OTTAWA — The Harper government will unveil its plan to crack down on industrial pollution — including greenhouse gas emissions from the oilsands — before the end of 2011, Environment Minister Peter Kent said Friday.
Responding to new statistics from his department that suggest Canada is on pace to miss its new climate change target for 2020 by nearly 30 per cent, Kent said further announcements this year will bring the goal within reach, following recent measures such as new standards increasing renewable fuel content in gasoline and tailpipe emissions regulations for new passenger vehicles.
"Our target is to bring in the other proposed regs (regulations) by the end of the year," Kent said in an interview with Postmedia News. "It's not going to be easy.