Conservatives’ “climate plan” is a tax break for big business with no plan to help workers « Canada’s NDP

March 17, 2025 at 6:30 am  Federal, Politics

NDP Environment and Climate Change critic Laurel Collins made the following statement in reaction to the Conservatives promising to remove industrial carbon pricing:

“Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives are standing at a steel plant where workers are literally losing their jobs to announce tax breaks for big oil and gas. It is honestly baffling.

Everyday Canadians are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis. Canadians are the ones paying for damage – the damages from flooded basements and damaged roofs, the damages to their communities that’ve been by hit by wildfires and heat domes. They’re also the ones bearing the costs of Donald Trump’s attacks on working Canadians through higher prices and lost jobs – leaving workers worried about putting food on the table.

Poilievre’s goal has always been to make sure giant oil and gas corporations get more tax breaks.

But Mark Carney and the Liberals aren’t the answer. The Liberals have been giving big oil and gas CEOs billions of dollars in subsidies. That won’t change with Carney, who invested billions of dollars in coal and oil.

In the climate crisis and the fight for Canadian workers, we have to put workers first. We can create good jobs by investing in building an East-West energy grid for electricity transmission and Building and Buying Canadian — including using 100 per cent Canadian steel. We can fight the climate crisis and make big polluters pay.”

View the full article from the original source

No conversations yet

Activity Stream

Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 8:00 am - David Suzuki posted on their blog: German scientists issue stark climate warning
Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 8:00 am - David Suzuki posted on their blog: Jane Goodall challenged the divide between human and non-human animalsls
Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 8:00 am - David Suzuki posted on their blog: Jane Goodall challenged the divide between human and non-human animals
Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 5:23 pm - Kamloops Film Society posted on their blog: Met Opera Special Event – The Kamloops Film Society
Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 8:00 am - David Suzuki posted on their blog: A global peace plan: Stop burning fossil fuels
Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 8:31 pm - Transition Kamloops posted on their blog: 2026: A great year to get involved in action projects!
Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 5:30 pm - Transition Kamloops posted on their blog: Bridging Place and Policy: Student Geography Research from the 2025 Conference at TRU
Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 5:19 pm - Transition Kamloops posted on their blog: The Cost of a Bus Ride
Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 5:19 pm - Transition Kamloops posted on their blog: Vested Interests: A Climate Fashion Show
Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 3:06 pm - Transition Kamloops posted on their blog: 2026 City Budget Update  – Transition Kamloops
Full Stream
No items found