Independent Foundation Could Evaluate Energy Subsidies Similar to US Agency: Study

Independent Foundation Could Evaluate Energy Subsidies Similar to US Agency: Study
The LNG Canada industrial energy project under construction in Kitimat, B.C., on Sept. 28, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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The Fraser Institute think tank has released a new study that documents the current state of energy subsidies in Canada and makes recommendations for reform of what it calls “complex and contentious debates.”

The study states that Canada participates in “an international, intergovernmental effort to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies,” but defining what constitutes an inefficient subsidy or measuring the size of subsidies has been left to individual governments.