambre des communes réunie en Parlement de prescrire et de financer la vérification du rendement énergétique de tous les édifices fédéraux.
Response by the President of the Treasury Board Signed by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): GREG FERGUSIn Canada and abroad, the effects of climate change are increasingly evident. Responses require action to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the atmosphere and increase the resiliency of assets, services, and operations to adapt to the changing climate.Through the Greening Government Strategy, the Government of Canada will transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient operations, while also reducing environmental impacts beyond carbon. The Government of Canada will reduce GHG emissions from federal facilities and fleets by 40% below 2005 levels by 2030, with an aspiration to achieve this target by 2025. It will further reduce emissions by 80% below 2005 levels by 2050 (with an aspiration to be carbon neutral). These targets will be achieved through low-carbon, sustainable, and climate resilient real property, low-carbon mobility and fleets, and green goods and services. As of fiscal year 2018-19, emissions are down 32.6%.Federal buildings are the single largest source of GHG emissions for government operations, accounting for 89% of emissions subject to the above targets in 2018-19. Deep decarbonization of buildings will therefore be crucial to achieving the targets. Advanced energy management practices are therefore a top priority. The Government of Canada collects detailed electricity and energy use on major federal buildings and publicly discloses the data on an annual basis. The Natural Resources Canada clean energy management software (RETScreen) uses the data for ongoing building performance analysis and to identify energy efficiency improvements across the real property portfolio.The Government of Canada has a vast portfolio of federal buildings types including office, hangar, heritage, residential, recreational and more. They are located in many climatic zones and their state of upkeep vary considerably. Therefore, a full suite of tools are needed to address such divergent needs. The Government of Canada uses a tiered approach for improving the performance of the federal portfolio. The Greening Government Strategy requires departments to strategically evaluate their real property portfolios to determine the most cost-effective pathway to achieve low-carbon operations. Departments must also evaluate their real property needs to determine opportunities for portfolio rationalization, optimal real property management, and shared locations and facilities. The Government of Canada is also conducting departmental carbon neutral studies to set a long-term strategy for decarbonizing real property portfolios; and it is implementing smart building technologies to keep buildings operating at their highest levels of environmental performance.Once buildings are designated for upgrades in portfolio plans, energy audits are an extremely useful tool to help identify cost-effective measures in advance of a retrofit. The Government of Canada uses them extensively when implementing energy performance contracts under the Federal Buildings Initiative. Since the results of energy audits are often time limited due to the constantly changing operating parameters of the buildings, the Government of Canada undertakes them as close as possible to the time of the retrofit. Used in combination with RETScreen, the Government of Canada can annually benchmark the electricity and energy use of buildings, thereby ensuring maximum value for limited taxpayer resources.
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie d'énergieInstallations fédérales
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée15 avril 2020431-00140431-00140 (Environnement)AlistairMacGregorCowichan—Malahat—LangfordNPDBC10 mars 202015 avril 202024 janvier 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html  
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée15 avril 2020431-00132431-00132 (Environnement)RachelBlaneyNorth Island—Powell RiverNPDBC9 mars 202015 avril 202024 janvier 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée15 avril 2020431-00131431-00131 (Environnement)WilliamAmosPontiacLibéralQC9 mars 202015 avril 202024 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html   
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée11 avril 2020431-00061431-00061 (Environnement)MichaelMcLeodTerritoires du Nord-OuestLibéralNT4 février 202011 avril 20208 janvier 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html   
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verteM-1
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée11 avril 2020431-00062431-00062 (Environnement)PaulManlyNanaimo—LadysmithParti vertBC4 février 202011 avril 20204 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent. In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts. The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html   
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verteM-1
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée11 avril 2020431-00071431-00071 (Environnement)JenicaAtwinFrederictonParti vertNB5 février 202011 avril 20204 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html    
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verteM-1
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée11 avril 2020431-00074431-00074 (Environnement)PaulManlyNanaimo—LadysmithParti vertBC6 février 202011 avril 20204 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verteM-1
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée11 avril 2020431-00077431-00077 (Environnement)MatthewGreenHamilton-CentreNPDON7 février 202011 avril 202022 janvier 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html 
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée11 avril 2020431-00078431-00078 (Environnement)PeterJulianNew Westminster—BurnabyNPDBC7 février 202011 avril 202022 janvier 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html  
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée11 avril 2020431-00079431-00079 (Environnement)JackHarrisSt. John's-EstNPDNL7 février 202011 avril 202020 janvier 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html  
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte
