Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault has warned Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe that it will be illegal to run coal-fired power plants after 2030 unless they are equipped with carbon capture systems.
Guilbeault said on May 17 that the federal government has already regulated the ban on coal through the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), which he said was a “criminal tool the federal government has,” and therefore “not complying with this regulation would be a violation of Canada’s Criminal Code.”
“If where we’ve come to in this country is when individuals in this province, or any other province, flicked their lights on or their furnace fan kicks in, and that’s deemed illegal and cause for someone to go to jail, come get me,” Moe said on May 18. “Saskatchewan’s plan for affordable, reliable power generation may require coal-fired generation beyond 2030.”…