1.

The Clean Energy Act was amended to exclude emissions from liquefaction in LNG
industry;
False : All greenhouse gas emissions from LNG facilities are included in the Industrial
Reporting and Control Act and are required to meet the 0.16 tCO2e/tLNG world leading GHG
emissions benchmark. The Clean Energy Act was amended to exclude electricity generation to
supply LNG facilities from the 93% clean requirement.

Clean electricity has been an important contributor to our low greenhouse gas emissions.
The Clean Energy Act also requires that our main utility BC Hydro meets 66 percent of its
demand through conservation and energy efficiency improvements.
2. The Pacific Carbon Trust was shut down;
And the responsibility for purchasing greenhouse gas offsets to meet British Columbias carbon
Neutral Government commitment was transferred to the Climate Action Secretariat and
government has maintained its world leading carbon neutral track record.

The Pacific Carbon Trust was established in 2008 to develop a carbon-offset business sector
in B.C. and to purchase offsets to make government and public sector operations carbon
neutral.
In November 2013, the Province determined that the PCT had fulfilled its mandate, and a
Core Review decision was made to dissolve the Crown corporation and transition its offset
procurement functions into government.
The PCT was retained until the end of June 2014 to deliver carbon-neutral government
requirements for 2013. The PCT was legally dissolved on November 13, 2014.
The Province has established a revised offsets program within the Ministry of Environments
Climate Action Secretariat. The Climate Investment Branch has a mandate to secure GHG
offsets in a more efficient way, and to help achieve governments carbon-neutral commitment
while supporting a growing green economy.
3. Carbon tax increase were halted;
False. All scheduled increases to the carbon tax were implemented through 2012.

Our carbon tax continues to be the highest and most comprehensive in North America.
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim praised B.C.s carbon tax as one of the most powerful
examples of carbon pricing.
In 2013, government committed to freezing the carbon tax at $30 per tonne for five years, to
allow other jurisdictions to catch up. After the freeze ends in 2018, the Province will consider
increasing the revenue neutral carbon tax, provided that four conditions are in place:
Revenue-neutrality must be maintained.
An increased carbon tax must be affordable by British Columbia families.
There has to be a mechanism in place to keep industries that are emissionintensive and trade-exposed competitive with other jurisdictions.
The competitiveness of BC businesses has to be maintained.

Tax policy decisions are made by the Minister of Finance.

The Climate Leadership Plan will be released June 2016.

4. Cap and Trade enabling legislation (designed to bring big point source emitters in with
California) has been repealed;
And replaced with the more comprehensive Industrial Reporting and Control Act which
consolidates the provisions of several acts into a single act.

In transitioning to the GGIRCA, the Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act was
repealed earlier this year.
Very similar provisions are enabled under the GGIRCA for reporting, offsets, tracking and
compliance. Rather than a cap, emissions limits are proposed by sector.
B.C. is not pursuing a cap-and-trade program at this time as we already have put a price on
carbon with the broad-based, revenue-neutral carbon tax.
5. We have a new Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act that introduces
an emissions intensity framework that is more about supporting an LNG industry than
limiting emissions;
False: B.C.s Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act GGIRCA sets
performance standards for regulated operations, such as an absolute cap on greenhouse gas
emissions for each tonne of LNG produced at LNG facilities, and a limit of zero emissions for
coal fired electricity facilities.

The Act also streamlines several aspects of existing greenhouse gas legislation including

emission reporting, offsets, tracking and compliance.

To uphold the Provinces commitments to having the cleanest liquefied natural gas operations
in the world, GGIRCA includes a greenhouse gas emissions intensity benchmark for LNG
facilities of 0.16 carbon dioxide equivalent tonnes for each tonne of liquefied natural gas
produced (tCO2e/tLNG) listed in the Schedule.
The greenhouse gas emissions cap we have placed on our LNG facilities will make B.C.s the
cleanest in the world. The GHG emission benchmarks flexible mechanisms (i.e., offsets and
the technology fund) are incentives to invest in emissions reduction projects in the natural gas
and other sectors in B.C.
Companies have flexible options including purchasing offsets and contributing to a
technology fund that are most effective at meeting the Provinces goals while maintaining
LNG industry competitiveness.
Money from the new technology fund will go towards the development of clean technologies
with significant potential to reduce B.C.s emissions in the long term.
The public, First Nations and stakeholders were all consulted through public intentions papers
in the development of three regulations that came into effect alongside the Act.
The B.C. LNG industry will pay the carbon tax on all its combustion emissions from fossil
fuels, as do all other industries in the province.

6. The LiveSmart BC program has essentially shut down;

False: the HERO program has appropriately transferred the responsibility for providing
incentives to homeowners and businesses to the utilities that serve them.

http://www.livesmartbc.ca/incentives/efficiency-home/index.html

 https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/livesmart-bc-services-transitioning-to-utilities
7. Emissions have gone up year after year;
Emissions will go up and down depending on economic activity, weather and other factors. Total
greenhouse gas emissions in British Columbia have dropped 5.5% since 2007.
8. We will not reach our legislated 2020 GHG reduction target.
Many factors have contributed to putting British Columbias 2020 target beyond our economic
reach. Foremost of which was the failure of many other jurisdiction to bring online their promised
carbon pricing mechanisms that would have reduced competitiveness and affordability issues
for British Columbia under our revenue neutral carbon tax. We are focussing on maintaining
momentum to 2050 while maintaining our commitments to fiscal responsibility and economic
growth and encouraging other jurisdictions to meet or beat our carbon pricing.

We are working with other Canadian provinces and territories, as well as the federal
government, to help Canada meet its international climate obligations and develop a new
Pan-Canadian Framework.
B.C. has been clear from the outset that more actions would be needed to meet our legislated
emission reduction targets.
The Climate Leadership Team recommended a wide range of actions for us to consider and
we are carefully reviewing these recommendations.
We are proud of our accomplishments to date, and we look forward to continuing to make a
meaningful contribution to this discussion and future strong climate actions.
9. From the perspective of the B.C. government, does LNG development conflict with
either B.C.'s climate goals or Canada's climate goals?
British Columbia has remained committed to long term climate goals for 2050.

Natural gas is one of the cleanest-burning fossil fuels.

The Climate Leadership Teams report showed we can have an LNG industry while achieving
our GHG reduction goals.

We are demonstrating climate leadership with real actions that make a real difference in
communities all over B.C. We will continue to advance our efforts to reduce overall emissions
while ensuring a strong, growing economy.