Environmental Defence Canada

05/28/2026

Another pipeline is being sold to Canadians as a win for the economy.
🎣 Here’s the catch: Canadians would be left carrying the risks of oil spills, pollution, and climate disasters while wealthy oil companies and U.S. investors cash in.
Big Oil profits. Canadians pay the price.
Check out our recent backgrounder for the facts behind the pipeline push.

05/27/2026

Today, Steven Guilbeault announced his resignation from Parliament. We want to thank him for his dedication to his principles and to Canada. Swipe through to read our full statement.

05/27/2026

Last week we hosted a webinar on clean steel
Here are the key takeaways from the conversation.

Watch the full discussion and learn more — link in bio.

05/22/2026

$10.2 billion in fossil fuel subsidies in 2025 alone.
While climate targets are promised, public money continues to fund the industries driving the crisis. Our new analysis breaks down the numbers behind the headlines — and the real cost of these decisions. 🌍⚠️

05/21/2026

These are the lands adjacent to Rouge National Urban Park - 9,300 acres filled with pristine streams and diverse animals and plants. However, they are at risk of being paved over for development. Our solution? Let’s add them to Rouge National Urban Park and have them protected forever. These lands can produce food, water, oxygen, wildlife habitat, and be a place of peace and recreation for residents forever. They would be privatized and paved only once. Take action: https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/189541/action/1

05/21/2026

🚨 ACTION ALERT: Premier Ford has opened the door to water privatization in Ontario — and he’s hoping you won’t notice.

The Water and Wastewater Public Corporations Act gives the government sweeping powers to seize municipal water systems — like drinking water and sewage — and hand them over to for-profit corporations.

History is clear: when for-profit corporations control our water systems, the results are disastrous:

💸 Bigger bills.

🚱 Bad service.

☠️ Dirty water.

Water is a human right — not a commodity. It's not too late to stop this.

👉 Tell Premier Ford our water is NOT for sale.

Take action now:
https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/190757/action/1?ea.tracking.id=fborg

05/21/2026

New analysis from Environmental Defence finds the Government of Canada provided over $10.2 billion in fossil fuel subsidies and public financing in 2025 alone — and more than $85 billion since 2020. Read the release: https://bit.ly/4ftW340

New analysis from Environmental Defence reveals that in 2025, the Government of Canada provided over $10 billion in subsidies and public financing to oil

05/20/2026

🚨 🧐 The Usual Suspects: April Lobby Recap 🛢️ 🔥

It’s time for the monthly round-up of Big Oil’s recent lobbying.

In April, oil and gas companies lobbied federal government officials 130 times.

The following companies lobbied in April:
• AltaGas Ltd. = 4 meetings
• BHP Canada Inc. = 2 meetings
• Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers = 19 meetings
• Canadian Gas Association = 2 meetings
• Canadian Natural Resources Limited = 1 meetings
• Cenovus Energy Inc. = 6 meetings
• ConocoPhillips Canada Resources Corp. = 2 meetings
• ENMAX Corporation = 4 meetings
• Enbridge Inc. = 11 meetings
• Enhance Energy Inc = 11 meetings
• FortisBC Energy Inc. = 1 meetings
• Imperial Oil Limited = 6 meetings
• Irving Oil Limited = 6 meetings
• LNG Canada Development Inc. = 1 meetings
• Oil Sands Alliance Inc. (formerly Pathways Alliance Inc.) = 4 meetings
• Ovintiv Canada ULC = 2 meetings
• Pembina Pipeline Corporation = 3 meetings
• Shell Canada Limited = 10 meetings
• Suncor Energy Inc. = 7 meetings
• The Explorers and Producers Association of Canada = 2 meetings
• Tourmaline Oil Corp. = 5 meetings
• TransCanada PipeLines Limited = 15 meetings
• Trigon Pacific Terminals Limited = 6 meetings

The most targeted ministries were House of Commons, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Privy Council Office (PCO).

05/16/2026

✍️ Swipe through to read our latest op-ed, published in the Toronto Star on May 14, 2026.

PM Carney promised forward thinking. Instead, his proposed changes to environmental reviews would drag Canada back to the 1950s — gutting protections that prevent disasters like arsenic-poisoned mines and mercury-contaminated rivers.

This isn't progress. It's recklessness that threatens clean water, endangered species, and our future. Canada deserves better than a return to the toxic, destructive era when industry polluted freely and communities suffered.

05/15/2026

It’s Endangered Species Day, so let’s talk about some of the species threatened by Ontario’s planned Highway 413. This Highway will not only cost $14 billion in taxpayer money, but it’ll also make your commute worse. Not to mention - pave over the precious habitat of these animals. Take action at the link in bio.