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Carney Government Asks Court to Quash Lawsuit Over Projected Failure to Meet Emission Targets
Government lawyers say the court cannot order Canada to meet emissions goals as plaintiffs argue policy changes put the 2030 target off track.
- The federal government is asking a Federal Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Ottawa of having no intention of meeting its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions target.
- Environmental Defence, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, and activists Marie Maltais, Sophia Mathur, and Shirley Barnea filed the lawsuit, arguing recent policy changes knocked Ottawa off track.
- Government lawyers wrote that accountability lies with Parliament, not with the Court, and argued it cannot "opine on the political and policy issues" at the heart of the Application under The Act.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney has faced accusations of weakening climate policy, as his government repealed the consumer carbon price, delayed Alberta methane regulations, and moved to cancel the oil and gas emissions cap.
- Canada is currently off track to meet its goal of cutting emissions to 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels under the Net-Zero Accountability Act, which legally commits the country to net-zero by 2050.
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Climate advocates accuse the government of failing to meet the 2050 GHG emission reduction targets.
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The government argues that the Federal Court did not have the power to order it to take action for this.
·Montreal, Canada
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The federal government is asking a Federal Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Ottawa of having no intention of achieving its 2030 target of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Carney government asks court to quash lawsuit over projected missed emission targets
OTTAWA - The federal government is asking a Federal Court judge to toss out a lawsuit accusing Ottawa of having no intention of meeting its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions target.
·Toronto, Canada
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Leaning Left12Leaning Right0Center9Last UpdatedBias Distribution57% Left
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C 43%
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