Federal Liberals not living up to climate promises

Editor: It is astonishing to watch the federal Liberals demonstrate, despite pre-election and Paris climate conference promises to the contrary, their lack of real commitment to tackling climate change.

Recently, we read about how our prime minister received a standing ovation from fossil fuel interests gathered in Texas and with his approval of numerous pipelines and a 2017 budget allocation of hundreds of millions of dollars to the fossil fuel industry, it’s no wonder.

Subsidizing the fossil fuel industry undermines actions being taken to fight climate change, including many initiatives supported in the same budget and makes the pre-election promises made by the Liberal government meaningless.

It is clear that it is possible to build a clean economy that will create long-term prosperity and help us to meet our commitments to doing our part on climate change. It’s time for us to demand that our federal government put an end to fossil fuel subsidies.

Mary Cue, Kelowna