The only smart economic choice in 2026 is “no new fossil fuel infrastructure and rapidly phasing out current uses.” #cdnpoli
➡️ Send a letter to the Canada Pension Plan today: no new investments in pipelines and LNG! win.newmode.net/shiftaction/...
“Renewables and its associated technologies are now commonly perceived as an energy security tool, no longer only a way to combat pollution and climate change, but a geopolitical asset supported by pragmatism rather than idealism." www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/i...
The disastrous war in the Middle East is driving global acknowledgement that relying on imported LNG is both costly & detrimental to energy security.
The economics of imported LNG will doom its future as an integral part of the global energy system.
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This should alarm all 22 million Canadians whose retirement savings CPPIB is supposed to protect. But we still have a window to push back.
Tell CPPIB today to rule out high-risk investments in pipelines or LNG. #cdnpoli win.newmode.net/shiftaction/...
There's a real chance that CPPIB caves to this political pressure. In 2025, CPPIB made at least $6BN in new bets on #fossilfuels. Its CEO recently said that CPPIB is “looking to invest in nation-building projects” and that “we like oil & gas pipelines.” #cdnpoli financialpost.com/news/cpp-inv...
This should alarm all 22 million Canadians whose retirement savings CPPIB is supposed to protect. But we still have a window to push back.
Tell CPPIB today to rule out high-risk investments in pipelines or LNG. #cdnpoli win.newmode.net/shiftaction/...
There's a real chance that CPPIB caves to this political pressure. In 2025, CPPIB made at least $6BN in new bets on #fossilfuels. Its CEO recently said that CPPIB is “looking to invest in nation-building projects” and that “we like oil & gas pipelines.” #cdnpoli financialpost.com/news/cpp-inv...
The federal government is pressuring the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to invest in high-risk fossil fuel projects that would damage the climate, violate Indigenous rights and put our pensions at risk. #cdnpoli www.shiftaction.ca/news/2026/3/...
Lee said her pension fund should be a climate leader, “not only for our benefit, but also for the 14, 15 and 16 year olds who are paying into OMERS and wondering what their future will be like.” #intergenerationalfairness #ONpoli #pensions #climate
Lee was deputing in response to OMERS’ climate action plan update at the Infrastructure and Environment Committee. Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/_NPQlEy...
“As municipal workers and elected officials, we have a front row seat for the increasing chaos caused by climate change.” OMERS member and retired librarian Lee Ramsay brought a message of climate urgency and intergenerational fairness to the City of Toronto on April 7.
Learn more in our report, Gaslighting the Energy Transition. #cdnpoli
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Pension funds must halt investments in unjustifiable gas infrastructure, acknowledge the need for these companies to transform their business model, and plan for the decommissioning of gas infrastructure to avoid #strandedassets. These gas utilities do not belong in our pension funds’ portfolios.
Government efforts to accelerate climate action, the skyrocketing price of fossil fuels, and the availability of low-cost, zero-carbon alternatives means time is running out for UK gas utilities.
This should be a blaring warning sign for UK gas utilities & their Canadian pension fund owners, as these gas companies face terminal decline as the UK moves away from fossil fuels.
The UK's National Gas is 27% owned by BCI, while OTPP owns 37.5% of Scotia Gas Networks. #cdnpoli #bcpoli #onpoli
“People want to be free of these fossil fuel crises — since the conflict in the Middle East began, interest in solar has shot up 50%, heat pump and electric cars are also seeing surges. Every solar panel, heat pump and battery cuts bills and boosts Britain’s energy independence."
The UK’s new requirement for solar panels and heat pumps in all new homes is good news for the climate, affordability and the clean economy — but bad news if you happen to be a UK gas utility – two of which are owned by Canadian pension funds. #ukpolitics #cdnpol www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/i...
Government efforts to accelerate climate action, the skyrocketing price of fossil fuels, and the availability of low-cost, zero-carbon alternatives means time is running out for UK gas utilities.
This should be a blaring warning sign for UK gas utilities & their Canadian pension fund owners, as these gas companies face terminal decline as the UK moves away from fossil fuels.
The UK's National Gas is 27% owned by BCI, while OTPP owns 37.5% of Scotia Gas Networks. #cdnpoli #bcpoli #onpoli
“People want to be free of these fossil fuel crises — since the conflict in the Middle East began, interest in solar has shot up 50%, heat pump and electric cars are also seeing surges. Every solar panel, heat pump and battery cuts bills and boosts Britain’s energy independence."
In 2025, Canadian and UK actuaries published wildly different projections about the impacts of climate change. Financial expert Matt Orsagh says to read the UK report and ignore the Canadian one: degrowthistheanswer.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
#Climate #PensionFunds
For the full details in our report card webinar – recording now available: www.shiftaction.ca/workshops/20...
Five pension managers have placed limited exclusions on new investments in fossil fuels. La Caisse, UPP, IMCO, OMERS and HOOPP.
CPPIB and AIMCo once again fall at the bottom of the rankings. CPPIB faces a climate-related lawsuit, and AIMCo earned an overall fail.
Scores on Communication of Climate Urgency dropped in a year when Bay Street lawyers told pension funds to worry about greenwashing. Kudos to La Caisse and UPP for earning A+ grades in this category.
ICYMI, our annual analysis of the climate strategies of 11 major Canadian pension funds: La Caisse earns an overall A-range grade; three funds hang onto B-range scores, and OMERS moves into the B-range for the first time. 🧵
A healthcare pension should be investing in a livable future, not locking in the risks that undermine it.
🙈 It raises serious concerns about Indigenous rights. If HOOPP is entertaining investing in a mythical future Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline, it should know that both the pipeline and the LNG facility it would supply face opposition from impacted Indigenous Nations.
❎ It shows the folly of short-term thinking. If a pension fund considers 2030 goals but ignores net-zero by 2050 pathways, it opens itself up to investments in potential stranded assets and leaves itself exposed to assets with no profitable pathway through the transition.
⛔ It shows that HOOPP’s investment team doesn’t fully understand that it needs a safe climate in order to fulfill its pension promise. An investment in a pipeline is a bet on increased fossil fuel production and ensuing climate breakdown.
🤦 The fact that HOOPP is pretending a credible climate strategy can include investments in pipelines is deeply flawed.