VANCOUVER — Matt Horne, director of the Pembina Institute' climate change program, made the following comments in response to the Quebec Environment Commissioner’s assessment of Quebec’s 2006-2012 climate change plan:
“The report offers a sobering assessment of how much Quebec needs to improve if it wants to achieve its climate change objectives. The province is not alone in facing this challenge as evidenced by recent assessments federally, in Ontario and in Alberta. Quebec’s response can hopefully be instructive to the rest of the country.
“While Quebec’s emissions have dropped since 2006, the Environment Commissioner’s report shows the province needs to do much better with their next climate change plan if that trend is to continue and accelerate. Policies will need to be strengthened and the government needs to do a better job of tracking progress.
“Thankfully Quebec is not starting from scratch. The steps that the province has taken provide a positive starting point that the province’s 2013-2020 climate change plan can improve and build upon.”
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Download: Quebec’s Sustainable Development Commissioner’s report
Contact:
Matt Horne
Director, climate change program
Cell: 778.235.1476
Kevin Sauve,
Communications lead
Cell: 604.354.2628
Background:
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario’s Annual Greenhouse Gas Progress Report 2011 can be found here.
For a detailed evaluation of Alberta's current regulations and financial incentives to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, read the Pembina Institute report.