Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Vancouver Tuesday, taking part in a number of different engagements.
He started his day at the GLOBE Forum, at the Vancouver Convention Centre, giving the keynote speech about Canada’s commitments to fight climate change.
The event brings together leaders, business owners and concerned citizens to discuss how Canada is going to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 under the Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act.
“The question is not whether or not we keep going on climate action,” Trudeau said in his speech. “The question is how much more we can do and how quickly.
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“We must now set our ambition even higher. It cannot be business as usual.”
The speech comes as Trudeau’s government tabled a new climate action plan in parliament Tuesday morning, which projects the oil and gas industry will need to cut greenhouse-gas emissions by 42 per cent from current levels by 2030 if the country is to meet its new targets.
Trudeau also met with Premier John Horgan and led climate discussions with students Tuesday afternoon.
He will then be at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Vancouver Tuesday evening, attending two different Liberal fundraising events.
On Wednesday, Trudeau will then visit the Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) just over two months after it announced findings from its initial investigation into possible unmarked burials near a former residential school.
“WLFN will be welcoming the prime minister and his team next week to the Secwepemc territory,” the nation confirmed in a statement to Global News last week.
“His visit comes after the announcement of Jan. 25, where the WLFN found 93 reflections at the former St. Joseph’s Mission site.”
More to come.
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