Email the B.C. government: No more fossil fuel subsidies!

B.C.’s government is giving billions of your tax dollars to corporate polluters.

Our latest analysis of the B.C. budget reveals that fossil fuel subsidies are going up and up – with no sign of decreasing. In 2020-21, the NDP-led government gave $1.3 billion to the fossil fuel industry — 8.3% more than the previous year, and more than what was spent on climate action. Fossil fuel subsidies are now more than double what they were when Premier Horgan’s NDP first took power.

We’re in a climate crisis, and on top of that, communities across B.C. are still reeling from the impacts of COVID-19. Instead of lining the pockets of oil and gas executives, that money should be going to a just transition.

It’s time to sound the alarm on B.C.’s bankrolling of corporate polluters.

Will you email key members of the B.C. government right now and call for an end to fossil fuel subsidies?

Tell the B.C. government to stop subsidizing climate change

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Premier

John

Horgan

B.C. NDP

Minister

David

Eby

BC NDP

Minister

George

Heyman

B.C. NDP

Minister

Selina

Robinson

BC NDP

Minister

Nathan

Cullen

BC NDP

Minister

Ravi

Kahlon

BC NDP

Parliamentary Secretary

Kelly

Greene

BC NDP

Dear Premier Horgan and fellow Cabinet members,

I am a B.C. resident and am writing to you today because I was deeply concerned to discover in Stand.earth’s latest report that fossil fuel subsidies have doubled since your government took power.

Fossil fuel subsidies are a huge barrier to climate action and transitioning to a sustainable economy. Continuing to prop up this industry is making it impossible for B.C. to meet its 2030 and 2050 carbon emission targets.

Meanwhile, your government has spent more on fossil fuel subsidies than you have on your entire climate change program. It is clear where your priorities lie – but it is not what I thought your party stood for.

If you are serious about representing the people of B.C. and protecting our climate, I urge you to:

-Embrace the timeline set by the federal government to phase out all fossil fuel subsidies by 2025.
-Use the upcoming BC Oil and Gas Royalty Review to cancel the Deep Well Royalty Program and other tax loopholes in the province’s royalty regime.
-Put B.C. back on track to meeting our climate targets by stopping the issuing of permits for new fossil fuel projects
-Implement stronger regulations on fracking, including ensuring the industry, and not taxpayers, are covering the cost of clean-up. 
-Accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy, using the savings from unwanted fossil fuel subsidies to invest in northern community economic development and support workers and communities in a just transition

You can read more about these critical next steps in Stand.earth’s new report: https://publications.stand.earth/bc-subsidies/

Ending fossil fuel subsidies will free up hundreds of millions of dollars annually to invest in our recovery from the COVID pandemic, meeting our emissions reduction targets and transitioning to a clean energy economy.

I look forward to hearing your response and plan of action for ending fossil fuel subsidies in B.C.

Sincerely,

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