- Proposal text
-BE IT RESOLVED that all advertising, promotion and sponsorships for fossil fuels, fossil-fuelled-vehicles, machines and tools, and fossil-fuelled travel, should be banned in Canada.-BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Canadian regulations should mandate disclosure of the health and-environmental risks of fossil fuel production and use.- Type of Proposal
- Public policy that the party would represent
- Objective / Benefit
- In the age of climate crisis, we must do everything we can to reduce emissions, including reducing
- both supply and demand as fast as possible.
- Currently, fossil fuel (and fossil-fuelled) companies purchase "demand generation" advertising,
- inflating social desire to consume more than is needed, so they can grow their private profits, at
- the expense of future generations.
- They then use increased consumption as a ‘social licence’ for continued expansion of supply.
- Removing the artificially-inflated demand created by advertising, promotion and sponsorships will be
- one of the ‘lowest-hanging fruit’ in emission reduction, similar to ending tobacco advertising.
- If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?
- N/A
- List any supporting evidence for your proposal
- On the success of TAPS (Tobacco ad) bans:
- * https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/m21_7.pdf
- * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3734674/
- * https://www.who.int/activities/enforcing-tobacco-advertising-promotion-sponsorship-bans
- Bans on FFAPS (Fossil Fuel ads) already introduced:
- * France, Amsterdam:
- https://www.corporateknights.com/leadership/will-more-countries-ban-fossil-fuel-ads/
- * The Guardian:
- https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jan/29/guardian-to-ban-advertising-from-fossil-fuel-firms-climate-crisis
- Advocacy groups working worldwide to expand this practice:
- * Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment: https://www.stopfossilfuelads.ca/
- * European Citizens Initiative: https://banfossilfuelads.org/
- * Australia: https://fossiladban.org/
- * Other global initiatives: https://www.worldwithoutfossilads.org/projects/
- * List of others: https://verbiedfossielereclame.nl/only-words/
- Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the
- group or groups?
- It affects all current and future citizens of the world positively, by reducing emissions from
- unnecessary demand.
- While it will likely affect the financial profits of the fossil fuel industry, I consider the
- decline of that industry and a transition to others to be a net benefit, so I don’t consider it
- necessary to consult with them.
- Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
- Yes
- Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
- English
- Proposal text
- +BE IT RESOLVED that all advertising (including paid promotion and sponsorships) for fossil fuels;
- +fossil-fuelled vehicles, machines and tools; and fossil-fuelled travel should be banned in Canada,
- +with exceptions for for public transit, passenger coach services, and agricultural machinery for
- +which there is not yet a viable alternative.
- +BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Canadian regulations should mandate disclosure, at the point of sale of
- +such products, of the health and environmental risks of fossil fuel production and use.
- Type of Proposal
- Public policy that the party would represent
- Objective / Benefit
- In the age of climate crisis, we must do everything we can to reduce emissions, including reducing
- both supply and demand as fast as possible.
- Currently, fossil fuel (and fossil-fuelled) companies purchase "demand generation" advertising,
- inflating social desire to consume more than is needed, so they can grow their private profits, at
- the expense of future generations.
- They then use increased consumption as a ‘social licence’ for continued expansion of supply.
- Removing the artificially-inflated demand created by advertising, promotion and sponsorships will be
- one of the ‘lowest-hanging fruit’ in emission reduction, similar to ending tobacco advertising.
- If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?
- N/A
- List any supporting evidence for your proposal
- On the success of TAPS (Tobacco ad) bans:
- * https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/m21_7.pdf
- * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3734674/
- * https://www.who.int/activities/enforcing-tobacco-advertising-promotion-sponsorship-bans
- Bans on FFAPS (Fossil Fuel ads) already introduced:
- * France, Amsterdam:
- https://www.corporateknights.com/leadership/will-more-countries-ban-fossil-fuel-ads/
- * The Guardian:
- https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jan/29/guardian-to-ban-advertising-from-fossil-fuel-firms-climate-crisis
- Advocacy groups working worldwide to expand this practice:
- * Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment: https://www.stopfossilfuelads.ca/
- * European Citizens Initiative: https://banfossilfuelads.org/
- * Australia: https://fossiladban.org/
- * Other global initiatives: https://www.worldwithoutfossilads.org/projects/
- * List of others: https://verbiedfossielereclame.nl/only-words/
- Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the
- group or groups?
- It affects all current and future citizens of the world positively, by reducing emissions from
- unnecessary demand.
- While it will likely affect the financial profits of the fossil fuel industry, I consider the
- decline of that industry and a transition to others to be a net benefit, so I don’t consider it
- necessary to consult with them.
- Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
- Yes
- Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
- English
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