Government promises

Develop a sustainable battery innovation and industrial ecosystem in Canada.

Establish a global centre for excellence on methane detection and elimination.

Advance Canada’s global leadership on critical minerals by working with international partners and allies.

Implement the Canada–U.S. Joint Action Plan on Critical Minerals Collaboration.

Implement the Canada-EU Strategic Partnership on Raw Materials.

Advance near-term consultations with provinces, territories and Indigenous communities to develop and implement strategies to decarbonize electricity systems.

Establish a Pan-Canadian Grid Council to promote infrastructure investments, smart grids, grid integration and electricity sector innovation.

Work with Indigenous partners and communities to support the transformation from diesel-fueled power to clean, renewable and reliable energy by 2030.

Work to connect regions with carbon intensive electricity systems to more clean power by supporting transmission lines and the integration of renewables and clean fuels.

Develop a plan to phase out public financing of the fossil fuel sector.

Move forward with legislation and comprehensive action to achieve a Just Transition.

Deliver on investments to train workers and create opportunities for green jobs.

Increase inclusion in the clean energy workforce by creating more opportunities for women, LGBTQ2 and other under-represented people in the energy sector.

Develop and launch a Canadian Critical Minerals Strategy to supply the green and digitized economy and improve critical minerals supply chain resiliency.

Launch a Canada-U.S. Battery Alliance for stakeholders in both countries to identify shared priorities and create environmental requirements.

Add 50,000 new electric vehicle chargers and hydrogen stations to Canada’s network and support the installation of charging stations in existing buildings.

Make investments to retrofit large trucks currently on the road.

Support the production, distribution and use of clean fuels, including low or zero carbon hydrogen.

Develop and implement a National Net-Zero Emissions Building Strategy to achieve net-zero emissions from buildings by 2050.

Accelerate net-zero emissions new builds and deep retrofits of existing buildings through codes and incentives.

Require EnerGuide labeling of homes at the time of sale.

Transition away from fossil-fuel home heating systems.

Launch a community level net-zero emissions homes initiative.

Develop strategies around incentives, training programs and pilot initiatives to ensure effective implementation of model building codes.

Provide grants of up to $5,000 for home retrofits through the Canada Greener Homes Grants Program.

Create a Climate Adaptation Home Rating Program as a companion to the EnerGuide home energy audits to protect homeowners from the impacts of climate change.

Launch a Low-Carbon Building Materials Innovation Hub.

Implement the Natural Climate Solutions Fund.

Plant 2 billion trees across the country over 10 years.

Develop flood maps for higher-risk areas.

Advance work to complete flood mapping nation-wide.

Support the development of a portal to provide centralized access to information on flood risks.

Expand the eligibility requirements of the Canada Greener Home Grants to include more climate resilience measures.

Train 1,000 new community-based firefighters, invest in equipment and other measures to reduce risks from wildfire and support fire management by Indigenous communities to make Canadian communities safe and increase forest resilience to wildfire.

Develop a new national benefits-sharing framework to ensure that First Nations and Métis Nation communities directly benefit from major resource projects in their territories, and that Inuit communities benefit from major resource projects in Inuit Nunangat.

Establish an international centre of excellence focused on firefighter training and coordination and wildfire management and engage with the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.

Develop a Canadian energy strategy with provinces and territories.

Modernize the National Energy Board.

Identify opportunities to support workers and businesses in the natural resource sectors to export their goods to global markets, including twinning the Trans Mountain Pipeline.

Continue collaboration with the United States and Mexico in areas of mutual benefit, including energy security and cross-border infrastructure.

Build on the work of Generation Energy and work with provinces and territories to accelerate clean growth strategies.