CALLING BS ON CANADA'S EMISSIONS TARGETS

   Under the emission reduction targets set by both the Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau governments, Canada’s emissions are supposed to be 17% below 2005 levels, or 606 megatonnes (Mt) annually, by the end of this year.
   Meeting this target would require shutting down the equivalent of our entire electricity sector (74 Mt annually), or our entire agricultural sector (72 Mt annually), or our entire heavy industry sector (73 Mt annually) within 12 months, and we would still come up short.
   Not only is that impossible to do, Trudeau’s claim Canada is on track to achieve his 2030 target of cutting emissions to 30% below 2005 levels, or to 511 Mt annually, is absurd.