Roundup: Emissions cap unveiled

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At long last, the federal government unveiled their long-awaited oil and gas emissions cap draft regulations, mandating that they reduce emissions by 35 percent by 2032, with the expectation that much of these reductions are going to come in the form of reducing methane emissions—much of which is already underway—and that production is still expected to rise by 16 percent over those eight years. (Five things to know about the proposal here). For an industry that insists that it’s going to be “Net Zero” by 2050, this would seem like an achievable milestone to get there along the way, but apparently not.

Danielle Smith had a meltdown and started threatening legal action, but can’t exactly articulate on what basis that would be. Certain newspaper columnists posited that she could somehow invoke the Notwithstanding Clause, which doesn’t apply to this sort of situation in any way, shape or form (and should be disqualifying for someone writing in a newspaper with a six-figure salary).

Industry insists this is going to kill them, but they’ve been promising reductions for decades and have taken plenty of government money to help them fulfil those promises that they are now insisting are impossible. So…at what point do we start calling them on their own bullshit? If their plan is to hope that there will be magical technology by 2050 that will painlessly reduce their emission for them, well, that’s their problem. They made these promises, and it’s time they show how they’re going to live up to them.

Ukraine Dispatch

There was another Russian air attack made against Kyiv overnight, but it’s too early to tell how much damage was caused. South Korea’s defence ministry now estimates more than 10,000 North Korean troops are in Russia, but the Pentagon cannot confirm if they are currently fighting in the Kursk region.

https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/1853389611604615191

Good reads:

  • Sean Fraser is sharing more letters of Conservative MPs asking for more of the current housing funds for their ridings, as Poilievre continues to promise to cut.
  • The Auditor General has told the Public Accounts Committee that she’s not going to do another audit of the former SDTC, because her first one was good enough.
  • It is believed that Russia was trying to send incendiary devices to Canada, so that they could be used to sabotage flights to Canada and the US.
  • Last week, the Supreme Court of Canada refused to reconsider not hearing the case to challenge the decision not to repatriate Canadians in Syrian detention camps.
  • Senator Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, passed away yesterday. There were tributes, particularly in Manitoba.
  • Liberal backbencher Chandra Arya is trying to start a fight with Jagmeet Singh over what he deems “Khalistani extremists” in Canada.
  • Pierre Poilievre spent the day pitching to premiers to sign onto his GST plan for new homes under $1 million, and to also cut PST on them.
  • Conservatives want to reverse the changes to “natural health products” that would require them to be recalled if they hospitalize people. Are. You. Serious?
  • Quebec is planning to force new doctors educated in the province to stay and work in the public system for the first few years of their practice.
  • BC port employers began a lockout of employees, escalating the labour dispute.
  • Martin Patriquin looks at the scepticism that surrounds the Quebec government’s latest attempt to boost productivity in the province.
  • Jen Gerson posits that John Rustad went from obscurity to nearly winning in BC because of how he framed issues where progressive moralizing no longer worked.

Odds and ends:

My Loonie Politics Quick Take on Danielle Smith surviving her leadership review, but why that may not be sustainable for her.

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