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Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00
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We cannot let Big Oil continue to rake in record profits while everyday people struggle under soaring energy prices and real climate solutions remain badly underfunded. r1

Paov,

It’s amazing what you can get away with if you look the part.

Last week I joined a group of undercover climate activists in Ottawa, where we visited the offices of Canada’s biggest oil and gas lobby group. All it took was some formal clothes and a little smooth talking to get our team from the “Ministry of Just Transition” up the elevator to deliver our oversized invoice for the billions in climate damages the fossil fuel industry has caused. The wildest part is the staffer I spoke with agreed to take the invoice.

We had fun with this stunt, but we did it to send a serious message. Canada cannot let Big Oil continue to rake in record profits while everyday people struggle under soaring energy prices and real climate solutions remain badly underfunded. It’s time to #TaxBigOil and invest in a rapid, just transition to 100% clean energy.

Paov, it looks like you haven’t signed our petition calling on Trudeau to pass an oil and gas Windfall Profits Tax. Can... you take a minute to add your name now?

SIGN THE PETITION

Ministry reps in St. John’s and Montreal also got in on the action last week, delivering invoices to Enbridge, ExxonMobil, and Suncor. Hundreds of people across the country helped spread the message online too, sharing the Ministry of Just Transition’s new Windfall Profits Tax video and calling out Big Oil with a digital version of the climate invoice. We’re building serious momentum with this campaign.

If posing as government officials for a good cause seems dishonest, just remember that Prime Minister Trudeau has been posing as a climate leader for 7 years. The latest Climate Change Performance Index places Canada near rock bottom, alongside other low achieving countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia and Russia.1 That’s largely because the Trudeau government has failed to address the elephant in the room: Canada keeps on expanding oil and gas production when we should be phasing it down.

Real climate action starts with holding Big Oil accountable. Tell Trudeau to follow the EU’s lead and tax the fossil fuel industry’s excess profits to fund the Just Transition programs we desperately need.

In a few weeks we’re going to deliver the #TaxBigOil petition to Trudeau and Guilbeault in Ottawa. It’s going to be a key moment in this campaign and our goal is to have well over 10,000 signatures by then.

As of right now we’re just a few hundred signatures away. Paov, can you help us get over the finish line?

In solidarity,

Katie

PS - If you’re interested in organizing your own Ministry of Just Transition invoice delivery action, check out this blog post I wrote about the process.

  1. CBC: Canada places 58 out of 63 in climate change performance ranking

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