e-3541 (Environment)

Petition to the House of Commons

• The International Energy Agency released a special report demonstrating that governments should no longer invest in or construct new fossil energy projects if we’re to avoid catastrophic climate change;
• The Canada Energy Regulator projects that if Canada meets its commitments to cut more greenhouse gas emissions, the Trans Mountain expansion will not be needed;
• Due to violations of environmental regulations, construction was stopped in many sections of the project including an order to stop tree cutting and grass mowing across the entire pipeline route;
• A recent report from the Canada Energy Regulator and the Parliamentary Budget Officer show that in almost all scenarios the Trans Mountain expansion project will not be financially viable;
• This project does not have the consent of all the First Nations whose lands, territories or other resources would be affected by the Trans Mountain expansion project;
• The pipeline project puts our health, environment, ecosystems, coastlines, tourism and oceans at risk;
• The pipeline project enables the expansion of the Alberta oilsands and undermines Canada's climate commitments to the Paris Agreement;
• The cost of the Trans Mountain expansion project has risen by 70% to $12.6 billion, putting Canadian taxpayers' money, our economy and new jobs creation in renewable energy at risk; and
• Most other OECD economies are reducing carbon emissions over the past several years while Canada’s emissions continue to grow.