OTTAWA — Premier Doug Ford defended his “Made in Ontario” climate change plan on Friday, saying the province is on track to meet its emissions reduction targets for 2030 — a claim the auditor general said is not based on sound evidence. Ford, who has launched a legal challenge of the federal government’s carbon tax, said it is too early for critics to pan his Progressive Conservative government’s plan, which was launched over a year ago. “We’re going to continue working hard on it,” said Ford, adding that people should wait until 2030 before they criticize his government’s 10-year plan. But the provincial government’s plan, the auditor found, will only reduce emissions by between 6.3 and 13 megatonnes. “Our audit concluded that the emission-reduction estimates in the plan are not based on sound evidence or sufficient detail,” the report said.

Source: Huffington Post December 06, 2019 21:56 UTC