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Ontario to scrap legal requirement to set and update climate target

Published Nov 7, 2025 at 3:36pm

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Ontario to scrap legal requirement to set and update climate target

Emissions flow from a factory's smokestacks in Toronto, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston CLB

The Ontario government says it wants to scrap parts of a law requiring it to set and update its emission reductions targets, wiping out legislation that's been key to a youth-led constitutional challenge of its climate plan.

The government's plan to repeal parts of the 2018 Cap and Trade Cancellation Act is buried in today's fall economic statement.

The government says it will repeal the sections requiring the province to establish emissions reductions targets, prepare a climate plan and issue progress reports.

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