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Learn about Canada’s financial labelling system and why gas cannot be included if we want to create a strong, clean economy.
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backgrounder
About The Backgrounder: A new backgrounder released by Environmental Defence, Ontario’s Gas Problems: The Issues With Fracked Gas, takes a look at how Ontario’s increasing reliance on “natural gas” is worse than usually accounted for and worse than most Ontarians appreciate. The gas used in Ontario is mostly fracked, linked to human health problems and...
Climate change
About The Backgrounder: It is expected, in 2024, that the federal government will soon unveil the details of the forthcoming Permanent Public Transit funding program, which is the new federal-provincial cost sharing program for building public transit infrastructure across the country. This backgrounder covers what to look out for when the Fund details are released,...
Climate change
About The Backgrounder: On June 6th, the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI) will hear testimony from the CEOs of five major oil and gas companies, focusing on their efforts to significantly reduce emissions in line with Canada’s international climate commitments. These hearings will scrutinize the companies’ climate pollution track records amid their...
Climate change
About The Backgrounder: To fight climate change, oil and gas pollution in Canada has to decline rapidly. Without a strong oil and gas emissions cap, Canada can’t meet its climate goals. However, the proposed framework on the oil and gas emissions cap is not strong enough to facilitate that decline. The Government of Canada must...
Climate change
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