Send a message: We Need A Bold Emissions Cap

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The federal government has launched public consultations on how they’ll limit polluting oil and gas emissions.¹ If done right, the “emissions cap” could be a game-changer. A strong oil and gas emissions cap will:

Place a hard cap on emissions and have mechanisms to ensure ongoing accountability
Ensure emissions are reduced by 60% below 2005 levels by 2030
Make sure that all types of emissions are reduced, not just those that come from extracting and refining oil and gas - emissions that come from burning oil and gas need to be included too.

But to make it happen, the oil and gas industry — Canada's largest source of emissions — has to step up and do its fair share.

Big oil is doing everything in their power to water this policy down. To ensure the government doesn't cave to their demands, the federal government needs to hear from everyday people — like you — support a strong oil and gas emissions cap.

The oil and gas industry must end its profit-seeking, climate-destroying practices and do its fair share. Send your message now.

Prime Minister Trudeau and Honourable Ministers

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I am writing to you as someone who is concerned for my communities' and the planet's future. After reading the discussion paper on the proposed oil and gas emissions cap, I am cautiously hopeful that your government is ready to take meaningful action to tackle climate change.

If emissions aren’t reduced significantly by 2030, we will miss our window to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. We need the emissions cap policy to be ambitious — and limit emissions from oil and gas in line with science — if Canada is to do its fair share globally and meet our domestic and international climate targets. This is a chance to reduce the worst impacts of climate change and to get on board with the inevitable transition away from fossil fuels. 
 
At a minimum, the oil and gas emissions cap must:
 
1. Reduce emissions immediately: the oil and gas industry must reduce emissions significantly by 2025 and reduce its emissions by 60% by 2030.

2. Ensure tools of compliance, enforceability and accountability are implemented immediately with the cap. There must be no loopholes and strict trading rules to ensure that the oil and gas industry is held accountable for truly capping emissions.
 
3. Include all emissions from the production and use of oil and gas. All oil and gas activities and facilities in Canada, including pipelines, refineries and liquefied natural gas export facilities, should be covered by the cap.
 
4. Do not cave to the oil and gas lobbying efforts. The industry is beholden to shareholders and profit margins. As the government, your responsibility is the people and the planet. Their attempts to undermine this policy are dangerous.

5. The cap should not undermine Canada’s commitment to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies. 
 
6. Canada needs a Just Transition strategy that leaves no one behind, by rapidly winding down fossil fuels building strong, sustainable communities for everyone, creating millions of decent, low-carbon jobs and respecting Indigenous rights and sovereignty.

It has never been more critical to take bold climate action. Canada has failed to meet every climate target it has ever set — this is a chance to change that. This will be a defining moment for Justin Trudeau's legacy on climate action.
 
I implore this government to resist the attempts by the oil and gas industry to undermine this policy. The future of our communities and the planet is at stake — please implement an ambitious and effective emissions cap policy.

Sincerely,

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