SUPPRIMER LES SUBVENTIONS À LA PRODUCTION DE COMBUSTIBLES FOSSILES AU CANADA

This policy brief, submitted by a coalition including the International Institute for Sustainable Development and Oil Change International, urges the Canadian government to eliminate all federal and provincial subsidies for oil, natural gas, and coal production by 2020. The authors argue that these subsidies undermine carbon pricing efforts and contradict Canada's international climate commitments under the Paris Agreement and G20/G7 frameworks.

• The coalition recommends that Canadian prime ministers eliminate all federal and provincial subsidies for the exploitation of oil, natural gas, and coal by 2020, with a detailed phase-out schedule to be made public in the 2017 budget.
• Fossil fuel subsidies are viewed as a barrier to effective climate policy because they lower the carbon price by encouraging emissions rather than reducing them, which may undermine commitments to establish a carbon price.
• Annual federal subsidies to the fossil fuel industry are estimated at a minimum of $1.8 billion, while provincial subsidies are estimated at at least $1.1 billion per year, based on a 2015 report.
• The document warns that Canada risks losing billions in tax revenue over the next decade due to accelerated capital cost allowance rates for pre-production costs of new projects, specifically mentioning liquefied natural gas (LNG).
• The authors argue that current investments in clean technology, such as the Mission Innovation program which aims for $775 million by 2020, will be negated if oil and gas exploration and development continue to be supported.
• The brief highlights a contradiction in the 2016 budget, which maintained accelerated capital cost allowances for the gas industry until 2025 despite G20 commitments to phase out fossil fuel subsidies.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (n.d.). SUPPRIMER LES SUBVENTIONS À LA PRODUCTION DE COMBUSTIBLES FOSSILES AU CANADA. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/canada-ffs-submission-july-2016-fr.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. SUPPRIMER LES SUBVENTIONS À LA PRODUCTION DE COMBUSTIBLES FOSSILES AU CANADA. n.d. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/canada-ffs-submission-july-2016-fr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopmentndsupprimer, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{SUPPRIMER LES SUBVENTIONS À LA PRODUCTION DE COMBUSTIBLES FOSSILES AU CANADA}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/canada-ffs-submission-july-2016-fr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }