Blocking Ambition: Fossil fuel subsidies in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador

This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development analyzes fossil fuel subsidies in four Canadian provinces—Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador—highlighting how these subsidies undermine climate targets and divert public funds.

• In the 2020/21 fiscal year, four main fossil fuel-producing provinces in Canada provided a combined total of at least CAD 2.5 billion in fossil fuel subsidies. By fiscal year 2021/22 (as of December 2021), this amount was 1.5 billion.
• Specific subsidy totals for the 2020/21 fiscal year include CAD 1.32 billion from Alberta, CAD 765.3 million from British Columbia, CAD 409.3 million from Saskatchewan, and CAD 82.6 million from Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Provincial governments are using subsidies as pandemic recovery strategies and introducing new incentives, such as drilling incentives in Saskatchewan and royalty structure changes for the Terra Nova oil field in Newfoundland and Labrador, which are projected to cost taxpayers an additional CAD 300 million over the project's lifespan.

APA

Corkal,, J. M. B. (2022). Blocking Ambition: Fossil fuel subsidies in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/blocking-ambition-fossil-fuel-subsidies-canadian-provinces

Chicago

Corkal,, Janetta McKenzie,Estan Beedell,Vanessa. Blocking Ambition: Fossil fuel subsidies in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2022. https://www.iisd.org/publications/blocking-ambition-fossil-fuel-subsidies-canadian-provinces.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{corkal2022blocking, author = {Corkal,, Janetta McKenzie,Estan Beedell,Vanessa}, title = {{Blocking Ambition: Fossil fuel subsidies in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2022}, month = feb, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/blocking-ambition-fossil-fuel-subsidies-canadian-provinces}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }