fossil fuel subsidies

The question of who would make life more affordable for was Wednesday's hot topic on the campaign trail.

Canada’s National Observer asked federal Liberal Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson about critical issues in the upcoming election, and how his party would respond to the climate crisis.

Now is the time for commitments to end all subsidies, public finance and other fiscal support to the oil and gas sector by 2022, write Anjali Helferty and George Tjensvoll Kitching.

Canada’s National Observer asked federal NDP environment and climate change critic Laurel Collins about key issues in the upcoming federal election, and how Canada can respond to the climate crisis.

If elected, the federal NDP would identify fossil fuel subsidies, eliminate them “once and for all,” and spend the money on the renewable energy sector, Leader Jagmeet Singh said on the campaign trail Monday morning.

The younger voters in Canada’s Sept. 20 election have particular needs they want addressed, not least a livable wage on an inhabitable planet, but the broader COVID-19 spending debate may eclipse them.

The recent heat waves and fires sweeping Canada illustrate that the skeletons in the closets of Exxon and all fossil fuel companies have proven more than metaphorical, writes columnist Jesse Firempong.

Fossil fuel subsidies have doubled since B.C. Premier John Horgan’s NDP took power, according to a yearly analysis released by Stand.earth.

There has been a lot of talk lately about fossil fuel subsidies in Canada — and a lot of confusion.

Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, Catherine McKenna, talks with CNO Editor-in-Chief Linda Solomon Wood about Joe Biden's climate plan and Canada's challenges and achievements.

Budget 2021 leaves billions of subsidies to fossil fuels and the construction of Trans Mountain as a publicly owned pipeline, plus approvals for new exploration for oil and gas, in place, writes MP and former Green Party leader Elizabeth May.

A new report suggests the economic impact of the pandemic led to a massive increase in federal aid to Canada's oil patch.

Canada was one of seven nations that increased the amount of public finance committed to the industry, on average, between 2014 and 2018.

Canada's promise to produce an inventory of its fossil fuel subsidies as part of a joint peer review with Argentina appears to be off schedule and may not deliver results until 2021, an environmental advocate says.

The New Democrats are seeking to boost momentum in the polls with ambitious promises, while the Liberals are trying to refresh their sullied record with tax cuts.