Competition Bureau should investigate government for ‘greenwashing’: NDP

NDP parliamentary leader Don Davies has called for the Competition Bureau to investigate whether Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is engaging in greenwashing through its advertising on clean energy infrastructure. According to Davies, statements made by Carney in a video published on June 30, which acknowledge higher emissions in Canada following changes to climate policies, suggest the government is misleading Canadians and engaging in illegal greenwashing.

The Competition Bureau, which defines greenwashing as false or misleading environmental claims, received Davies' letter on Tuesday, though its decision to investigate remains confidential. Carney's video, titled "Forward Guidance: Canada's Energy Future," claims the new energy plan will lower emissions despite higher emissions in the short term due to his administration's policies.

Davies argues that the government's use of taxpayer funds to build a proposed oil pipeline and other fossil fuel projects is an example of business activity that violates the greenwashing legislation.