Real Change: A New Plan For a Strong Middle Class (page 66)

"The Honourable Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, today announced that he will host his counterparts from the United States and Mexico at the North American Energy Ministers Meeting in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on February 11 and 12, 2016. This meeting will allow Minister Carr, Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, Mexico’s Secretary of Energy, and Dr. Ernest Moniz, the United States Secretary of Energy, to build a foundation for greater continental focus on climate change and energy collaboration. The three energy leaders will meet face to face and with key stakeholders to share efforts and build strategies for clean and unconventional energy sources and energy trade."

(Press realease, February 2, 2016)

"Budget 2016 proposes to provide $61.3 million over five years, starting in 2016–17, to Environment and Climate Change Canada, Natural Resources Canada and Global Affairs Canada to continue international environmental engagement to advance Canada’s climate change and air pollution objectives. This funding will ensure Canada continues to play a leadership role in international environmental organizations, such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and will allow Canada to work toward a North American clean energy and environmental agreement with the United States and Mexico." 

("Growing The Middle Class" Budget 2016-2017) 

"On February 12, 2016, energy leaders from Canada, Mexico and the United States met for the North American Energy Ministers Meeting. During the meeting, the energy leaders signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Climate Change and Energy Collaboration and launched a web platform where North American energy information can be easily accessed in one area."

(Press release, February 12, 2016)

« Mr. Trudeau said the environmental strategy announced at the White House on Thursday [March 10, 2016] to regulate potent greenhouse gases such as methane gas and black carbon, limit heavy vehicle emission and safeguard sensitive marine areas in the Arctic must be extended to Mexico. […] Canada will play host to the next North American Leaders’ Summit, this summer, and a senior government official said Mr. Trudeau will make climate change a key focus of the talks along with boosting continental trade. »

(The Globe and Mail, March 11, 2016)

« Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Barack Obama, and President Enrique Peña Nieto share a common commitment to a competitive, low-carbon and sustainable North American economy and society. […] We announce a historic goal for North America to strive to achieve 50 percent clean power generation by 2025. We will accomplish this goal through clean energy development and deployment, clean energy innovation and energy efficiency. »

(Prime Minister of Canada’s Website, June 29, 2016)