On November 29, 2018, the Government of Ontario released its
proposed Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan (the
"Plan"). This announcement follows in
the wake of the government's cancellation of the greenhouse gas
cap and trade program and a number of the other climate action
initiatives of the previous government.1 The Plan
acknowledges the serious threats and increasing costs of climate
change, promises a province-wide impact assessment, and recognizes
that Ontario has the largest and fastest-growing cleantech sector
in Canada which could benefit from greater access to emerging
global markets for low-carbon technologies. The Plan fulfils the
government's commitment to bring forward a climate action
program not based on pricing carbon, but places a relatively lower
priority on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions.2
