Uniting and mobilizing progressives in Canada for a just and climate-safe future for all. Also over at bsky as @leadnowca. 🦋
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📣 Say it with us: the rent is TOO DAMN HIGH.
That’s why we are fighting for #HomesForAll — and demanding the government invest in housing solutions that work for us.
Share this video, then join the Homes for All campaign 👉 leadnow.ca/HomesForAll
@350Canada @smallchangefund
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If you got $1 every 10 seconds, you’d be a millionaire within 4 months.
But receiving the same amount, it would take 310 years to get your first billion.
Meanwhile, the world's richest billionaires get $2.5 billion richer -- every day.
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Now imagine if @TorontoStar did this same breakdown for billionaires who receive massive government subsidies while paying their employees poverty wages.
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Climate leaders don't build pipelines.
"We’ve had a clear and consistent position supporting this project for years. Our govt is making sure that Canada’s views are heard & considered by the incoming administration at the highest levels," PM Trudeau says of reports Joe Biden plans to cancel Keystone XL permit #cdnpoli
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Canadians' pensions will no longer be invested in US private prisons. Leadnow members are proud to have pressured the CPP to stop cashing-in on Trump’s cruel anti-immigrant agenda, from zero-tolerance policies, to child separation and migrant detention camps.
#CloseTheCamps
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There's a lot to be proud of about the way we reacted in the face of tragedy yesterday.
#TOgether #TorontoTheGood #TorontoStrong
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Justin Trudeau: “No relationship is more important to Canada than the relationship with Indigenous Peoples.”
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ALT [ID]: A woman winking sarcastically.
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In a country as wealthy as Canada, we have enough to ensure everyone can meet their basic needs and live a dignified life.
Leadnow members are sharing their powerful personal stories about how a #BasicIncome would benefit them. #cdnpoli #GLBI #UBI #VoteForBasicIncome
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“No country would find 173 billion barrels of oil in the ground and leave them there” 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
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Concerned citizens have crowdfunded this ad in the @VancouverSun today calling on you to fulfill your promise to protect old-growth @jjhorgan @bcndp. Don’t stand by as they are cut down. Defer logging of all at-risk old-growth now. #bcpoli #OldGrowth @standearth @wildernews
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This was @JustinTrudeau's answer to a concerned voter's question about his broken promise on electoral reform at a town hall yesterday. 🙄
He has exactly no one fooled, so we changed it to what he really meant.
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Capitalists: "Capitalism fuels competition! Which is in the best interest of consumers."
Actual capitalism:
Prescription eyeglasses can range from the mid-$200s to more than $1000 a pair in Canada. They're a necessary product, so why are they so expensive?
Maybe because one single company, EssilorLuxottica, owns everything from lenses to frames to retailers.
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First Denmark and Poland, now France.
When will Canada bar tax-dodging companies from #Covid_19 bailouts?
#cdnpoli #covid19Canada #covid19
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Join over 45k Cdns speaking out to #rejectfear and reject @pmharper's "secret police" bill. #cdnpoli
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Not just an American problem.
Black Toronto residents 20 times more likely to be killed by police: study
theguardian.com/world/2018/d…
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Canada has missed every climate target it has ever set, and now, our first-ever climate accountability law is hanging by a thread.
We're counting on @SenateCA to sit until #BillC12 passes. Our kids' health and future are at stake.
nationalobserver.com/2021/06…
#cdnpoli #PassBillC12
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Our campaign manager, Claire Gallagher, wrote this powerful op-ed making a case for why investing in a guaranteed, livable #BasicIncome will help close the gaps in our society.
“We already have the solutions, now we need political will and action.” #GLBI
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Climate leaders don't expand the fossil fuel industry. 👀
![[Meme of Trudeau and Horgan sitting at a table about to eat lunch].
Trudeau: what'd you get?
