A carbon budget for Canada

Part II discusses the constitutional and policy context for the framework, including the role of federal and provincial governments in addressing climate change, and some of the actions that have been taken to coordinate between the federal and provincial governments. [...] The same polluting activities can, in theory, be regulated by both orders of government — one on the basis of its jurisdiction over the cause of those activities and the other on the basis of its jurisdiction over the entities or places experiencing the effects.5 A number of commentators have noted that the federal government likely has broad powers to enact legislation related to climate change. [...] A Carbon budget for Canada An example of a carbon budget The carbon budget is quite literally a statement of the target for the budget pe- riod, expressed in terms of emissions that may occur during the budget period. [...] Carbon budgets are set for 5-year periods with three budgets set at a time.31 They apply to six listed GHGs32 although the Secretary of State has the discretion to ex- clude GHGs other than CO2 from any budgetary period.33 In each case, the budget expresses the targets in terms of the quantity of the gas that can be emitted during the budget period. [...] Under SARA, the members of COSEWIC: •. must be experts in biological sciences, or community/aboriginal areas, re- lated to the conservation of wildlife.54 •. are appointed by the federal Minister of the Environment in consultation with the Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Council (which includes the Environment Ministers of the provinces and territories), the Royal Society of Canada and ot