
The Government of Canada is committed to reducing Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions by 17 per cent from 2005 levels by 2020. This target is completely aligned with the U.S. target, and is subject to adjustment to remain consistent with the U.S. target.
We are also committed to:
In April 2007, the Government of Canada announced Turning the Corner, which provided the ground work for Canada's approach to tackling climate change. To ensure the effectiveness of our approach, we are working to realign our policies and regulations in order to maintain economic prosperity while protecting the environment and harmonizing with the United States.
This involves proceeding on three parallel pathways to address this issue, with strong domestic, continental and international action. We are closely collaborating with the United States, recognizing that our economies are integrated to the point where it makes absolutely no sense to proceed without harmonizing and aligning a range of principles, policies, regulations and standards.