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Trudeau: lol same](/pic/orig/media%2FE50EAmZVkAIvfXx.jpg)
ALT [Meme of Trudeau and Horgan sitting at a table about to eat lunch]. Trudeau: what'd you get? Horgan: fossil fuel subsidies Trudeau: lol same
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Actions at 50 MP offices in cities and towns across Canada today for the #DefendTheWater day of action prove opposition to Kinder Morgan is national. @JustinTrudeau: #StopKM! RSVP here: act.leadnow.ca/defendthwater…
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🧵THREAD: The pandemic has shown that our society doesn’t provide for everyone—instead, billionaires get richer while many struggle to put food on the table.
Is as #BasicIncome in Canada possible? #GLBI👇
ALT Basic Income. Is it possible?
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.@RBC: Thousands of people across Canada are calling on you to respect Indigenous rights and #DefundClimateChaos.
Bankrolling fossil fuel projects without consent, goes against your commitments on reconciliation. It is time to invest in the future. #RBCIsKillingMe #DivestCGL
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You did it! Over 45,000 Canadians have signed the petition demanding the @CBC host a #ClimateDebate, and today you helped deliver it right to CBC's doorstep!
Let's keep the pressure up: act.leadnow.ca/cbc-climate-d… #cdnpoli #elxn43 #climatecrisis @CjusticeTO @wearenorth99 @350Canada
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This convoy is distracting us from connecting and organizing in solidarity with the challenges workers in the trucking industry face: wage theft, access to sick days, proper pay for overtime, to name a few:
thestar.com/news/gta/2022/01…
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Canada bans growth hormones in our milk.
But when American milk pours into Canada under the new #NAFTA deal, we won't even know which is which.
Add your name and retweet if you think we need #milk labelling ASAP. #cdnpoli act.leadnow.ca/label-my-milk…
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That's right, @RBC has poured over $208 CAD billion into fossil fuels since the Paris Agreement was signed. They are the 5th largest bankroller of fossil fuels in the world.
Check out this thread with amazing photos from the Waterloo action! #RBCIsKillingMe #DefundClimateChaos
RBC funded $208,000,000 towards fossil fuel. The view in Waterloo Ontario. RBC is Canada’s first biggest fossil fuel investor and the 5th largest fossil fuel investor in the world.
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There is near unanimous support for paid sick leave. The only holdout is @fordnation.
#PaidSickDaysSaveLives #ONpoli
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🧵Today and always, we stand in solidarity with trans and queer people—especially youth—who are facing attacks and threats to their human rights.
Far right misinformation is spreading in Canada, and having harmful consequences. Here’s how. 👇#NoSpaceForHate #ProtectTransKids 1/
ALT Trans kids deserve love and care But harmful far right misinformation is spreading—and it threatens their human rights and access to life-saving health care. CW: Mentions of anti-trans and queer hate, suicide, gender dysphoria Learn more (with arrow pointing down)
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.@SylviaJonesMPP and @FordNation: This morning’s announcement is not what healthcare workers or people across Ontario have been demanding. Invest in the PUBLIC healthcare system, #RepealBill124, #10PaidSickDays, #AccessForAll.
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/sto… #onpoli
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“Ms. McKenna said she’s been reading up on President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, which included major infrastructure spending as a response to the Great Depression...”
May we suggest a climate-based infrastructure plan - a 'Green' New Deal, if you will?theglobeandmail.com/politics…
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In 13 years as an MP, Andrew Scheer has attended zero Pride parades, but several anti-abortion rallies. It's clear he would turn back the clock on human rights.
#cdnpoli
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It’s on! Today, we launch Cooperate for Climate, our campaign to elect bold champions ready to work across party lines to tackle the climate crisis.
Let’s make this election a turning point for climate.
