Winnipeg Free Press By: Robert Parsons Save to Read Later LOST in all the attention surrounding the federal budget was the release of Canada’s 2021 National Inventory Report, outlining greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for 2019. Despite little fanfare, the report is seminal, providing quantitative evidence on several environmental policy questions still dogging Canada. Opinion LOST in all the attention surrounding the federal budget was the release of Canada’s 2021 National Inventory Report, outlining greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for 2019. Despite little fanfare, the report is seminal, providing quantitative evidence on several environmental policy questions still dogging Canada. Most obvious is that Canada is failing in attempts to meet its Paris Agreement target for 2030, a commitment everyone, irrespective of political perspective, understands and agrees is important. Canada’s emissions in 2019, at 730 million tonnes, are little different from in 2005. We have made little progress and face a daunting task to reduce emissions by at least 220 million tonnes in less than 10 years. On this, we have collectively dropped the ball.