The Ford government is scrapping its targets and public reporting requirements for greenhouse gas emissions weeks after the auditor general found it would miss its 2030 targets by a growing measure.

Buried in the Fall Economic Statement on Thursday was the news that the government would be repealing sections of existing legislation which required it to establish emissions targets and report them publicly.

The fiscal update will abolish the need for the government to create targets, to report on their progress publicly or to come up with a plan to reduce emissions.

Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy, whose fall economic statement legislation will realize the change, refused to be drawn on details.

“We’re leading the way in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, we’re leading the country,

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