Carney Defector Says ‘No Way’ Canada Can Meet Climate Goals Now
Ex-minister Steven Guilbeault said the government’s recent policy decisions put its targets for 2030, 2035 and even 2050 out of reach.
Steven Guilbeault, Canada's then-environment minister, during the Net-Zero Leadership Summit in Ottawa on April 19, 2023.
Photographer: David Kawai/BloombergCanada is unlikely to reach its net-zero goal due to recent policy changes, said Liberal Party politician Steven Guilbeault, who resigned last week from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet on account of the shift.
The country was already struggling to bend its emissions curve enough to meet targets over the next decade, Guilbeault told Akshat Rathi in an interview for Bloomberg’s podcast Zero. But a deal between the federal government and the oil-rich province of Alberta jeopardizes the country’s legally binding 2050 net-zero commitment, he said.