• ryper@lemmy.ca
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    The list of rollbacks they give is long:

    • Scrapped the carbon tax and rebate
    • Passed the Building Canada Act, which exempts major projects from environmental laws
    • Doubled down on LNG infrastructure, by referring LNG Canada Phase 2 to the Major Projects Office
    • Ended the Greener Homes loan program, which provided homeowners with up to $40,000 in zero-interest financing for green renovations
    • Disproportionately cut funding to Environment and Climate Change Canada
    • Expanded subsidies for carbon capture and storage
    • Axed the 2 billion trees program
    • Promised federal support for a new oilsands pipeline, as well as the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline
    • Announced intention to not proceed with the cap on emissions from the oil and gas industry
    • Weakened the Clean Electricity Regulations by suspending their application in Alberta
    • Promised new subsidies for fossil fuel infrastructure (pipelines, CCS & enhanced oil recovery)
    • Threatened to amend or suspend the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act
    • Weakened greenwashing provisions in the Competition Act
    • Weakened methane regulations, by delaying Alberta’s deadline for achieving the targets
    • Doubled down on fossil fuels, by referring Ksi Lisims LNG, and the enabling North Coast Transmission Line, to the Major Projects Office
    • Suspended a ban on the export of single-use plastic items that are prohibited in Canada
    • Scrapped the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard, which would have required all new vehicles sold in Canada to be zero-emissions by 2035.
    • Cut $5 billion for the Canada Public Transit Fund (CPTF)
    • Updated the mandate for the Canada Infrastructure Bank to make way for fossil fuel financing
    • Promised $1 billion for Equinor’s proposed Bay du Nord Offshore Oil Project
    • Ended the Clean Growth Hub
    • Gave Alberta more powers over impact assessment
    • Paused the fuel excise tax
    • Created new fossil fuel subsidies for more oil and gas production
    • Weakened the Pest Control Products Act
    • Doubled down on fossil fuels, by approving Enbridge’s $4 billion Sunrise natural gas pipeline expansion plan in BC
    • Proposed sweeping changes to major project decision making and approvals, including:
      — creating special economic zones where projects will not need reviews,
      — creating conditions to preapprove pipelines,
      — weakening Species at Risk Act to allow Cabinet to approve projects
      that would threaten the survival or recovery of endangered species
    • Weakened Canada’s Electricity Regulations, which will make more room for fossil gas and make it harder to get a clean, affordable grid
    • Weakened industrial carbon pricing
    • Lowered expectations for CCS Pathways Project
    • Considered using Export Development Canada for public financing for LNG Canada
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      I read the article and tried to read the legal doc they sent the judge. There’s a lot of large claims here. Are there any sources? While I wouldn’t be surprised if the Libs did all of this, im pretty surprised there’s no sources in the proposal to the judge.

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      My blood pressure shot through the ceiling reading that list.

      The environment is an increasingly bigger economic pressure, but jack shit is done about it because it can’t be quantified in an excel sheet.

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        I agree, the environment should be the topmost issue, and that list of cancelled efforts is incredible. I knew Carney was aiming to stimulate the economy by removing some guidelines but holy shit, this is a lot.

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      Scrapped the carbon tax and rebate

      Which would have got PCs elected if they didn’t do that. Killing the carbon tax gained Carney 30 points.

      So before we blame THE GOVMINT maybe count all the pickup trucks on the roads?

      total EV sales for Canada 2025: 170,000, only 8.4%. 91.6% chose ICE.

      F150s: 138,000 Silverado: 54,000 RAM 1500: 43,000 Toyota pickups: 30,000

      The reality is 9.4% of Canada’s GDP is in petroleum. Is the problem government, or is the problem Canadians who pretend they aren’t Americans?

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        This is your reminder, Canadian, that rich people don’t give a fuck what country you’re from. The same people fucking us, Americans, are fucking you, Canadians.

        Or have you forgotten that Kevin O’Leary is from Canada?