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Natural Resources & Extraction

Oil & Gas platforms

Here's what the 2021 Canadian election parties are promising.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Oil & Gas.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Oil & Gas.
We don't have any Bloc policies on Oil & Gas.
We don't have any NDP policies on Oil & Gas.

Green

  • Cancel all new oil exploration projects.
  • End leasing of federal lands for fossil fuel production, and retire existing licenses.
  • Phase out existing oil & gas operations.
  • Phase out bitumen production between 2030 & 2035.

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● Cancel all new pipeline projects (beginning with Trans Mountain)

● Cancel all new oil exploration projects, including in the off-shore

● End leasing of federal lands for fossil fuel production and retire existing licenses

● Ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking)

● End all subsidies to the fossil fuel sector

● Phase out existing oil and gas operations, so that they continue on a declining basis with bitumen production phased out between 2030 and 2035

● Require federal public investment funds (including the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board) to divest from fossil fuels

● Ensure companies are held accountable for paying for the costs of cleaning up and restoring land, instead of passing these to the public

Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11

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