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by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Apr 16, 2021 at 9:09 am ADT
OTTAWA Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is urging opposition leaders to end stalling tactics on a bill that would require the federal government to set legally binding targets for reducing carbon emissions over the next 30 years.
In a letter this morning to opposition leaders, Wilkinson asks them to allow the opening round of debate on Bill C-12 to wrap up today so that it can be put to a vote and move on to a Commons committee for scrutiny and proposed amendments.
If debate does not end today, Wilkinson asks opposition leaders to consider supporting the government’s use of what he calls “the parliamentary tools available” to force an end to second reading debate.
Wilkinson urges opposition leaders to stop stalling net-zero carbon emissions bill
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau adjusts his mask as Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson answers a reporter s question during an announcement on the government s updated climate change plan in the Dominion Arboretum in Ottawa on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
OTTAWA – Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is urging opposition leaders to end stalling tactics on a bill that would require the federal government to set legally binding targets for reducing carbon emissions over the next 30 years.
U.S. President Joe Biden, joined by Vice-President Kamala Harris, signs the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 on March 11, 2021, in the Oval Office. Photo by Adam Schultz / White House
The Biden administration has pledged some serious money to back its commitment to environmental justice. Canada, meanwhile, remains mired in the discussion stage.
The White House’s discretionary budget request, released April 9, includes more than US$1.4 billion for environmental justice initiatives. Of that, US$936 million is earmarked for a new Accelerating Environmental and Economic Justice Initiative, which would create union jobs, clean up pollution, and go towards securing environmental justice for communities. To hold polluters accountable, an additional US$100 million would develop a community air-quality monitoring program for high-pollution areas.
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