Linda McQuaig: Mark Carney’s massive hidden fossil-fuel subsidy shows us where the prime minister stands - Toronto Star

As the country recovers from scorching wildfires, our prime minister has introduced a massive new subsidy for the fossil fuel industry. And its middle class Canadians who will end up paying for it.

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks after LNG Canada said it will go ahead with the Phase 2 expansion project at its LNG terminal in Kitimat, B.C., during an announcement in Vancouver, on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. The expansion will double LNG Canada’s capacity to 28 million tonnes a year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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For quite a while, we’ve known that Mark Carney is not the climate warrior he was cracked up to be.

But only now is he starting to reveal just how far he’ll go in jeopardizing the slim remaining hope of averting climate disaster.

Even as the country recovers from scorching wildfires, our prime minister has just introduced a massive new subsidy for the fossil fuel industry.

If you haven’t heard about it, that’s because it’s largely invisible. 

Ostensibly, the new measure has nothing to do with fossil fuels. 

At his investment summit in Toronto last month, Carney announced a new “mega-deduction” corporate tax break. He didn’t mention fossil fuels.