It’s just so ludicrous that we’d be sending any public money to fossil fuel extraction. It doesn’t even make financial sense with major Asian markets ramping up solar and wind. And that's beyond the known climate change consequences of continued extraction.
So, another adapted form letter, thanks to Stand for earth.
I am writing to urge you to reject any investment, financing, or de-risking of new LNG projects in Canada.
I am sick and tired of public money flowing to subsidize fossil fuel extraction.
It does not benefit ordinary Canadians.
It is known to contribute to global warming – the effects of which we are already feeling with a huge increase in disastrous climate events which are costly and harmful.
It doesn’t even make financial sense because the market is drying up. The rest of the world is smart enough to switch to renewables.
You are continuing to dehumanize Indigenous peoples by running roughshod over their territory and squirrelling out of your obligation to consult.
Nobody will even want to buy this crap in a decade.
Stop throwing public money down the toilet on terrible investments with no payoffs but horrific consequences.
“We can't afford the climate agenda of earlier Liberals”?! Their climate agenda was FAR too unambitious. We can't afford NOT to not only pursue but surpass those goals.
The BC wildfires followed by mass flooding from a few years ago – the cost of that recovery alone should give pause re further LNG “investment”. The cost of lost crops from the excess rainfall in Manitoba this year – what will that be?
Are you planning to leave Canadians to fend for themselves to recover from these disasters that are directly caused by your government's abject cowardice and avarice in continuing to subsidize private profits for oil & gas with pubic money while they are proven to be tied to catastrophic climate change?
This money should be funding community-owned renewable projects, electrification, and energy efficiency upgrades that will truly lower costs for Canadians, not line the pockets of foreign gas executives.
It is not only unethical, but hypocritical for Canada to give public lip service to respecting Indigenous Nations’ rights, while blatantly supporting megaprojects that lack full consent.
I urge you to demonstrate leadership by refusing to invest in LNG and its expansion and prioritizing climate-safe investments instead that also respect Indigenous Rights and Title.
This Liberal government is using a fake majority to ram through an agenda which is completely different than what was campaigned on. Everything about this is completely duplicitous, stupid and diametrically opposed to what ordinary Canadians need at this moment. Any investment in oil & gas is an utter betrayal of principle and of what is best for Canadians.
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