Premier Jean Charest unveiled an ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on Monday, stating that Quebec will cut its emissions by 20 per cent from 1990 levels by 2020.
Reducing the province's emissions to eight million tonnes would place Quebec among North American leaders with the lowest level of emissions per habitant on the continent, Charest said.
Quebec plans to make a number of changes to reach those target levels, ranging from investing in public transit to slowly eliminating oil heating systems.
Charest added that Canada's plan to reduce its emissions by three per cent from its 1990 levels is not sufficient.
