Carney Loves His Fossil Fuels
When Bill C-5, One Canadian Economy Act, received Royal Assent on June 26, 2025, I was and still am very concerned. Bill 14/15, very similar to C-5 had just passed in BC, a province that already was logging old growth forest to heat the UK, the increasing number of earthquakes due to fracking, the considerable amount of mining and the destruction of a beautiful province. I experienced first hand what it was like to be an environmental refugee as my community was being destroyed by the Adams Lake/Bush Creek firestorm in 2023. We went from place to place, staying overnight or a few days, having to move on, because every where we went was on fire. It is over two years now, yet my community is still picking up the pieces. Everywhere you look, you can see the devastation, the loss and the struggle many have faced trying to rebuild their lives.
When I learned of C-5, the first thing that came was fossil fuel projects. PM Carney had already expressed his interest in speeding up LNG projects, such as Kitimat, Ksi Lisims, Phase 2 LNG, and knew C-5 would put not only Canadians at risk, but mankind. Mr. Carney has claimed LNG is clean, sometimes low emissions contrary to the scientific reality. Mr. Carney is very well aware that this isn’t the case. It is more than just greenwashing, it is lying.
This project is for myself and hopefully others to understand what the financial, environmental and social impacts are and will be. We continue to kicking a can down a road that ran out a long time ago. 1.5° is the punchline to a bad joke. While the Arctic will be ice free by the early 2030s or sooner, Mr. Carney sees this as an opportunity. To suggest that climate targets will be met, while building infrastructure to support 40 – 50 more years of fossil fuels is ludicrous and just another lie.
I have gone through every project, looked at the cost, viability, financial and environmental costs. What I found is shocking. Taxpayers money is being used to what will lead to our end. Our children, grandchildren and our the future of mankind is no longer just at risk, but a reality. They will struggle to survive. Climate change will create food shortages, infrastructure failure, unbearable heat and society will collapse. The number of environmental refugees is already staggering. In 2022, there were 32.6 million people internally displace., yet our government is doubling down on what actually put us in the position we find ourselves in. It should have shocked people when in in 2024, we had 12 consecutive months of an average temperature above preindustrial levels of 1.6°C.
Methane Mark is cutting services that are already in dire straights. This was to fund a military we don’t need. His generation investment will be debt and hardship. While he continues to act, half of the annual GDP is lost to climate. I read today that 80% of Canadians stand behind his decisions.
The proposed legislation, the huge investment in fossil fuel projects, pipelines, mining is mind boggling.
Subsidies listed include the following, individuals with a financial interest, direct and indirect financial assistance, measures that lower costs, encouragement of specific active or support economic/social goals, tax credits, deferral and relief, low interest loans, guaranteed loans, grants, rebates and infrastructure required to facilitate the intended operations of the project, such as roads, bridges, electricity, etc. Another consideration is the reputation risk. I have looked at the past record the investing corporation has in relation to Labour relations, health, safety, community relations and any investigation of the corporations themselves.
The first released projects in July 2025 are as follows:
Key Projects in the First Tranche (Announced Sept 2025):
- LNG Canada Phase II (BC): Expansion of the Kitimat terminal.
- Darlington New Nuclear Project (ON): Four Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).
- Contrecœur Port Expansion (QC): Expanding the Port of Montreal’s capacity.
- McIlvenna Bay Copper Mine (SK): Development of a copper/zinc mine.
- Red Chris Mine Expansion (BC): Expansion of an existing copper/gold mine