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Canada’s Electric Vehicle Availability Standard was published on December 20, 2023, in the Canada Gazette, Part II. The United States is taking steps to roll back vehicle emissions standards, and there is ongoing uncertainty for Canada’s auto sector due to the threat of tariffs and countertariffs.
Canada is investing over $5 billion in nature-based climate solutions to help tackle the dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. The Natural Climate Solutions Fund is helping to plant two billion trees and restore and improve the management of wetlands, grasslands, forests and agricultural lands.
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.
Established as a standalone entity in October 2024, the Canada Water Agency works in collaboration with partners and stakeholders to keep Canada’s freshwater safe, clean, and secure. The Freshwater Action Plan (FWAP) is a signature federal program and a major funding initiative, primarily led by the Canada Water Agency, which manages, restores and protects fresh water in Canada.
The Government of Canada is delivering an evidence-based, comprehensive plan to tackle plastic waste and pollution and move towards a circular economy for plastics.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an emerging approach to help meteorologists generate and analyze weather prediction information. Environment and Climate Change Canada is exploring opportunities for machine learning to improve service delivery to Canadians.
The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) is seizing every opportunity to increase efficiency and accelerate the pace of federal impact assessments and permitting, while ensuring major projects are built responsibly.
Canada – U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement and U.S. designation as a safe third country.
The Minister of Public Safety introduced Bill C-2, which proposes various legislative amendments, including changes to the Canada Post Corporation Act to allow law enforcement to search and seize contraband in the mail where authorized to do so in accordance with federal law, and expand the authority of postal inspectors to open letters in addition to parcels.
What did Private Member Bill C-319 propose?