QUESTION PERIOD — Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
Environmental Transition Action Plan
March 3, 2022
This is the second half of my question. Thank you for this.
You mentioned, minister, that we will expect and definitely see the delivery of our 2030 emissions reduction plan by the end of this month, and that’s terrific. You have mentioned how the Net‑Zero Advisory Body has been helpful in providing some guidance to government.
We are also expecting some time this year, I believe, a “just transition” plan, and along with that “just transition” plan, there will also be a “just transition advisory body.” My question, which probably I condensed too much, is this: How do you see the relationship between the Net‑Zero Advisory Body and the “just transition advisory body?”
I think there were three questions in your first question, and I got two out of three, which is not so bad as an average.
We created the Net-Zero Advisory Body as an independent organization to advise us and to tell us if they think we’re doing a good job or where we need to improve. They had a lot of liberty in terms of with whom they wished to engage. For example, they started working closely with the Canadian Climate Institute.
The short answer is that I don’t know, but I have regular conversations with them, and the next time I meet with them, I can certainly encourage them to reach out to the “just transition” body once it’s created.
