War in Ukraine Accelerates Trudeau’s Energy Transition Away From Fossil Fuels – Trudeau

Speaking Tuesday at a climate conference in Ottawa, Trudeau said Canada is doing more to “bend the curve” on emissions than any other stable democracy — efforts that will allow it to replace Russia as a cleaner and more reliable producer of resources.

“Canada is positioned to be the supplier of energy in a net-zero world,” Trudeau told Akshat Rathi, host of Bloomberg’s Zero podcast, in an on-stage interview.

For example, Canada’s broad-based price on pollution, which will continue to increase through to 2030, is a clear signal to investors and businesses that things are going in that direction, Trudeau said.

And while the country — one of the biggest greenhouse gas polluters per capita among large economies — has struggled to cut emissions, Trudeau guaranteed those numbers will start dropping.

“We are on a track to hit our carbon reduction targets,” he said.