e-2065 (Federal-provincial agreements)

Petition to the House of Commons

• The Prime Minister has admitted his desire to phase out the oil sands;
• The government of Canada has engaged in deliberate measures which is harming Canadian province’s ability to develop natural resources and is limiting their potential for economic growth, job creation, and capacity to generate wealth;
• The government’s actions on the energy sector include a tanker ban, Norther Gateway pipeline cancellation, Bill C-69, a disastrous carbon tax and many other industry hurting measures;
• Equalization payments, using revenue generated through the taxation of Canadian citizens is paying for provincial services across the country;
• The government of Canada expects provinces to continue to submit to an unfair equalization formula that provides benefit to other regions of the country while blocking attempts for province’s to further their own economies and develop resources;
• The government of Canada discriminates against provinces that choose to develop their natural resources while rewarding those who rely on government transfers as opposed to diversifying their economies; and
• The current equalization formula treats provinces that develop their non-renewable energy resources, like oil and gas, unfairly when compared to other resources like hydro generated energy.