The bill sets targets for reducing Canada's greenhouse gas emissions to provide the Government of Canada with the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and to require the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development to submit a report to Parliament on the progress towards achieving reductions targets.
The bill does not concern a question that is outside federal jurisdiction. It does not clearly violate the Constitution Acts. It does not concern a question that is substantially the same as one already voted on by the House of Commons. It does not concern a question that is currently on the order paper or notice paper as an item of government business.