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Care for Creation, Not Extraction: Understanding Why Canada Must End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

August 20, 2026

Our new position paper, Care for Creation, Not Extraction: Understanding Why Canada Must End Fossil Fuel Subsidies, is a practical advocacy tool for members who want to engage their MPs in calling for an end to fossil fuel expansion.

It explains how public subsidies for oil and gas contradict Canada’s climate and moral commitments, outlines the scale and mechanisms of these subsidies, and provides clear talking points and questions to guide outreach.

Grounded in integral ecology, the paper invites us to examine how public spending reflects our collective values—are we investing in the flourishing of the whole Earth community, or reinforcing systems that harm it?

Use this resource to learn more on how to communicate directly with MPs on this topic, building the strong constituency pressure needed to urge the federal government to redirect public funds toward renewable energy and a just transition.

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Linking Ecological Debt to Global Financial Exploitation

August 11, 2026

For Jubilee 2025 ORCIE explores the concept of ecological debt and its deep connections to global financial exploitation in a special deep-dive position paper, exploring the deep-rooted connections between environmental destruction, colonial legacies, and the ongoing economic disparities between the Global North and South.

Inspired by Pope Francis’s urgent appeal for debt forgiveness and systemic reform, the paper advocates for a reform of the current global economic system to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).

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