China's Paris target with both slash greenhouse gas emissions and save scores of lives every year as pollution rates fall - while Canada is doing better than many people think.
"Nobody's going to start to shut down their industries or turn off the lights. We simply got to find a way to create lower-carbon emitting sources of energy," says Harper.
A spokesman for Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq said Friday the Conservatives are the first Canadian government ever to achieve a net reduction of greenhouse emissions.
If oil sands did their fair share with their climate pollution, Canada would keep pace with USA and be within striking distance of our shared target. Here's what climate success would look like.