Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act (S.C. 2021, c. 22).

The purpose of this Act is to require the setting of national targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions based on the best scientific information available and to promote transparency, accountability and immediate and ambitious action in relation to achieving those targets, in support of achieving net-zero emissions in Canada by 2050 and Canada’s international commitments in respect of mitigating climate change.
Under Target and Plans heading the Act sets national greenhouse gas emission targets for 2050. The Act also requires the Minister be "ambitious" as much as Canada’s most recent nationally determined contribution communicated under the Paris Agreement and set Targets for each milestone year respecting a progression rule (Each greenhouse gas emissions target must represent a progression beyond the previous one). Key measures also are provided. To achieve the 2050 Target and each milestone Target the Minister must establish a greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan. The Act also rules on emissions reduction plan content. Nothing in this Act precludes attaining net-zero emissions before 2050.
Reporting requirements and content are defined with details by the Act, these include progression and assessment report. The Act also provides tabling and publication discipline, requiring an emissions reduction plan, a progress report, and an assessment report for each target to be tabled in both Houses of Parliament and made available to the public. Public participation is required when setting or amending a target or plan.
There is established an advisory body, called the Net-Zero Advisory Body, whose mandate is to provide the Minister with independent advice with respect to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. When making a recommendation, the Minister must consider the need for the advisory body as a whole to have expertise in, or knowledge of, (a) climate change science, including the environmental, ecological, social, economic and distributional effects of climate change; (b) Indigenous knowledge; (c) other relevant physical and social sciences, including economic analysis and forecasting; (d) climate change and climate policy at the national, subnational and international levels, including the likely effects and efficacy of potential responses to climate change; (e) energy supply and demand; and (f) relevant technologies.