| ELECTION ACTION BULLETIN #2 September 14, 2021 |
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SIX DAYS TILL E-DAY!! THERE’S A LOT AT STAKE! |
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Make sure to vote! And do MORE than vote. This is a CLIMATE election! Here’s what ClimateFast and Team Climate 2021 have been up to - and how you can get involved. |
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SCROLL DOWN FOR INFO ON THE FEDERAL PARTIES CLIMATE RECORD AND TWO ACTIONS ON WEDNESDAY, SEPT 15th
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HELP CLIMATE CHAMPIONS: CALL OR CANVASS FOR CLIMATE CHAMPION CANDIDATES! |
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Join other ClimateFast and Team Climate 2021 volunteers in canvassing for climate champion candidates in close ridings. If you can help for a few hours in the next few days, get in touch with [email protected] with the heading CLIMATE CANVASS and I will follow up with details. We’ll be heading out Wednesday early evening to a Mississauga riding, and on Thursday or Friday this week to Parkdale-High Park and/or Oshawa. |
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MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS TO ELECT CLIMATE CHAMPIONS! |
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WHAT ARE THE FEDERAL PARTIES CLIMATE RECORDS AND WHAT ARE THEIR PLANS? |
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Perhaps the following record of votes explains why they didn’t show up at the GreenPac debates. Despite saying they have a climate plan their record shows otherwise. How did the parties vote on key environmental policies? (Credit to Cathy Orlando of Citizens Climate Lobby for this record of votes). In the past 2.5 years, parliamentarians voted on Bill C230 – National Strategy to Redress Environmental Racism Act, Act C12 – the Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, C15 – Enshrining the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People under National Law, C38 – The Oil Tanker Moratorium Act, and the National Climate Emergency Declaration. The Liberals, NDP and Greens voted “Yea” for all of them. The Bloc voted Yea for all of them except the National Strategy to Redress Environmental Racism, and the Conservatives voted “Nay” for all of them. |
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THAT’S THE RECORD - WHAT ARE FEDERAL PARTIES PLEDGING TO DO NOW?
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FEDERAL PARTY SURVEYS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
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One Earth One Vote, a collective of several of the large environmental organizations, asked the five official parties 11 questions on key environmental priorities related to nature protection, climate action and Indigenous rights. See where the parties stand on key environmental issues. |
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WEDNESDAY SEPT 15th - TWO ACTIONS FOR YOU! |
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11:30 King and Bay, Toronto - Angst at the Bank 12 NOON Bellevue Park - with Seniors for Climate Action Now - Climate Cookoff! And march to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office.
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GREENPAC 100 DEBATES ON THE ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE!
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A big thank you to everyone who helped organize the debates and to all the candidates who came out to share their views and policies on this crucial challenge to our future!
Scroll down for more photos and recording links. |
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University-Rosedale GreenPac Debate with candidates Chrystia Freeland, Green Party candidate Tim Grant, and NDP candidate Nicole Robicheau; co-hosted by ClimateFast with the University of Toronto Students Union. Trinity St-Paul's and Green 11. View the recording. |
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Toronto-St. Paul’s debate with Carolyn Bennett, Sidney Coles, and Phil de Luna; co-hosted by ClimateFast with For Our Kids, Science for Peace and CAPE. View the recording. Scarborough Southwest and Etobicoke Climate Action also hosted debates. |
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FOSSIL FUEL NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY! CAMPAIGN CONTINUES THROUGH E-DAY! |
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On Monday, Scarborough Southwest volunteers delivered our letter and pledge for supporting the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. We met Green Party candidate Amanda Cain at Rosetta McClain Gardens, where she signed the pledge, and we stopped by the offices of Bill Blair (Liberal), Guled Arale (NDP), and Mohsin Bhuiyan (Conservative). |
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MORE CLIMATE NEWS ON TEAMClimate 2021: http://teamclimate.wordpress.com
Please check out our new TEAMClimate instagram and twitter accounts: @Teamclimate2021 . Help us get climate action"trending" by using #teamclimate2021 and #votefor theplanet"
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