Natural Resources Canada released a report very recently on all the various impacts that Canadians are seeing now due to climate change. If we want to reduce the impact of changing climate, one of the biggest things we need to do is reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. The government has indicated that they want to do this. They've said it is important, and they've set out a regulatory process to do that.
On October 8th, 2014. See this statement in context.