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Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00
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Tell Justin Trudeau to cancel the $10B Trans Mountain loan guarantee and invest in a Just Transition r1

Paov,

The Trudeau government's decision to give Trans Mountain a $10 billion loan guarantee to support the pipeline expansion project makes no sense. Fossil fuels are causing the climate crisis, so funding more fossil fuel production means funding more extreme and more frequent climate disasters.

Funding fossil fuel expansion in the midst of a climate emergency is foolish. We just launched a new petition calling on Trudeau and Freeland to cancel the loan guarantee. Take one minute to add your name now.

On the one hand, Trudeau’s cabinet ministers have been talking up plans to invest in climate adaptation and prepare Canada for the worsening impacts of climate change.1 On the other hand, last week, we learned that the Trudeau government approved a $10 billion loan guarantee for the Trans Mountain pipeline.2 In other words, they’re announcing an adaptation plan to prepare for the very climate disasters that they’re funding with projects like this.

At the same time as this Trans Mountain news broke last week, unprecedented flooding was forcing thousands of people in northern Alberta to flee their homes.3 It brought back harrowing images... from just six months ago of communities across my home province of BC underwater because of the climate-fuelled floods that washed out highways and buried sections of the Trans Mountain pipeline in landslide debris.4

It's time for Trudeau to stop delaying action on the climate climate crisis by continuing to support fossil fuel expansion. The climate emergency is not some distant thing – it's hurting people and upending communities across Canada and around the world right now. Functionally, Trudeau's climate delay is just as dangerous as denying climate change outright.

Tell Prime Minister Trudeau and Finance Minister Freeland to stop wasting public money on fossil fuel expansion and invest in creating green jobs and a Just Transition instead.

Can you imagine if the next climate disaster causes oil from the Trans Mountain to spill into nearby rivers and pollute communities already struggling to adapt to a heating world? We can’t let Trudeau take us down this reckless path.

Sign the new petition and help us pressure Trudeau and Freeland to cancel this $10 billion dollar subsidy for fossil fuel expansion before it’s too late.

Onwards,
Jennifer

  1. Global News: As Canada boosts climate adaptation efforts, experts urge action on rising threats
  2. Global News: Ottawa approves new $10B loan guarantee for Trans Mountain pipeline project
  3. Edmonton Journal: Floods in northern Alberta force thousands of people to flee their homes
  4. The Tyee: When Surging Floods Meet Expanding Pipelines

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