Mr. Speaker, the second petition is on behalf of Canadians who recognize that we remain in a climate crisis, one that requires urgent action in this closing window of opportunity. They note that the impacts of the climate crisis are being felt across the country, from droughts to wildfires and, at the same time, that the federal government today spends at least $4.8 billion a year, though other research shows it is actually higher, on subsidies to the oil and gas industry in the midst of this crisis and at a time when the oil and gas industry's profits are reaching record levels.
The petitioners call for an end to all subsidies to the oil and gas industry and, rather, call for the imposition of a windfall profit tax on the excess profits of this industry. The petitioners call for those dollars to be used for a just transition into good green jobs, including a youth climate corps.