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Net-zero advisory body members say Ottawa risks more resignations
Four remaining members warn of further resignations unless government improves consultation and fills vacancies amid stalled engagement on Canada's Paris climate targets.
- The four remaining members of Canada's Net-Zero Advisory Body urged Ottawa to change how the group functions after two founding members resigned this week.
- Abreu said the government did not consult the NZAB before a pipeline MOU with Alberta last week or on Bill C-5, and members say Ottawa has not sought input with less than a month before the progress report due this year.
- The group has gone from nine members to four since March, including co-chair Sarah Houde who resigned earlier this year, and members said the secretariat within Environment and Climate Change Canada was only directed to produce the annual report, staffed by eight staffers in four cities.
- Two members warned their participation is at risk unless Ottawa fills vacancies and provides funding; `The other part of it is to get some reassurances from government that they actually are seeking our input and advice,` Hornung said.
- Experts warn that excluding NZAB advice could alter Canada's trajectory on meeting its Paris commitments, including the at least 40 per cent-by-2030 goal, as the progress report and plan update are due before year's end.
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Net-zero advisory body members say Ottawa risks more resignations
OTTAWA — The four remaining members of Canada's independent net-zero advisory body are calling on Ottawa to change how the group functions, and two of them say it risks more resignations if things don't improve.
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