You in? cooperateforclimate.ca
#cooperate4climate #elxn43 #canadavotes
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In a historic moment for the disability community, Bill C-22 – and the Canada Disability Benefit – just passed in Senate for the final time. 🙌 #BillC22 #EndDisabilityPoverty
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As she shares her decision to step down as leader of the @CanadianGreens, we thank @ElizabethMay for her tireless work as a dedicated Parliamentarian and advocate for climate action for decades. #cdnpoli
“Effective today, I am no longer leader of the Green Party of Canada,” said @ElizabethMay announcing her resignation. “I wanted to choose a moment when we had a lot of success before leaving.” #cdnpoli
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URGENT: #COP27 is almost over and Canada is refusing to join India, the US & the EU in committing to a “fossil fuel phase out.” But phasing out oil & gas is essential for a #JustTransition.
@s_guilbeault, be the climate leader you claim to be. Commit to phasing out fossil fuels.
ALT Graphic showing an image of Minister Steven Guilbeault talking, against a background of social panels. The large text on top reads: “Minister Guilbeault: Fight for a fossil fuel phase out at COP27”
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Harper’s starting #elxn42 over the long wknd hoping we will be distracted. Game on. votetogether.ca #cdnpoli
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The majority of Canadians support a Green New Deal. More good news -- they also want the wealthy to pay their fair share to make it happen.
#GreenNewDeal #cdnpoli
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URGENT: @RBC refused to let Indigenous delegates, including Wet’suwet’en Hereditary leadership, Black Gulf South representatives into their AGM in Saskatoon.
RBC is enacting colonial violence in the name of profit and fossil fuel extraction. #RBCRevealed
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If @JustinTrudeau thought opposition to the Kinder Morgan pipeline was only on BC's west coast, he miscalculated.
Thousands came together today from coast to coast to #DefendTheWater.
And we're just getting started. #StopKM
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Some #ElectionDay things to keep in mind:
-- Your boss has to give you 3 hours off to vote.
-- Same day registration is totally okay.
-- You can use online bills on your phone to confirm your address.
Now get out there and vote!
#CanadaElection2019
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Wales is moving forward with the highest basic income pilot in the world - providing young people who leave care with a no strings attached payment of £1,600 a month (around $2,680 Canadian dollars).
bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politi…
#BasicIncome #GLBI
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CERB set the standard - $2,000 a month is the minimum to survive. Yet #ODSP recipients, facing some of the highest #coronavirus risks, are asked to make do with barely *half* that.
Join nearly 40k Ontarians demanding that Premier Ford raise the rates:
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/rai…
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THREAD: A majority of people in Canada support a #BasicIncome—it is a bold, commonsense solution that would ensure everyone can afford their basic needs.
Here's why Canada should invest in a Basic Income in Budget 2021.👇 1/5
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So you are suggesting we send all white settlers back overseas and return the land to the Indigenous peoples from which it was stolen?
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Denmark and Poland are refusing to bail out companies that use offshore tax havens to avoid paying their fair share.
Canada must do the same.
#BailOutPeopleNotCorporations #BailoutHumans #PeoplesBailout #COVID19
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This is a huge victory for the First Nations and northern communities who've worked tirelessly to stop #Enbridge
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The Senate will vote on #C51 tomorrow. Ask them to #RejectFear and #StopC51 at leadnow.ca/c51-senate #cdnpoli
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💯! That’s why nearly 17,000 people across Ontario are calling on @fordnation not to privatize surgeries and protect public health care instead:
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/don…
From #Bill23 to PCR tests & now surgery backlogs, Ford has just one technique for "solving" problems: let a crisis develop, ignore expert advice, dismiss public input, & give public money to the wealthy & well-connected.
#NotOneCent of public money should go to for-profit care.
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50 actions across Canada today! #TimHortons made $3 billion in 2016 and CEO Daniel Schwartz pocketed over $6 million. @TimHortons: we know you have enough power and cash to protect workers and we won't stop until you do #IStandwithTimHortonsWorkers #DonutsNotCuts 🍩
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A guaranteed income, like CERB, does more than ensure people can put food on the table, it also protects them from exploitation.
We can't go back to forcing frontline workers to put up with endless abuse for subsistence wages. We deserve a #BasicIncome.
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RBC called the police to stop one high-schooler from standing outside talking to customers about RBC’s fossil investments.
