More consultations with provinces needed to reduce emissions, say business groups

Published August 17, 2011

In January 2010, Canada said it would commit to a 17 per cent reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2020, as a consequence of signing on to the Copenhagen Accord. The move mirrored the commitment from the White House.

The government says it has been moving forward with regulations to achieve this target in harmony with the US. But this July, a peer-reviewed report released by Environment...