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Put us on a path to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050

national emission reduction target of 30% below 2020 levels from fertilizers and work with fertilizer manufacturers

Government is proposing to continue to put a price on carbon pollution, post-2022, by $15 per year to 2030.

Coalition is targeting a 45% reduction in methane emissions by 2025 and 60-75% by 2030.

Canada’s target to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40-45% by the year 2025

Investment target of $5 billion for clean power

Fleet Operations: Reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions 90% by 2050 relative to 2005 levels

75% of new domestic offices must be net-zero by 2030

reducing the embodied carbon of the structural materials of major construction projects by 30%, starting in 2025

conserve and protect 25% of Canada’s land and oceans (working toward 30% by 2030)

diverting at least 90% by weight of all construction and demolition waste from landfills and striving to achieve 100% by 2030

diverting at least 75% by weight of plastic waste from landfills by 2030

diverting at least 75% by weight of non-hazardous operational waste from landfills by 2030

Government properties will run on 100% renewables by 2025

Reduce emissions 10% each year after 2025

Emissions reduction target of 40 to 45% below 2005 levels by 2030

Government’s objective of adding 50,000 ZEV chargers to Canada’s network. NB: target year not specified.

ensure at least 20% of new light-duty vehicle sales will be zero-emission vehicles by 2026, at least 60% by 2030 and 100% by 2035

To reduce emissions from medium-and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs), the Government of Canada will aim to achieve 35% of total MHDV sales being ZEVs by 2030.

Medium- and heavy-duty zero emission vehicles:&nbsp;require 100% MHDV sales to be ZEVs by 2040 for a subset of vehicle types based on feasibility, with interim 2030 regulated sales requirements that would vary for different vehicle categories based on feasibility, and explore interim targets for the mid-2020s.

Projected contribution from the oil and gas sector of emission reductions to 31% below 2005 levels in 2030 (or to 42% below 2019 levels).&nbsp;

The government is also working to reduce oil and gas methane by at least 75% by 2030, support clean technologies to further decarbonize the sector, and working to create sustainable jobs.

Reductions expected from electricity&nbsp; 77%




Reductions expected from buildings&nbsp; 42%




Reductions expected from transport:&nbsp; 23%




Reductions expected from industry:&nbsp; 32%




Canada's Net Zero Emissions Accountability Act requires that the 2030 NDC target is adopted as a legal target. As of July 2021 the NDC target was 30% emissions reduction from 2005 levels by 2030.

The Government of Canada’s operations will be net-zero emissions by 2050 including: &nbsp;

government-owned and leased real propertymobility: fleets, business travel and commutingprocurement of goods and servicesnational safety and security operations

To implement net-zero in real property and fleet operations,
the Government of Canada will reduce absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2
GHG emissions by 40% by 2025 and by at least 90% below 2005 levels by 2050. On this emissions reduction pathway, the government will aspire to reduce emissions by an additional 10% each 5 years starting in 2025.

Net-zero means reducing GHG emissions from operations to as close to zero as possible and then balancing out any remaining emissions with an equivalent amount of carbon removal.

30% annual cut in GHG emissions--- by 2030 against a 2005 baseline

40-45% cut in methane emissions from oil and gas sector---by 2025

0% traditional coal in energy mix by 2030

On October 2025, a group of young Canadians sued the Canada Pension Plan Investments alleging the pension fund is mismanaging climate-related financial risks and failing to disclose and properly manage exposure to fossil fuel assets, thereby subjecting pension contributions to undue risk of loss from poorly managed climate risk. The complaint focuses on inadequate climate modeling/disclosure and fiduciary breaches. 

The plaintiff alleges that Procter & Gamble’s “Keep Forests as Forests” campaign, including “Protect-Grow-Restore” messaging, misrepresents the environmental footprint of Charmin toilet paper. Despite marketing the product as environmentally friendly, the suit claims that the paper is produced using widespread deforestation practices. This action is part of a growing wave of Canadian private and class claims targeting greenwashing in consumer products following the 2024–2025 amendments to the Competition Act, which enabled private parties to challenge misleading environmental claims. The case is relevant to climate change as it contests corporate claims about forest protection, sustainability, and environmental responsibility.

NGOs and residents brought claims that FortisBC’s marketing of gas and renewable natural gas misleads customers about climate impacts — the suit alleges deceptive marketing and seeks remedies. The case has generated regulatory attention given national focus on corporate environmental claims.

In December 2024, a proposed consumer class action was filed before the Superior Court of Quebec against 9199-4467 Québec Inc., doing business as Earth Rated, alleging false and misleading environmental representations in violation of the Competition Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-34, and related consumer protection legislation  ￼. The plaintiff, acting on behalf of purchasers across Canada or, alternatively, a Quebec subclass, claims that Earth Rated’s “Certified Compostable Poop Bags” were marketed, labelled, and sold as compostable in circumstances where, in practice, the bags and their intended contents (pet waste) cannot be composted in most municipal composting systems in Canada. According to the application, composting facilities in Quebec and many other provinces either do not accept compostable plastics at all, do not accept pet waste, or mechanically remove and landfill plastic bags during processing, rendering compostability claims ineffective or misleading in real-world disposal conditions.

The plaintiff alleges that Earth Rated leveraged consumer concern about environmental impacts to charge a price premium for these products, notwithstanding the limited availability of composting infrastructure capable of processing them as advertised. The application relies on federal guidance on environmental claims, international standards on environmental labelling, and amendments to section 74.01 of the Competition Act that specifically address representations about environmental benefits and climate change mitigation, including requirements that such claims be supported by adequate and proper testing or substantiation. The relief sought includes authorization of a class action, compensatory and punitive damages, declaratory relief, and an injunction prohibiting continued representation of the products as compostable.

In April 2025, Earth Rated filed an application seeking authorization to adduce additional evidence at the authorization stage under the Quebec Code of Civil Procedure  ￼. The defendant argues that the proposed sworn statement and supporting exhibits correct or clarify what it characterizes as incomplete or inaccurate allegations in the authorization application. In particular, Earth Rated asserts that certain composting facilities in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada do accept certified compostable bags, with or without pet waste, and that the full product packaging contains qualifying language indicating that compostability depends on the availability and acceptance policies of local municipal programs. The defendant submits that this evidence is relevant to assessing whether the plaintiff has established an arguable case, including whether the impugned representations would mislead a reasonable consumer when read in context.

The case forms part of a broader trend in Canada since 2024 toward increased private enforcement and litigation concerning environmental and climate-related marketing claims. Amendments to the Competition Act expanding private access and explicitly addressing claims related to environmental protection and climate change mitigation have coincided with heightened scrutiny of corporate representations concerning compostability, recyclability, offsets, and emissions reductions. While framed as consumer and competition litigation, the proceedings are climate-relevant insofar as they test the legal standards governing claims about environmentally beneficial products and the evidentiary threshold for substantiating such claims in light of existing waste management and emissions-reduction realities.

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