Real Change: A New Plan For a Strong Middle Class (page 40)

"Consistent with Canada’s G20 commitment to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies over the medium term, the Government intends to maintain this tax preference as currently legislated and allow it to expire as scheduled." ("Growing The Middle Class" Budget 2016-2017)

« Now is not the time to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr said Wednesday, despite what a Liberal cabinet colleague is billing as the greenest federal budget ever.  […]But a campaign promise to "phase out subsidies to the fossil fuel industry over the medium-term" did not make the cut in the first Liberal budget. In fact, the government locked in one recent liquefied natural gas subsidy until 2025. Carr emerged from a caucus meeting Wednesday to say now is "not the moment" to start ramping back government subsidies for an oil and gas sector hammered by a global glut and price decline. » (National Observer, March 24, 2016)

" Canada has made a commitment with its partners in the G20 and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. Such subsidies can encourage wasteful consumption, impede investment in clean energy sources, and undermine efforts to combat the threat of climate change." (Building a strong middle class, March 22, 2017)

"The department seems to have no plan with regard to this commitment, which is a problem for a government that has made big commitments to climate change," Christopherson said. "The Liberals' refusal to provide information to the auditor general strikes at the very heart of accountability and makes a farce out of the Liberals' promise of openness and transparency." (CBC, May 16, 2017)

« Ils ont indiqué que les fonds eront à la disposition de toutes les sociétés pétrolières et gazifières du Canada » (Radio-Canada, 18 décembre 2018)