Liberal critic says NDP climate plan gives Greens an easy out
KAMLOOPS — The environment critic for BC’s Official Opposition says the NDP government’s climate plan, unveiled by Premier John Horgan today, simply helps Green Leader Andrew Weaver out of a political jam.
The plan includes changes to building codes requiring new buildings to be net-zero energy by 2032, among other measures.
It meets a series of greenhouse gas emission reduction targets over the coming decades, but also only accounts for 75 per cent of the measures that will achieve those reductions.
Liberal Environment Critic Peter Milobar says leaving the measures vague is a boon to Weaver, who can embrace the plan despite reacting in outrage to the government’s promotion of the LNG industry earlier this year.