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Why is Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) requesting a transfer of
$1.0 million from the Department of Employment and Social Development to the Canadian
Institutes of Health Research to support research on impacts of school food programs in
the Supplementary Estimates (B) for fiscal year ending March 31, 2026?
Can
you explain why do Wage Earner Protection Program (WEPP) expenditures exceed the
2024-2025 annual allocation by $14.1 million?
Environment and Climate Change Canada is working with provinces, territories, Indigenous peoples, and stakeholders to recover boreal caribou. Environment and Climate Change Canada is pursuing stewardship approaches and potential regulatory options under the Species at Risk Act.
Environment and Climate Change Canada is working with provinces, territories, Indigenous peoples, and stakeholders to recover boreal caribou. Environment and Climate Change Canada is pursuing stewardship approaches and potential regulatory options under the Species at Risk Act.
According to Our World in Data, in 2023, Canada was the 10th highest absolute emitter, the 11th highest per capita emitter in the world and accounted for approximately 1.5% of global GHG emissions. Canada’s climate action can support global efforts to limit warming in the decades ahead. The Government of Canada is working to launch a climate competitiveness strategy as part of Canada’s commitment to fight climate change and position Canada to lead in a global economy that increasingly wants decarbonized goods, services, technology and know-how.
The Government published draft regulations to implement the oil and gas emissions cap in fall 2024.
Environment and Climate Change Canada proposes to launch targeted consultations with provinces, territories, industry, Indigenous groups and other stakeholders, aiming to seek their input on options to strengthen industrial carbon markets across Canada.
In December 2024, the Government of Canada published the final Clean Electricity Regulations. The Clean Electricity Regulations are an integral part of the Government of Canada’s Clean Electricity Strategy and, starting from 2035, puts the electricity sector on a path to net-zero by 2050.
The Prime Minister announced Environment and Climate Change Canada will make targeted amendments to the Clean Fuel Regulations which will continue to advance emissions reductions and the transition to a lower-carbon economy while better supporting domestic biofuel producers.
People in Canada are experiencing record-breaking climate events—from wildfires to extreme heatwaves to floods. Along with reducing the emissions that fuel climate change, we must also adapt to its resulting impacts.