Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today to present a petition. It is an e-petition that was put together and supported by 587 people looking at the issue of expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure.
The petitioners point out that any expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure runs contrary to climate action and the necessity of holding the global average temperature increase to below 1.5°C, if possible. The petitioners point out that projects, and specifically the carbon sequestration project called the Pathways Alliance project, are unlikely to work to hold greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. The petitioners also point out that even if it did work, it would be insufficient to undo the environmental damage of continued fossil fuel expansion.
Therefore, the petitioners call on the government to stop any subsidies to the Pathways Alliance project and to do what is practical and meaningful, which is to reduce greenhouse gases, not expand them while pretending that carbon capture and storage will nullify the damage that expansion will inevitably produce.