Clancy calls out Ford government’s fuelling oil and gas greed

November 19, 2024

QUEEN'S PARK — In today’s question period, Ontario Greens Deputy Leader and MPP for Kitchener Centre Aislinn Clancy demanded the government put the people of Ontario before fossil fuel billionaires.

“Like many taxpayers, I’m tired of a government that continues to lie in bed with the oil and gas giants who are fuelling the climate crisis,” said Clancy.

“This government overturned an Ontario Energy Board decision that would have saved consumers money because it was going to hurt Enbridge’s multi-billion dollar bottom line. It gives Enbridge a free ride to use our local land and infrastructure without paying anything, depriving us of money that could be used to build homes or schools.

“The result, speaker, is climate chaos. It’s making us sick, driving up the cost of living, and it’s forcing all of us and our kids into an unliveable future.

“Will the Premier stop with the sweetheart deals, do the right thing, and put the people of Ontario before fossil fuel billionaires?”

Clancy and Ontario Greens leader Mike Schreiner recently tabled legislation to make fossil fuel giants like Enbridge pay their fair share, entitled the No Free Ride for Fossil Fuels Act.

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