Finance committee  I'm hoping that these particular subsidies are an anachronism of tax policy designed during a period when there was a sense that the oil industry was a more fledgling industry than it is today and needed the support to develop a critical mass to grow and establish itself. A more critical interpretation would be that the overall energy direction of the government is to facilitate the rapid expansion of the oil industry, irrespective of the implications of that for our ability to do our fair share on climate change.

Finance committee  Thank you very much. My name is Graham Saul. I'm the executive director of Climate Action Network Canada, Réseau action climat Canada. Climate Action Network is a coalition of 75 Canadian organizations that are working together to push for action on climate change. It includes faith-based organizations such as the United Church of Canada, aboriginal representation such as the Assembly of First Nations, labour unions such as the Canadian Labour Congress, international development organizations such as Oxfam and, of course, a wide range of environmental groups such as WWF Canada and the Pembina Institute.