Government Of Canada Releases New Federal Climate Plan

The Government of Canada has released the new federal climate plan, entitled “ A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy – Canada's strengthened climate plan to create jobs and support people, communities and the planet” (Plan). Building on the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework, the Plan claims it will “do more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any other climate plan in Canada's history” sup>1, including to exceed Canada's 2030 emissions reduction target under the Paris Agreement and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

What you need to know

• The Plan is a key component of the federal government's commitment in the 2020 Throne Speech to create over one million jobs and restore employment to pre-pandemic levels. It includes 64 new measures and $15 billion in investments (in addition to the $60 billion committed under the Pan-Canadian Framework and the Canada Infrastructure Bank's $6 billion clean infrastructure fund).