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The Government of Canada and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador have developed a Collaboration Framework to accelerate the province’s path to net-zero emissions by 2050. This work has included collaboration with Indigenous groups as well as input from industry and other stakeholders.
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The science of climate change is clear: the primary driver is greenhouse gas emissions from the production and combustion of fossil fuels. Canada—and countries around the world—need to move aggressively to largely eliminate the unabated combustion of fossil fuels over the period between now and 2050.
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The Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund (CMIF) will support the development of strategic infrastructure projects that will enable the acceleration of Canada’s critical minerals production and reinforce associated supply chains.
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The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced funding for 12 projects across Alberta that will create good jobs while producing and storing clean electricity. These clean electricity projects are a critical part of Canada’s energy future and offer great economic opportunities for the province.
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The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, concluded an EV tour from Montreal to Trois-Rivières to Quebec City by announcing 1,578 new EV chargers across Quebec City and throughout Quebec. Funding was provided through Natural Resources Canada’s Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program.
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The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced over $60 million in federal funding to support four projects that will plant over 35 million trees to restore wildfire-impacted forests and rehabilitate reserve lands that have been damaged by wildfires.
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Under the 2 Billion Trees program, the Government of Canada is working with provinces, territories, non-government organizations, Indigenous communities, municipalities, private landowners and others to plant two billion trees over ten years on provincial and federal Crown lands, in cities and communities, on private rural and urban lands.
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The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, announced funding for nine projects across Alberta that will create good jobs while producing and storing clean electricity. These Indigenous-led solar energy and battery storage projects are a critical part of Canada’s energy future, which includes a growing clean energy industry.
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The Collaboration Framework identifies six opportunity areas that have the potential to contribute significantly to building or expanding British Columbia’s competitive advantage. Below is a list of those opportunity areas, with actions the governments will advance in order to seize them
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The Government of British Columbia, the Government of Canada, and First Nations in British Columbia have significant alignment on strategic economic and clean growth goals in the drive toward a low-carbon economy. The British Columbia Regional Energy and Resource Table Framework for Collaboration on the Path to Net Zero (Collaboration Framework) will further the province’s efforts to reduce emissions while advancing British Columbia’s competitive advantage and ensuring that Canada can respond to the global demand for clean investment.