Hey @RBC, if you’re so worried about people finding out that you’re funding the climate crisis, why don’t you just stop?
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We’re marching for major, systemic change — no more excuses or delays!
Are you with us?
#ClimateStrike #FridaysForFuture
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We are blown away by the energy and solidarity pouring in from nearly 40 actions across Canada in support of Wet’suwet’en land defenders.
@RBC, all eyes are on you. Stop bankrolling colonial violence. Defund CGL. #FossilFoolsDay #RCMPOffTheYintah
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Premier Horgan still hasn’t acted on his promise to protect #OldGrowth forests.
☎️ Call @jjhorgan and tell him to stop arresting peaceful land defenders: 250-387-1715
✍️ Sign our petition calling for an immediate moratorium on logging now: act.leadnow.ca/BC-last-trees… #FairyCreek
ALT Photo of a massive billboard that says: "Beautiful" British Columbia? Horgan: Protect old-growth. The background image shows a giant logged tree in a clear-cut area. Logos at the bottom: Leadnow, Ancient Forest Alliance, Wilderness Committee, Sierra Club BC.
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Yesterday, the RCMP arrested 5 land defenders in Wet’suwet’en territory. They’re being forcibly removed from their lands in the name of fossil fuel extraction—and @RBC is profiting from this violence.
Stand in solidarity. Join a #FossilFoolsDay action: leadnow.ca/FossilFoolsDay/?s…
ALT Yellow and blue graphic with a map of Canada and nearly 40 dropped pins representing actions happening on Saturday. The bottom part of the graphic has large text in all caps that reads: Saturday, April 1st Fossil Fools Day in solidarity with Indigenous land defenders. RSVP: Link in bio
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Militarized RCMP are forcibly removing Wet'suwet'en First Nation peoples from their territory in direct violation of the UN declaration on human rights.
Why is @JustinTrudeau silent?
#WetsuwetenStrong #ShutDowncanada #UNDRIP
Stand in solidarity: m.facebook.com/events/222564…
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Are we the kind of people who give up our freedoms to fear mongers? #RejectFear - #StopC51 @ leadnow.ca/reject-fear
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You read that right: $11M PER MINUTE. That’s how much the fossil fuel industry receives from governments who say tackling the climate crisis is too expensive.
In Canada, we have an opportunity to end fossil fuel subsidies as part of a #JustTransition.
theguardian.com/environment/…
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🧵What’s #Bill23?
Prioritizing corporate profit over people and the environment is in @fordnation’s playbook. The fight to #ProtectTheGreenbelt is at the intersection of climate and housing justice. Here’s why thousands are mobilizing to #StopBill23 👇 #HandsOffTheGreenbelt 1/8
ALT Meme showing the cartoon of a person holding a handful of cash. The person is tagged as “developers listening to Ford promise not to damage the Greenbelt four years ago.” At the bottom, large text says: “Shut up and take our money.”
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Over 500 lined up to enter the public viewing gallery at Queen's Park this morning to protest Ford’s brazen abuse of power over Toronto City Council. (100 were already inside.)
Together, we're powerful. #onpoli #TOpoli #stopFord @progresstoronto
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“How can there be 'reconciliation' without truth? How can there be 'reconciliation' without justice?” @MumilaaqQaqqaq
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Dear @JustinTrudeau - no bailouts for Big Oil!
Photos from today's massive online rally - we may be physically distanced, but we're united on this!
#peoplenotpolluters @sustainteens, @dogwoodbc, @standearth, @ourearthvic
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It’s infuriating that while B.C. is in the midst of a climate emergency, the RCMP is raiding sovereign Indigenous territory to ram through a fossil fuel pipeline which will only worsen the climate crisis. And it’s all happening under the @bcndp’s watch. #WetsuwetenStrong 1/
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Billionaires are not the ones saving us during #COVID19.
It's actually:
nurses
doctors
caregivers
delivery drivers
technicians
grocery store workers
garbage collectors
bus drivers
cooks
cleaners
Service workers are essential and should be paid like it.
