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Climate change
Environmental Defence’s tracking of fossil fuel industry lobbyists reveals that Big Oil had at least 986 meetings with the federal government in 2025, nearly four per working day. With the federal election early in 2025, the fossil fuel lobby acted quickly to pressure the new government to grant its wishlist of environmental...
Climate change
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) is urging the federal government to weaken industrial carbon pricing and rely on Alberta’s ineffective TIER system, while opposing stronger methane regulations and calling for greater industry influence over climate policy. Its proposals misrepresent market realities and carbon pricing impacts, and would undermine federal guardrails,...
Climate change
U.S. tariffs and the pause of federal and provincial rebates have hurt Canada’s auto sector, but the federal government must not lose sight of the net-zero future of the industry. This backgrounder explains why the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard (EVAS) is essential for human and environmental health and how, despite lobbying efforts...
Climate change
Claims that the Pathways carbon capture and storage (CCS) project could offset emissions from a proposed new oil pipeline are misleading and mathematically impossible. Using data from the federal government, this briefing shows that emissions from a one-million-barrel-per-day pipeline would far exceed what Pathways CCS could ever capture, even under optimistic assumptions....
backgrounder
Drawn to the Truth: An Illustrated Exposé of Big Oil’s Playbook is a backgrounder that exposes ten coordinated tactics used by the fossil fuel industry to delay climate action and maintain Canada’s dependence on oil and gas. The report examines how Big Oil exerts influence through lobbying, greenwashing, front groups, education infiltration,...
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