British Columbians will not find out before next spring’s provincial election if the province has adequate programs in place to adapt to climate change.
Earlier this month Auditor General Carol Bellringer released a list of projects her office intends to investigate in the next three years and, among the hot button issues — ranging from grizzly bear management to the Site C dam — is whether government is adequately managing risks posed by climate change.
In the wake of heavy criticism of Premier Christy Clark’s August release of the province’s “Climate Leadership Plan” — which does not include carbon tax (Read more…) or set emission targets for 2030 — some were hoping that Bellringer would release the report early next year.
“It is a question I am being asked, but the timing is not going to work,” Bellringer said in an interview with DeSmog Canada.
“We are probably going to have finished our field work by spring, but we won’t be able to issue it before the election,” she said.