43e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée11 avril 2020431-00113431-00113 (Environnement)AlexRuffBruce—Grey—Owen SoundConservateurON25 février 202011 avril 202024 février 2020PÉTITION À LA CHAMBRE DES COMMUNESNous, soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :ATTENDU QUE, le changement climatique s’est transformé en urgence climatique mondiale; le monde est en voie de se réchauffer de près de quatre degrés Celsius d’ici 2100 et les événements météorologiques extrêmes, dont les conséquences sont de plus en plus graves, sont en augmentation, notamment les inondations, les feux de forêt, les hausses de température, les canicules meurtrières, les tempêtes majeures, la hausse du niveau des mers et les perturbations aux écosystèmes marins et terrestres; ATTENDU QUE, afin d’agir pour éviter des changements climatiques catastrophiques, le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) déclare que, selon le consensus scientifique, nous devons agir immédiatement afin de réduire, d’ici 2030, les émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’origine humaine de 45 pour cent par rapport au niveau de 2010 et de les réduire à zéro d’ici 2050;ATTENDU QUE, le Canada doit s’attaquer à cette crise climatique avec l’ambition et l’urgence requises, au nom des générations actuelles et futures;ATTENDU QUE, les Canadiens vivent des événements climatiques catastrophiques et sans précédent, et que, au même moment, notre société est aux prises avec des inégalités socioéconomiques de plus en plus marquées, considérant que près de la moitié de la population canadienne dit être à 200 $ près de l’insolvabilité à la fin de chaque mois;ATTENDU QUE, les effets des changements climatiques menacent la santé physique et mentale (particulièrement pour les jeunes, les aînés et les personnes handicapées), l’environnement dans lequel nous vivons en agissant sur les aliments que nous consommons, l’approvisionnement mondial en eau, l’air que nous respirons, les conditions météorologiques que nous vivons ainsi que la capacité des communautés à s’adapter au changement climatique;ATTENDU QUE, les effets de l’urgence climatique sont beaucoup plus graves pour les personnes qui vivent les conséquences immédiates du changement climatique; les peuples autochtones, les personnes vulnérables et directement concernées, comme celles qui demandent l’asile ou le statut de réfugié, sont disproportionnellement touchés, ce qui fait augmenter les risques pour leur santé;ATTENDU QUE, jamais n’a-t-il été aussi urgent pour le Canada de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et d'entamer une transition vers une économie à faible émission de carbone afin de tenir compte de l’ampleur et de l’urgence de la crise climatique, tout en veillant à ce que tous les peuples autochtones et tous les Canadiens profitent des investissements substantiels qu’exige une économie à faibles émissions de carbone, comme les rénovations écoénergétiques, le logement abordable, l’énergie renouvelable, l’infrastructure, le transport public, l’assurance-médicaments, les soins dentaires, les services de garde d’enfants et l’élimination de la dette des étudiants et des droits de scolarité;ATTENDU QUE, la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones et la reconnaissance des droits ancestraux, des titres et des droits issus des traités, tout en mettant intégralement en œuvre la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), doivent être au centre de l’approche du Canada pour s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique;PAR CONSÉQUENT, vos pétitionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada d’appuyer la motion M-1, un « New Deal vert » canadien, première initiative présentée à la Chambre des communes, qui demande au Canada de prendre des mesures rapides et audacieuses pour agir de façon socialement équitable en vue de s’attaquer à l’urgence climatique ainsi qu’à l’aggravation des inégalités socioéconomiques et raciales, et ce, tout en mettant un terme aux subventions aux combustibles fossiles, en éliminant l’utilisation des paradis fiscaux à l’étranger, en appuyant les travailleurs touchés par la transition et en créant des emplois syndiqués et bien payés dans la transition vers une économie fondée sur une énergie propre et renouvelable.
Response by the Minister of Environment and Climate ChangeSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable JONATHAN WILKINSONTo contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, and in pursuit of efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the Government of Canada is committed to exceed Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s climate plan, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, adopted on December 9, 2016, is a comprehensive plan which includes both individual and joint federal, provincial and territorial climate actions to reduce emissions, accelerate clean economic growth, and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. This plan was developed in collaboration with provinces and territories, and with input from Indigenous Peoples, businesses, civil society and Canadians across the country.The Pan-Canadian Framework outlines over 50 concrete measures to reduce carbon pollution, help us adapt and become more resilient to the impacts of a changing climate, foster clean technology solutions, and create good jobs that contribute to a stronger economy. Key measures include:
  • regulating methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, which will reduce carbon pollution by about 16.5 million tonnes in 2030;
  • accelerating the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of our efforts to have 90% of electricity from non-emitting sources, and supporting workers and communities transition to a low-carbon economy;
  • developing “net-zero energy ready” building codes to be adopted by 2030 for new buildings;
  • establishing mandatory labeling of building energy use to provide businesses and consumers with information on energy performance, and setting new standards to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment;
  • increasing the stringency of emissions standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and taking steps to improve efficiency and support fuel switching in the rail, aviation, marine and off-road sectors;
  • adopting a Climate Lens to ensure that future climate impacts are considered and addressed in all federally funded infrastructure projects; and,
  • establishing a new Canadian Centre for Climate Services, giving Canadians better access to climate science and information.
