Under the net-zero accountability act, it is mandated that the net-zero advisory body be consulted when a climate plan is being developed. The so-called climate competitiveness strategy—noticeably missing the word “plan”—was developed, again, without consulting Canada's net-zero advisory body. Because it's not called a “plan”, they weren't legally mandated to consult on those decisions.
Obviously, all the decisions taken have unwound many of the policies we advised on in previous years. They contravene the advice we prepared, pre-emptively, as a new government was coming into place. We said, “Hey, we get it. You might want to make some changes. Here are some suggested new pathways you might consider.” Again, we were not consulted on the climate competitiveness strategy, despite its looking much like a plan but isn't. Our advice on how to make changes without doing away with so much of the progress made was not taken into account.