Feds misleading Canadians on GHG targets, say environmentalists

Environment Minister Jim Prentice slams environmental report as 'irresponsible,' but knows it's not politically expedient to tell it like it is.

The federal government has been intentionally refusing to have "an adult conversation" on climate change because it doesn't want Canadians to know the positive and negative effects of addressing the issue, but it's time to make difficult policy choices in the public interest and before it's too late, warn environment experts and government critics.

"The government has an understanding of what it will take for Canada to meaningfully...