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Taxpayers shouldn't be funding
risky pipelines
Most people across Canada oppose taxpayer-funded pipelines, and two-thirds support building more renewable energy projects. [1,2]
Yet, as countries around the world rapidly transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy [3], Canadian leaders are stuck in the past. Even the private sector knows there’s no business case for more pipelines in a world where wind and solar energy are cheaper, cleaner, and faster to deploy.
Now our government is about to invest public money in pipelines instead.
As of right now, tens of billions of dollars are projected to fund a new West Coast oil pipeline and maybe even a cross-Canada ‘Northern Shield Energy Corridor.’ [4,5] This is despite Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s promise last year that “Alberta taxpayers wouldn’t be on the hook to build this pipeline” and Carney signing this pipeline agreement contingent on finding private investors. [6,7]
While our political leaders boast about what an “excellent investment” pipelines are [8], the evidence shows otherwise.
The oil companies won't even pay for their own new pipelines! Why should the public?
Join us in pushing back against taxpayer money for pipelines, and advocating for renewable energy for all.
Pipelines aren’t
the future.
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of the proposed West Coast oil pipeline funding is taxpayer money.
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is the total proposed cost of the new West Coast oil pipeline.
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is the year that renewable energy overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity, with the growth in solar and wind power meeting all of increased demand.