Meeting Canada's Subsidy Phase-Out Goal: What it means in Ontario

The document outlines the need for Ontario to remove environmentally harmful fossil fuel subsidies to align with Canada's G-7 commitment to end such subsidies by 2025. It references a national estimate of CAD 2.9 billion in production subsidies and notes that while Ontario has phased out coal and implemented carbon pricing, further action is required regarding preferential tax treatments for fossil fuels.

• Canada and other G-7 nations have committed to a specific deadline of 2025 to end fossil fuel subsidies.
• A previous joint report by IISD, ODI, and OCI identified CAD 2.9 billion in national subsidies specifically for the production of fossil fuels in Canada.
• Despite achievements in carbon pricing and the phase-out of coal, Ontario still maintains prominent subsidies that provide preferential tax treatment for fossil fuel use.

APA

Touchette,, P. G. G. (2016). Meeting Canada's Subsidy Phase-Out Goal: What it means in Ontario. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/articles/policy-analysis/meeting-canadas-subsidy-phase-out-goal-what-it-means-ontario

Chicago

Touchette,, Philip Gass,Ivetta Gerasimchuk,Yanick. Meeting Canada's Subsidy Phase-Out Goal: What it means in Ontario. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2016. https://www.iisd.org/articles/policy-analysis/meeting-canadas-subsidy-phase-out-goal-what-it-means-ontario.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{touchette2016meeting, author = {Touchette,, Philip Gass,Ivetta Gerasimchuk,Yanick}, title = {{Meeting Canada's Subsidy Phase-Out Goal: What it means in Ontario}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2016}, month = jun, url = {https://www.iisd.org/articles/policy-analysis/meeting-canadas-subsidy-phase-out-goal-what-it-means-ontario}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }