Re: Guilbeault hails ‘monumental’ COP28 deal, others warn of ‘dangerous distractions’
Re: Dear Editor,
At the COP28 climate negotiations I am proud to say that Canada fought hard for a deal that includes a transition away from fossil fuels.
For 30 years the UN climate negotiations had skirted around the basic fact that the climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis.
Hopefully this is a global turning point.
But Canada’s domestic policy is hugely hypocritical.
During COP28 Canada unveiled its flagship climate policy, the Emissions Cap framework, that officials admitted was specifically designed to allow for the continued expansion of fossil fuel production.
I call on my local MP, Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, with whom I’ve met several times, and other political leaders to correct this hypocrisy.
It’s time to end the fossil fuel era by closing Big Oil’s loopholes in our climate policies. Let’s start with a better, bolder Emissions Cap without delay.
The terrible wildfires in B.C. this summer were truly frightening — I had to evacuate from North Shuswap area as the flames advanced.
The devastation is all-encompassing for those who lost homes and businesses. We need strong actions on climate work.
We must recognize that oil and gas production must lower, not just emissions.
I understand the Federal government needs to ‘coax’ along some provinces — but this is the health of my two grandchildren, and the rest of the world being affected.
Please move even quicker!!
Judith Brook,
North Vancouver
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