The Ontario government is set to scrap requirements that it set an emissions target and update its climate plan, wiping out key measures for holding the government to account on efforts to fight global warming.

A plan to repeal parts of the 2018 Cap and Trade Cancellation Act was buried at the end of Thursday’s fall economic statement. The government aims to get rid of sections requiring the province to establish an emissions reduction target, prepare a climate plan and issue progress reports.

The move comes weeks after a scathing auditor general’s report found the province is set to miss its target by an even wider margin than it had previously reported, and weeks before its lawyers are scheduled to defend the plan in court.

A lawyer for seven young climate advocates challenging the pr

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