Ottawa, Ontario - Canadians’ quality of life—and Canada’s future growth—are deeply tied to the environment. Failing to invest in a cleaner, more sustainable future threatens the things Canadians rely on for their success: an affordable cost of living, good, well-paying jobs and resilient communities.
Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and Karen McCrimmon, Member of Parliament for Kanata—Carleton and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, were in Kanata to highlight Budget 2019, Investing in the Middle Class. The Budget makes significant investments to protect Canada’s environment—while also helping create new jobs and make life more affordable for Canadians. These investments go hand-in-hand with efforts to help more people find a home, find and keep good jobs, retire with confidence, and get affordable prescription drugs when they need them.
Speaking at an electric vehicle charging station in Kanata, Minister McKenna and Parliamentary Secretary McCrimmon highlighted how investments in Budget 2019 would make it easier and more affordable for Canadians to choose zero-emission vehicles.
In Budget 2019, the Government proposes to protect Canadian families and the environment by:
- Lowering Canadians’ energy costs with support to increase energy efficiency in residential, commercial and multi-unit buildings.
- Making it easier and more affordable for Canadians to choose a zero-emission vehicle by expanding the network of zero-emission vehicle charging and refuelling stations, and creating new incentives for people and businesses to purchase zero-emission vehicles.
- Providing new infrastructure to build cleaner and healthier communities through a major municipal infrastructure top-up investment. This will double the Government’s commitment to municipalities and help communities fund their infrastructure priorities, including public transit, water and green energy projects.
- Promoting clean electricity by working with provinces and territories to develop a framework for a clean electric future that uses more clean, reliable and affordable electricity, including in rural and remote communities.
- Helping coal workers and communities prepare for, find and act on new opportunities through skills training and business diversification as Canada moves to phase out coal-fired electricity by 2030.
- Ensuring all Canadians have greater access to healthy, affordable and locally produced food by developing A Food Policy for Canada, which will tackle food insecurity, fraud and waste—and promote Canadian food both locally and abroad.
Source : Government Of Canada