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<P>OTTAWA – The House of Commons has passed a motion declaring a national
climate emergency, and supporting Canada’s commitment to meet the Paris
Agreement emissions targets.</P>
<P>Conservative MPs voted against the motion, but it still passed 186-63 with
the support of the Liberals, New Democrats, Bloc Quebecois and Green MPs. The
motion was was put forward by Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine
McKenna.</P>
<P>The motion describes climate change as a "real and urgent crisis, driven by
human activity," notes how it is impacting Canadians, and states the need to
pursue clean growth methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.</P>
<P>Given this, the House has voted to “declare that Canada is in a national
climate emergency which requires, as a response, that Canada commit to meeting
its national emissions target under the Paris Agreement and to making deeper
reductions in line with the Agreement's objective of holding global warming
below two degrees Celsius and pursuing efforts to keep global warming below 1.5
degrees Celsius."</P>
<P>Forcing a vote on the motion meant all MPs had to stand up and be counted,
whether or not they support Canada meeting the Paris targets. This motion
appeared to be drafted with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer in mind.</P>
<P>He is set to unveil his long-awaited environmental policy in a speech on
Wednesday, after he vowed more than a year ago on CTV's Question Period that he
would be unveiling a climate plan ahead of the 2019 election that will meet the
Paris Agreement, without a carbon tax.</P>
<P>Eight months later, Scheer walked back that promise on the same program. He
could not commit that his plan would meet the targets, instead saying his plan
would have "meaningful reductions."</P>
<P>Scheer has billed his climate change announcement as “the most comprehensive
policy announcement by an opposition party in Canadian history.”</P>
<P>He was not present for the vote, nor was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or NDP
Leader Jagmeet Singh, as they were all in Toronto for the Raptors’ NBA victory
parade. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May was present for the vote, as was
People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier, who joined the Conservatives in opposing
the motion.</P></DIV><PRE class=moz-signature cols="72">--
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=olehsavitskyi@gmail.com href="mailto:olehsavitskyi@gmail.com">Oleg Savitskyi</A> </DIV><DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 18, 2019 1:51 PM</DIV><DIV><B>Subject:</B> [can-eecca] Canada's House of Commons has declared a national climate emergency</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV></PRE></BODY></HTML>