Climate Target Short 36%; Higher Fuel Prices Likely

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna yesterday confirmed cabinet is 36 percent short of meeting its climate change target. Higher fuel costs are likely but “minimal”, said McKenna. The admission came hours after Blacklock’s published an internal memo stating cabinet knew it could not achieve its target even with a 12¢ per litre carbon tax on gasoline: “It’s not really about our target.”

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