"Canada is the ninth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. Since its initial international agreement at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992, Canada’s overall greenhouse gas emissions have increased. This increase has occurred despite the federal government’s committing to many international agreements, and developing a number of federal plans, over the past 25 years" (1).
Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development. Progress on Reducing Greenhouse Gases—Environment and Climate Change Canada: Independent Auditor's Report. Office of the Auditor General, 2017.
"Canada's government has paid the entry fee and jogged to the start line of many climate races, but we do not train and we do not finish. We just commit to running new races and jog up to the start line, again and again, high-fiving our friends and smiling for the cameras. Worse yet, these past six years we have taken to bragging that we are going to run with the best of them, but our actions, our results, have yet to add up to any of our ambitions."
Canada, Parliament, House of Commons Debates, 43rd Parl, 2nd Sess, Vol. 150, No. 082 (16 April 2021) at 1245 (Taylor Bachrach).
Exhibit 1.2—Canada’s overall emissions increased between 1990 and 2015, despite numerous plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development. "Exhibit 1.2—Canada’s Overall Emissions Increased between 1990 and 2015, despite Numerous Plans for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions." Progress on Reducing Greenhouse Gases—Environment and Climate Change Canada: Independent Auditor's Report. Office of the Auditor General, 2017.
Exhibit 1.5—Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2015 did not meet federal targets, and Canada’s projected and estimated emissions are not on track to meet the 2030 target
Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development. "Exhibit 1.5—Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions between 1990 and 2015 Did Not Meet Federal Targets, and Canada’s Projected and Estimated Emissions Are Not on Track to Meet the 2020 Target." Progress on Reducing Greenhouse Gases—Environment and Climate Change Canada: Independent Auditor's Report. Office of the Auditor General, 2017.