Canada May Miss On New Climate Targets

Canada has billions of dollars of ill-conceived climate change programs, and could be the modest goal for the year 2020 the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the Parliament of the environmental watchdog said Tuesday.

Scott Vaughan critical report is the latest attack on the government's conservative critics say that does not care about the environment and is too close to the influence of the energy industry.

Vaughan said the government probe 2010 climate change plan was revealed nearly C $ 9.3 billion ($ 8.8 billion) was allocated to 35 different programs.

"There are some administrative shortcomings that we saw in terms of the plan ... at this time is waiting for us to be fragmented, confusing, is not transparent (and) lack of proper coordination of many programs," he said.

When the Conservatives to power in 2006, withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change - which commits Canada to cut emissions by an average of 6 percent below 1990 levels by 2012 - on the grounds that it would damage the 'economy.

Now the government is committed to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases by 17 percent of 2005 levels by 2020.

Vaughan said that the goal may be too ambitious, because the chaotic space in 2010 climate change plan.

"The federal government in the overall coordination of these programs on climate change that really needs to recover and if you have any questions or will not be able to meet any goal," he said.

In response to the environment minister Peter Kent said Ottawa "is to continually improve environmental policies and programs" and to meet its target for 2020.

The New Democrats said the report showed that the Conservatives had planned to break with its international obligations.

"It is very disturbing to see that they have failed to establish a system of good management ... there are large gaps in their climate change plan," says Megan Leslie, spokesman for the Environment party.

Vaughan has also complained about "incomplete, inadequate or nonexistent environmental" impact on the development of oil-rich sands of northern Alberta.

The federal government said in July it will consume C $ 50 million a year, monitoring of air and water quality in Northern Alberta and the impact of oil sands development on biodiversity.

Vaughan said the plan would be a "game changer" if it were implemented as planned.