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Dear John,

While millions of Canadians are standing up to demand greater climate action and emissions cuts, Canada’s largest oil and gas lobby group is working behind the scenes to derail the federal government’s efforts to address climate change.

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) is the main lobby organization for oil and gas companies operating in Canada. For too long, CAPP has been allowed to influence federal legislation and deliberately undermine, delay—and even kill— policies that would help reduce emissions across the economy. 

We’ve released a report that exposes a decade of CAPP’s lobbying efforts. The report shows why Canadians need to urge our political leaders to say “No more!” to oil and gas companies, now more than ever.

Here are three key findings from the report that highlight the sweeping consequences of the oil and gas industry's lobbying efforts. 

• Environmental regulations are being axed: In the last decade, six major areas of legislation or regulation – including water protection, environmental review of industrial projects, and carbon pricing – have been cut, weakened or delayed to further oil and gas industry interests. 
• Lobbyists want a huge increase in emissions: CAPP wants the next federal government to allow an increase in greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector to a level equivalent to the current emissions of B.C., Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, P.E.I., Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut combined.
• Industry is hoarding the profits: Between 2000 and 2016, oil production in Canada has increased by 75 per cent, while the royalties and corporate taxes paid back to government have decreased by 63 per cent and more than 50 per cent, respectively.

Canadians must demand that governments stop spending financial and political capital to support the interests of one industry whose aspirations will literally devastate the planet, at the expense of all of us. The federal election on October 21st is an opportunity for Canadians to tell decision makers to stop catering to the wishes of oil and gas companies. 

Independent reports like this are fundamental to keeping the public informed on pressing issues, and holding governments and corporations accountable for their actions. They take a significant amount of time and resources to produce. If you would like to contribute to more research like this, please donate today.

With gratitude,

Environmental Defence Canada - 116 Spadina Avenue, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2K6

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