Why Canada might need a climate law — and how it might work | CBC News
We’ve had nine climate targets in over three decades. Legislation could help us stick to a plan.
So far, five of those carbon emissions targets — for the years 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2012 — have been missed by wide margins. Stephen Harper set two different targets for 2020; we’re going to miss those as well.
The law’s success, in other words, might ultimately depend on whether Canadians themselves demand that it be upheld — and honoured.