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A new report by Environmental Defence, Big Oil’s Big Year: A Summary of Big Oil’s 2023 Federal Lobbying, reveals that oil and gas companies held at least 1,255 lobby meetings with the federal government in 2023.
“Oil and gas companies delay and weaken crucial climate policies through relentless lobbying,” says Emilia Belliveau, Energy Transition Program Manager at Environmental Defence. “The public needs to see the extent of the industry’s access to government officials.”
The report highlights that major players like Suncor, Pembina Pipeline Corp, Cenovus, Imperial Oil, and Enbridge were the most active, frequently targeting ministries responsible for climate policy.
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Protecting Ontario’s Environment
The only way to build enough homes fast enough to fix Ontario’s housing shortage is to focus construction on mid-rise housing. Ontario must redirect the construction now into 5-11 storey, multi-family buildings on existing streets. The Mid-Rise Manual is a lawmakers guide to unlocking mid-rise, by making it legal, practical and cost-effective to build.
Protecting Ontario’s Environment
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS The Humber River, Etobicoke Creek, and Credit River watersheds currently have a lower amount of forest and wetland areas than recommended by federal guidelines. Highway 413 would cut through many of the remaining natural areas of all three watersheds, impacting ecological functionality and preventing them from reaching federally recommended natural cover goals. Highway...
Climate change
A new report by Environmental Defence, Big Oil’s Big Year: A Summary of Big Oil’s 2023 Federal Lobbying, reveals that oil and gas companies held at least 1,255 lobby meetings with the federal government in 2023. “Oil and gas companies delay and weaken crucial climate policies through relentless lobbying,” says Emilia Belliveau, Energy Transition Program Manager at Environmental Defence. “The public needs to see the extent of the industry's access to government officials.” The report highlights that major players like Suncor, Pembina Pipeline Corp, Cenovus, Imperial Oil, and Enbridge were the most active, frequently targeting ministries responsible for climate policy.
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
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,...
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