An environmental advocacy group says the cancellation of the cap and trade program will leave Ontario with no plan to fight climate change.

Environmental Defence says it's urging the government to support the province's current science-based pollution reduction targets.

The Progressive Conservative government yesterday introduced legislation to dismantle the province's cap-and-trade system.

The bill requires the province to set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and publish a plan to fight climate change, though both could be revised down the line.

The cap-and-trade system aims to lower greenhouse gas emissions by putting caps on the amount of pollution companies in certain industries can emit. (The Canadian Press)

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