Bay du Nord project puts Canada on path to stay a global ‘outlier’ in climate change fight, warn critics, by DearOtherPeople (subs)
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault's office defended the government's approval of the Bay du Nord project, saying it would be subject to 'some of the strongest environmental conditions ever, including the historic requirement to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.'The story link will be added automatically.
NDP MP Laurel Collins , who quoted Guterres’ remarks when she rose in the House to oppose the Bay du Nord project, toldshe thinks Canadians are demanding bolder climate action from the government, especially after the heat dome and the extreme flooding that hit her province last year. Levin said Canada is the only G7 country to have increased emissions since signing the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015. “We also give more fossil fuel subsidies and public financing than any other G20 country.”
“In the February IPCC report, we saw, for the first time, Canadian and American oil companies getting called out by the IPCC for their role in blocking climate action. We’ve never seen the world scientists say anything like that before,” said Levin. That language appeared again in the April report from IPCC scientists, but Levin said it was stripped out of the summary for policy-makers by behind-the-scenes lobbying.
Szeman said the timing of cabinet approval for Bay du Nord, less than a week after the release of the emissions reduction plan, reminded him of June 2019, when the Liberals introduced a successful motion in the House of Commonsthat Canada was in a national climate emergency, hours before cabinet formally approved the purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
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