Canada set to end domestic subsidies for unabated fossil-fuel production

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-set-to-end-domestic-subsidies-for-unabated-fossil-fuel-production-1.6480108

The Liberal government is expected next week to finally fulfil a promise Canada made 14 years ago to end federal subsidies that aid in the production of fossil fuels.

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adespoton@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 3y (2 replies)

This will be news when they’ve actually done it, and haven’t replaced it with the same thing under a different name.

Kichae@kbin.social · 10 pts · 3y (1 reply)

"Instead of subsidies, we've negotiated to buy small quantities of fossil-fuels from producers for $1 billion / litre."

Erk@cdda.social · 6 pts · 3y

Artisanal crude

theacharnian@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 3y (1 reply)

The word "unabated" seems to be doing a lot of heavy lifting in the announcement.

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y

They've got decades of trending to show the lack of abatement.

Killer57@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 3y

Good, as somebody who lives in Alberta, the sooner the oil industry is dead and gone from this province the better.

Bleach7297@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 3y

Butbutbut... There ARE no subsidies!!! /s

skellener@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y

Good! ✊

johnefrancis@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 3y

seems like it will continue to be slow-rolled. The Conservatives will promise to do both the same, and the opposite.

S0berage@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

The CONservatives will overturn this the first chance they get.

cyborganism@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 3y (4 replies)

And then PP gets elected as PM.

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 3y (3 replies)

I don't want to imagine the Harper-like hellscape for non-rich, non-male, non-albertan, non-corporation non-supporters.

cyborganism@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y

Me neither. Trust me.

kyr7x@lemmy.ca · -7 pts · 3y (1 reply)
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corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 3y

Logically impossible.

TooTallSol@kbin.social · -21 pts · 3y (6 replies)

Good. Now do the same with EV/Solar/Wind subsidies

grte@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 3y

Why would they do that when the goal is to expand those things?

theacharnian@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Why? Are they threatening the world's climate too?

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 3y

Nah. Just irrelevant in the next-fiscal scope of the current ephemeral Con leader's buddies' thinking, and therefore valueless, thus expendable.

Smk@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Is this sarcasm ? I wonder what's your thought process ?

MapleEngineer@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 3y

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Or something like that if I had to guess.

Grant_M@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 3y

Nope. We're moving forward.