People's Climate Assembly
Jobs, Justice, Climate Action!!
Thursday March 3rd 4:30 pm
Vancouver Convention Centre- West Building
1038 Canada Place,
1 block west of the Waterfront Skytrain Station
Do your part!
Bring Ideas!
Bring a Sign saying what your Climate Strategy Includes!
Prime
Minister Trudeau will meet with provincial leaders and first ministers
in the Vancouver Convention Centre on March 3rd to launch discussions on
developing a National Climate Strategy.
Trudeau urged us to
"take an active part in" ensuring the success of the Paris Climate
Agreement.
And we will, by gathering outside and speaking out for a bold
Climate Strategy that creates more good jobs, protects the air, land
and water, and tackles the climate crisis head on.
By keeping fossil
fuels in the ground and rapidly shifting to renewable energy, we can
create an economy that is fairer and generates hundreds of thousands of
good jobs.
We need a Climate Strategy that honours Indigenous Peoples’ rights and recognizes
their leadership in protecting the land, water and climate.
We need a
Climate Strategy that re-allocates public resources from polluting
freeway expansions to public transit powered by renewable electricity.
We need a Climate Strategy formed by listening to the ideas of ordinary
people.
Do your part! Bring your ideas! Bring a sign saying what your Climate Plan includes! #MyClimatePlan
Not in Vancouver on March 3rd? Find out about other #LeapYear 2016 events, or organize your own - https://leapmanifesto.org/en/leap-year/
Speakers List (not necessarily in order)
Coast Salish Welcoming - Audrey Siegl, Musqueam
Bob Chamberlin - Vice-president Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Lelu Island Declaration
Carleen Thomas - Tsleil-Waututh Sacred Trust Initiative
Terry Engler - President International Longshore Workers Union Local 400, Vice-President Vancouver and District Labour Council
Professor Laura Marks - SFU Climate Happening, collective Letter to Justin Trudeau
Kate Hodgson - UBC 350 Divestment Campaign
Kimi Hendess - Fraser Voices (Massey Bridge campaign), Organic Farmer
Rodrigo Samayoa - LeadNow, national climate petition
Harold Steves - Richmond City Councilor, Stop Site C Dam campaign
Entertainment - Solidarity Notes Choir
Reminder
Hey
folks. Apparently some people are not sure whether the action is
taking place inside or outside.
It's definitely going to be outside.
There are no plans to try and go inside. You need to pay a hefty fee to
get access to the conference without doing civil disobedience.
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