End federal public subsidies for LNG

Right now, crown corporations, public institutions and the federal cabinet are deciding which industrial projects in B.C., including Ksi Lisims LNG and LNG Canada Phase 2, should be allocated tens of millions of dollars of tax dollars.

What you can do

Tell these institutions and elected officials that no public money should be spent expanding the fossil fuel industry. Write or edit your letter to all these decision makers — including Prime Minister Mark Carney and Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Gregor Robertson, and the board of the Canada Infrastructure Bank, on how you’d like your tax dollars to be spent.

Why this matters

These bodies could be putting the money into projects that lower emissions and make all of our lives better like expanding public transit, healthcare, affordable housing and clean energy projects.

Points to consider

(Copy and paste them to edit to your letter!) 

  • Major federal investment bodies, such as the new Canada Strong Fund, pensions and the Canada Infrastructure Bank, should not put any public money into risky liquified natural gas (LNG) projects.
  • There are several current legal challenges against these projects, making investing in them a risky decision.
  • LNG projects are bad investments. LNG drives climate disasters like heatwaves and floods, will drive up gas prices for everyday people in an affordability crisis, pose health risks from fracking to flaring, and do not have full consent from Indigenous communities.
  • Despite being marketed as “cleaner” LNG, recent reporting highlights that Canada’s only currently operating LNG facility — LNG Canada Phase 1 — has some of the worst flaring amongst LNG facilities worldwide. 
  • Ksi Lisims LNG is 100 per cent American-owned by Western LNG and LNG Canada Phase 2 is owned by a consortium of multinational companies. Any benefits from these projects are not being returned to the public good. 
  • Our public money should be going towards projects and programs that actually make our lives and communities better and more affordable, while bringing down emissions: expanding public transit access, affordable housing and clean energy.
Points to consider

(Copy and paste them to edit to your letter!) 

  • Major federal investment bodies, such as the new Canada Strong Fund, pensions and the Canada Infrastructure Bank, should not put any public money into risky liquified natural gas (LNG) projects.
  • There are several current legal challenges against these projects, making investing in them a risky decision.
  • LNG projects are bad investments. LNG drives climate disasters like heatwaves and floods, will drive up gas prices for everyday people in an affordability crisis, pose health risks from fracking to flaring, and do not have full consent from Indigenous communities.
  • Despite being marketed as “cleaner” LNG, recent reporting highlights that Canada’s only currently operating LNG facility — LNG Canada Phase 1 — has some of the worst flaring amongst LNG facilities worldwide. 
  • Ksi Lisims LNG is 100 per cent American-owned by Western LNG and LNG Canada Phase 2 is owned by a consortium of multinational companies. Any benefits from these projects are not being returned to the public good. 
  • Our public money should be going towards projects and programs that actually make our lives and communities better and more affordable, while bringing down emissions: expanding public transit access, affordable housing and clean energy.