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Will Jason Kenney and his War Room target the European Investment Bank next? Or start accepting reality - we have to plan for the end of oil.
Choices.
bbc.com/news/business-504278…
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The world is watching, @RBC. It is time to stop funding climate destruction and the violation of Indigenous rights. Invest in our future instead.
#NoMoreDirtyBanks #RBCIsKillingMe #DefundCGL
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Another reason to celebrate the Raptors - NBA champs say no thanks to White House visit.
#torontoraptors #wethenorth
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#COP26 is a critical opportunity for us to change course on climate. @JustinTrudeau, we're counting on you to deliver a climate-safe future that leaves no one behind. #CdnPoli #JustTransition
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People in Canada are ready for a #GreenNewDeal. AND they support a simple idea for funding it.
Even more (66%) support it alongside taxing the wealthiest to fund it. #cdnpoli
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Crowdfunded by @wildernews @AncientForestBC @SierraClubBC & @leadnowca, we’re putting up a massive billboard on Vancouver Island’s busiest highway calling on @jjhorgan to deliver on his promise to protect old-growth.
Share this to make sure he sees it. #ProtectOldGrowth #BCpoli
ALT The background image of the billboard is if a clear-cut forest area. A person stands next to a massive, logged ancient tree. The text on top reads: "Beautiful" British Columbia?. On the bottom half, there is a red rectangle with the text: Horgan: Protect old-growth. At the bottom, the logos of Leadnow, Ancient Forest Alliance, Wilderness Committee, and Sierra Club BC. Photo by TJ Watt.
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Welcoming Ford's new government on their first day in the legislature, on behalf of 50,000 parents, teachers, and everyday Ontarians #KidsDeserveFacts #SaveSexEd #onpoli
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Listen to healthcare professionals.
Take precautions.
Stay informed.
#COVID19 #CoronaVirusCanada #coronavirus
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BREAKING: Almost 200 organizations from across the country are demanding the government put people first with a Just Recovery.
We have a chance to #buildbackbetter but only if we prioritize people and our planet. #JustRecoveryforAll
Learn more: justrecoveryforall.ca/
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To @JustinTrudeau @JonathanWNV @cafreeland -- Thousands of Canadians are sending you a message: your climate legacy is on the line.
#RejectTeck
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Dear @JustinTrudeau and Canada's Premiers, nearly 1 million people across Canada are calling on you to cancel rent and mortgages during #COVID19.
Please read our letter.
@acorncanada @torontotenants @YVRTenantsUnion @bcgeu @wearenorth99 @cdnChange #CancelRent
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Did you hear? #TransMountain will have to pause construction thanks to our tiny friends. Hummingbirds are protected under federal law, and allies raised the alarm when trees in nesting areas started getting cut.
Even hummingbirds agree—this pipeline will never be built. #StopTMX
ALT Image of a Hummingbird next to the text "The biggest barrier to the Trans Mountain pipeline."
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On December 6th, 1989, a gunman walked into École Polytechnique in Montreal and murdered 14 women. 30 years later, we remember them as individuals, who had hopes, dreams and loved ones.
#December6th #rememberthe14
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In an unprecedented attack on democracy, @fordnation & @Sflecce are trying to force unionized education workers to accept low wages and poor working conditions.
We support @CUPEOntario/@osbcucscso fighting against Ford’s bullying tactics. Join us: act.leadnow.ca/edu-workers-s… #ONed
ALT Sign the solidarity statement We support CUPE education workers.
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🧵Canada’s new 2030 emissions reduction target of 40–45% is not nearly bold enough for the scale of the crisis we face. We’re the only G7 country whose emissions have increased since the Paris Agreement.
