This afternoon, Canada’s Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, delivered Supporting Canadians and Fighting COVID-19, a long-anticipated fiscal update to a nation that has been humbled by and is hurting from this exceptionally difficult COVID-19 pandemic year. There are many encouraging signals in today’s announcement – and a few areas we will watch with close scrutiny.

Today the federal government introduced Canada’s first government-led climate accountability legislation. This is a piece of legislation that Climate Action Network Canada and our members and allies have been working toward for many years and a moment to celebrate in the history of Canada‘s action on climate change and the effort to make sure that climate change is no longer treated as a partisan political football in Canada.

Building a zero-carbon economy is the only reliable way to ensure Canadian prosperity and good jobs in the coming decades. CAN-Rac is pleased to see a strong financial commitment to clean transition being announced by the federal government today.