Overview

• Prime Minister Mark Carney declined to say in St. John’s whether Canada will meet its 2030 emissions goal under the Paris Agreement.
• The environment minister’s office said Canada remains committed to net‑zero by 2050 and promised an update to the national emissions plan.
• Carney has scrapped the consumer carbon price and delayed the federal EV sales mandate by at least a year, while pledging unspecified changes to strengthen industrial carbon pricing.
• A federal environment commissioner’s report previously concluded Canada was off track for 2030, estimating emissions were only about seven percent below 2005 levels.
• Industry Minister Mélanie Joly noted EV purchases fell from 19% to 8% after federal subsidies ended, as critics including Green Party Leader Elizabeth May accused the government of rolling back climate action.