A spokesperson for Environment Minister Jason Nixon did not respond to an information request from CBC News. Former NDP environment minister Shannon Phillips commissioned the report but it was not completed before the United Conservative Party swept to power last April. The report's conclusions are consistent with findings of other scientific research about the impacts of human-induced climate change throughout north-central North America. But Schmidt, the NDP environment critic, said the Kenney government is "ideologically committed to not taking action on climate change." It kept that promise and also eliminated other programs meant to mitigate climate change while diversifying the province's economy.

Source: CBC News February 28, 2020 22:30 UTC