@JustinTrudeau, there’s NO room for fossil fuels in a livable future. 1/5👇
ALT A graphic showing Biden and Trudeau. The text reads: "Prime Minister Trudeau: Words are not enough. Canada's new emissions reduction target of 40–45% by 2030, is not bold enough and lacks accountability." #EarthDay #LeadersClimateSummit
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Who would sponsor a wildfire? Only the world's #1 bankroller of fossil fuels,@RBC. By investing billions in oil companies, @RBC is driving intensifying wildfire seasons every year. They rather the public not know this - so we're helping get the message out. #RBCRevealed
ALT A mobile billboard on the street. The copy on the billboard says: "The Suncor Wildfires, proudly funded by RBC" And under that, it says "RBC: the world leader in funding climate collapse"
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Doug Ford's Ontario Tories just trashed something that costs society LESS not more. #BasicIncome #onpoli #IncomeInequality
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Feeling FOMO at missing #GretaThunberg in Vancouver today?
CBC will LIVESTREAM Greta, beginning just after 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern here 👇👇🏿✊ #climatestrikecanada #climatestrikevancouver
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Thousands across the country are calling on the federal government to commit to $100BN in green spending to our economic recovery. We’re counting on you @JustinTrudeau and cabinet. #GreenRecovery #cdnpoli
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Shocking: Fossil fuels are profitable only because of public subsidies.
forbes.com/sites/walvanliero…
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WOW - 700 people just joined our first-of-its-kind digital rally demanding @JustinTrudeau stop the bailout to Big Oil and invest in workers instead.
Thanks to our friends at @dogwoodbc, @sustainteens, @ourearthvic & @standearth for helping make this happen! #PeopleNotPolluters
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📢 Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs have called on allies to mobilize on November 5th to demand action from the BC government and CGL funders like @RBC. Will you come out and support them?
Join or host an action near you 👉 actionnetwork.org/event_camp… #KillTheDrill #DefundCGL
ALT Image of Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs walking in the streets of Toronto. At the bottom, text in a yellow box reads: Stand with the Wet’suwet’en November 5th #KillTheDrill
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"You can judge a man's character by the company he keeps" #VoteTogether cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/r…
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"Defunding the police can free up funding that we can reinvest in services that provide real safety."
More training & body cams doesn't reduce police violence. Shrinking their function & investing in community alternatives does. #cdnpoli #BLM
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We’ve heard reports directly from land defenders that drilling for the Coastal GasLink pipeline is imminent—and the RCMP is ramping up their enforcement. They have a history of using excessive force and violence against Indigenous people, all in the name of profit.
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A #BasicIncome would help ensure everyone can meet their basic needs and live a dignified life. Our community is sharing why a universal basic income would benefit them.
Join over 45,000 people in Canada calling for a basic income now 👉 leadnow.ca/basic-income/?sou… #UBI #GLBI
ALT "A basic income would mean an increase from what I currently get on provincial disability, which is still 30% below the poverty line. I think what really stands out is how the pandemic affected our lives, in such a way that we have to choose between hydro and food; rent and food." –Leadnow member
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BREAKING: Thousands of Canadians brought their message to @Equinor in #Stavanger: #StopBayduNord mega oil project & invest in renewable energy instead! 👉 stopbaydunord.ca
@jonasgahrstore @jcvestre @andop68 @standearth @equiterre @CanadiansOrg @wwfnorge @greenpeacenorge
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🧵: “We have drums. They have guns.” Indigenous land defenders are facing arrest, violence, and raids by RCMP for standing up to protect their ancestral laws, land, and the last fractions of ancient rainforest. #OldGrowth #BCpoli
📸: @mikegraemephoto
ALT The image shows 8 Indigenous Land Defenders holding drums.
ALT The image shows 9 RCMP police offers, with other people and police cars in the background.
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Words matter. The LPC has renamed cabinet positions, signalling a welcome shift in priorities.
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.@RBC is financing violence against @Gidimten Indigenous land defenders to build a fracked gas pipeline without consent.
We are proud to stand with 155+ global organizations representing millions of people telling banks to #DefundCGL.
Read the letter: stand.earth/150-organization…
ALT RBC is funding genocide. Tell RBC: Defund the Coastal GasLink pipeline and respect Indigenous rights.
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