Canada's detailed plan to reach its greenhouse-gas emissions targets in 2030 is coming up short, the federal environment commissioner said Tuesday in a new audit.
Jerry DeMarco did a deep dive into the government's Emissions Reduction Plan as part of a series of fall audits tabled in the House of Commons.
DeMarco found the measures in the Emissions Reduction Plan would only reduce current levels by about one-quarter by then. For example, DeMarco said the government's modelling assumed there would be no new natural gas electricity plants without carbon-capture technology after 2023, because clean electricity regulations barring them would be in place.
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