The Government of Canada recognizes that the ERP is the first step of many in this journey and it will continue to update its plans in the next Biennial Report in December 2022 and the first 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan progress report expected in late 2023. [...] The ERP, Budget 2022 and previous budgets contain several major The incentives and measures in the ERP will accelerate measures to incentivize the transition, for example: the net-zero transition and incentivize the creation of new green jobs. [...] In addition to the impact on the cost of doing business, the federal These plans should, at minimum, detail: government and provincial governments need to consider supply ● the sectors that are likely to grow or shrink as a result of net-zero policies; chain resiliency impacts as the country moves to net-zero. [...] 12 4 Canada needs greater transparency to achieve an orderly and inclusive transition The Paris Agreement formalized the concept of a just transition, stating that climate policies should “take into account the imperatives of a just transition of the workforce and the creation of decent work and quality jobs in accordance with nationally defined development priorities…”¹⁹ There is a need to protec. [...] All data is for the year 2021, with the exception of the proportion of workers with a post-secondary education, Indigenous workers for Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Utilities, and the proportion of visible minorities in a sector, which are sourced from the 2016 Census.
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