The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of tackling climate change while growing the economy as a means of creating jobs and ensuring competitiveness. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has committed about $60 billion to reduce emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and support clean technology innovation and the transition to a clean growth economy. Commitments include:
  • More than $28 billion to support public transit, including over 1,211 transit projects approved;
  • $26.9 billion to support green infrastructure, including support for renewable energy, electric vehicle charging, natural gas and hydrogen refuelling stations, clean energy in rural and remote communities, and climate adaptation and resiliency initiatives (e.g., flood mitigation under the $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund);
  • $3 billion to support the development, adoption and scale-up of clean technologies;
  • Over $2 billion to help cities and towns adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change, delivered through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (e.g., $75 million for the Municipal Climate Innovation Program, $50 million for the Municipal Asset Management Program, and over $1 billion in support for building energy efficiency investments);
  • $2 billion to generate clean growth and reduce carbon pollution from buildings, industries, forestry, and agriculture, by leveraging investment in projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund;
  • The $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, to improve marine safety and responsible shipping;
  • $1.3 billion for nature conservation;
  • $300 million to provide Canadian drivers and businesses with purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles;
  • Over $64 million to help rural, remote and Indigenous communities transition off diesel fuel;
  • $108 million to establish the Canadian Centre for Climate Services, which is improving access to trusted, useful and timely climate information and data to support adaptation decision-making; and
  • Over $100 million in targeted federal funding to support specific economic sectors (such as transportation, agriculture, and health) and communities, including Indigenous and Northern communities (e.g., $52 million for the First Nations Adapt Program and $47 million for Climate Change Preparedness in the North).
To support the participation of youth in the clean growth economy, in August 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would invest more than $14 million to support almost 1,000 green jobs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates across the country through the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program. Similarly, Natural Resources Canada announced that it is investing more than $16 million to create 1,200 green STEM jobs for Canadian youth in the natural resources sector, via the Green Jobs - Science and Technology Internship Program. The abovementioned funding is part of Budget 2017’s additional $395.5 million investment over three years, starting in 2017-2018, for the Youth Employment Strategy, in which 11 federal departments committed to providing opportunities for Canada’s youth.Canada’s climate plan is working. Canada’s 2019 GHG emissions projections show a widespread decline in projected emissions across the economy, reflecting the breadth and depth of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In fact, the policies and measures now in place, including those introduced in 2019, are projected to reduce emissions by 227 million tonnes in 2030, the greatest drop in Canadian history. However, the Government of Canada recognizes that more action is needed. This is why the Government will be implementing new climate measures including:
  • Setting legally-binding, five-year emissions reduction milestones based on the advice of experts and consultations with Canadians;
  • Appointing a group of scientists, economists and experts to recommend pathways to net-zero;
  • Working with businesses to make Canada the best place to start and grow clean technology companies;
  • Completing all flood maps in Canada;
  • Planting two billion incremental trees over the next 10 years as part of a broader commitment to nature-based solutions that also encompasses wetlands and urban forests; and
  • Introducing a new ambitious plan to conserve 25 per cent of Canada’s land and 25 per cent of Canada’s oceans by 2025, working toward 30 per cent of each by 2030. This plan will be grounded in science, Indigenous knowledge and local perspectives.
The Government of Canada recognizes that Indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable populations to a rapidly changing environment and is committed to renewing the relationship between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation on a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government basis. This includes collaborating with Indigenous partners on climate change action through structured, collaborative approaches, based on robust, ongoing and meaningful engagement based on recognition of rights, respect, cooperation and partnership, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including free, prior and informed consent.In taking action on climate change and in moving forward on the implementation of Canada’s climate plan, the Prime Minister issued joint statements with each of the National Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the President of the Métis National Council. These joint statements committed to establishing three senior bilateral distinctions-based tables between the Government of Canada and First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation. These partnerships seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are full and effective partners in advancing clean growth and achieving climate change goals to mitigate and reduce emissions as a necessary precursor to the mitigation of climate impacts.The Government of Canada understands the importance of limiting temperature increases to as little as possible, and that Canada must do its part. That is why Minister Wilkinson supports the goal of the Paris Agreement to ensure that global average temperature rise does not exceed 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to below 1.5°C. The Pan-Canadian Framework was established to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions in line with these goals and our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government of Canada is committed to implementing all of the measures in our climate action plan and we’re making good progress in doing so, as described in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change annual report (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/pan-canadian-framework.html  
Changements climatiques et réchauffement de la planèteÉconomie verte