Power to Change:
A New Deal for Climate Action
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An NDP government will enact an ambitious, comprehensive plan to take urgent action on climate change. Under the NDP plan, Canada will create at least 300,000 good jobs building the clean energy future, save families $900 or more per year on home energy costs with energy-efficient upgrades, make public transit cleaner, more convenient and more affordable and protect our communities from extreme weather events like floods and forest fire. The NDP will adopt science-based greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets for 2030 that are in line with stabilizing global temperatures at 1.5 degrees Celsius as called for in the Paris Climate Agreement.
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What people are saying about our new climate change plan...
“This is the most comprehensive environmental platform of any of the parties. This climate plan is worker-oriented and jobs-centred.” - Ken Neumann, United Steelworkers Canadian Director
“The @NDP released their Environmental Plan today and there’s lots of great stuff in it. Thanks @theJagmeetSingh for your commitment to work positively with First Nations and respect our knowledge and jurisdiction.” - National Chief, Assembly of First Nations.
“Great to see the NDP zero in on the number one obstacle to a #GreenNewDeal: the billions of public dollars our government shovels into oil industry expansion. Time to cut corporate welfare to Big Oil.” - Kai Nagata, Communications Director of DogwoodBC.
“NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh presented an ambitious, comprehensive plan that takes urgent action on climate change, while creating good jobs in all communities across the country.” - Canadian Union of Public Employees.
“Their plan recognizes that Canada must transition and turn away from fossil fuels at the faster pace required by scientists to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. In particular, the plan contains policies that move in this direction while creating thousands of jobs and respecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples.” – Patrick Bonin, Climate-Energy Campaign Director – Greenpeace Canada
“We are excited to see the @NDP’s plan to invest $6.5B in public transport, including a strong commitment to permanent, direct funding to transit systems. #CDNtransit industry shares the enthusiasm to make transit better and greener.” - Canadian Urban Transit Association
“It seems like a pretty strong plan.” - Dale Marshall, National Climate Program Manager for Environmental Defense
“The NDP's new climate/environment plan has some good stuff: more aggressive carbon reductions, transit, plastics and ending fossil fuel subsidies stand out.” - Timothy Gray, Executive Director at Environmental Defence
“This is the climate leadership that we need - lowering emissions by creating climate jobs (see @GreenEconNet), investing in *free* public transit, and using a climate bank to fund the transition!” - Angella MacEwen, Senior economist at Canadian Union of Public Employees
"... the New Democrats have stepped forward with a comprehensive plan to address climate and jobs that is realistic, thoughtful and speaks to the urgency required ... the NDP proposals do just that, first by making clear the urgency and declaring climate change an emergency to which the country must respond. Second, the plan relies on science – not politically based targets – to tell us what Canada’s share must be in order to accomplish a 1.5-degree world....The NDP proposals build on these actions by addressing significant measures in energy efficiency in buildings, electrified transportation, and a carbon-free electricity grid. Most importantly, the NDP addresses the direct connection between a change to our environmental systems and to change to our economic systems by proposing smart and comprehensive methods to create a just transition for affected workers. The plan uses the potential of positive environmental changes to create significant numbers of new jobs." - David Miller, Toronto Star
“The @NDP released their Environmental Plan today and there’s lots of great stuff in it. Thanks @theJagmeetSingh for your commitment to work positively with First Nations and respect our knowledge and jurisdiction.” - National Chief, Assembly of First Nations.
“Great to see the NDP zero in on the number one obstacle to a #GreenNewDeal: the billions of public dollars our government shovels into oil industry expansion. Time to cut corporate welfare to Big Oil.” - Kai Nagata, Communications Director of DogwoodBC.
“NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh presented an ambitious, comprehensive plan that takes urgent action on climate change, while creating good jobs in all communities across the country.” - Canadian Union of Public Employees.
“Their plan recognizes that Canada must transition and turn away from fossil fuels at the faster pace required by scientists to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. In particular, the plan contains policies that move in this direction while creating thousands of jobs and respecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples.” – Patrick Bonin, Climate-Energy Campaign Director – Greenpeace Canada
“We are excited to see the @NDP’s plan to invest $6.5B in public transport, including a strong commitment to permanent, direct funding to transit systems. #CDNtransit industry shares the enthusiasm to make transit better and greener.” - Canadian Urban Transit Association
“It seems like a pretty strong plan.” - Dale Marshall, National Climate Program Manager for Environmental Defense
“The NDP's new climate/environment plan has some good stuff: more aggressive carbon reductions, transit, plastics and ending fossil fuel subsidies stand out.” - Timothy Gray, Executive Director at Environmental Defence
“This is the climate leadership that we need - lowering emissions by creating climate jobs (see @GreenEconNet), investing in *free* public transit, and using a climate bank to fund the transition!” - Angella MacEwen, Senior economist at Canadian Union of Public Employees
"... the New Democrats have stepped forward with a comprehensive plan to address climate and jobs that is realistic, thoughtful and speaks to the urgency required ... the NDP proposals do just that, first by making clear the urgency and declaring climate change an emergency to which the country must respond. Second, the plan relies on science – not politically based targets – to tell us what Canada’s share must be in order to accomplish a 1.5-degree world....The NDP proposals build on these actions by addressing significant measures in energy efficiency in buildings, electrified transportation, and a carbon-free electricity grid. Most importantly, the NDP addresses the direct connection between a change to our environmental systems and to change to our economic systems by proposing smart and comprehensive methods to create a just transition for affected workers. The plan uses the potential of positive environmental changes to create significant numbers of new jobs." - David Miller, Toronto Star
As part of its own Green New Deal, a NDP government commits to retrofiting all housing stock in the country by 2050. Buildings are the third largest source of Canada’s GHG emissions every year. To reduce emissions, a meaningful change is to improve our existing building stock.