“Canada’s domestic policy is hugely hypocritical”
To the Expositor:
At the COP28 climate negotiations, I am proud to say that Canada fought hard for a deal that includes a transition away from fossil fuels. For 30 years the UN climate negotiations had skirted around the basic fact that the climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis. Hopefully this is a global turning point.
But Canada’s domestic policy is hugely hypocritical. During COP28, Canada unveiled its flagship climate policy, the Emissions Cap framework that officials admitted was specifically designed to allow for the continued expansion of fossil fuel production. I call on my local MP and other political leaders to correct this hypocrisy. It’s time to end the fossil fuel era by closing Big Oil’s loopholes in our climate policies. Let’s start with a better, bolder Emissions Cap without delay.
Mary Yett,
Tehkummah
