The Northern Gateway pipeline project will pose significant environmental risks, particularly regarding potential oil spills and increased greenhouse gas emissions. The pipeline would have crossed numerous rivers and streams, potentially harming salmon habitats and other aquatic ecosystems. The increased tanker traffic to transport the oil would have also raised the risk of marine spills and disturbances to coastal environments, including the Great Bear Rainforest.   We want to protect all the watersheds, rivers, streams and wildlife habitats along the proposed pipeline route and salmon, oysters, shrimp, sable fish, etc. in BC's coastal waters. We want future generations to marvel at Orcas, Grey and Humpback whales, Sea Lions, Sea Otters, Sea Bird. We want clean beaches and a pristine Great Bear Rainforest & Sea and Haida Gwaii. 

The climate crisis is expensive. In just a few hours during July 2024, heavy rainfall in Toronto caused over $940 million in insured damages. A month later in August, a 20-minute hailstorm in the Calgary area led to $3.25 billion in insured losses with 130,000 claims filed in a single day. When we go beyond just looking at the insured losses and account for the cost of these extreme weather events on healthcare, businesses, and social factors, the costs are even greater. For example, Swiss Re estimates that the financial impact of the Fort McMurray wildfires cost around $8.9 billion or 5.2 times greater than insured losses of $1.7 billion. What is the largest contributor to this problem? Fossil fuels. Fossil fuels – coal, oil, and gas – are by far the largest contributor to climate change, accounting for over 75% of global green house gas emissions and nearly 90% of all carbon dioxide emissions. As greenhouse gas emissions blanket the Earth, they trap the sun’s heat. This leads to global warming and climate change. Heat-pumps and Green Building Standards are an important part of the energy transition. Local governments who are closest to the ground must be treated as equal partners in this as they are the ones closest to the ground, understand the needs of the community, and engage in deliberative processes.

This shamelessly greenwashed environmental and fiscal misadventure is an absolutely needless waste of taxpayer dollars when a far less costly and environmentally sustainable means of providing a more efficient and upgradable electrical storage facility can be done faster with a battery park on Saugeen/Ojibway land beside the Bruce Nuclear Power Plant in Tiverton Ontario.   Having to run a new high voltage transmission corridor from Bruce Nuclear Power plant to run pumps in Meaford is a flagrant abuse of funds and the environment when a battery park near the power source can be built and service our struggling electrical grid far sooner and for a fraction of the cost. 

The Golden Dome purports to defend North America against incoming missiles by placing interceptors in space, but the technical challenges are enormous, the costs astronomical, and the strategic risks profound. This project has the potential to spark an arms race and potentially make a pre-emptive attack more likely. According to former Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy, "The proper response to another Trump-era folly is not quiet consideration or cautious diplomacy. It’s a firm, unequivocal no – just as it was in 1985." Canadian values should incline us to put additional federal dollars into global conflict resolution and emergency foreign aid rather than expend mega-billions on a potentially costly boondoggle with an unreliable partner that will make the world even more unstable and insecure. We know that true security comes from investing in housing, healthcare, education, and climate justice—not billion-dollar weapons in space. The Golden Dome is a betrayal of those priorities. Join me in demanding better — sign the petition to Prime Minister Mark Carney and say no to this reckless scheme.

The Canada Pension Plan safeguards the futures of 22 million hardworking Canadians – from teachers and nurses to tradespeople and tech workers – and retirees who’ve paid in over a lifetime. With over $714 billion of our retirement savings, it’s one of the largest investment funds in the world – and it has the power to help drive the global transition away from fossil fuels.   In 2022, our national pension manager committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. But in May 2025, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) quietly abandoned that promise, putting our retirement security and climate future at risk. This is worse than a broken promise. It’s a failure of responsibility. CPPIB is legally bound to protect long-term returns without taking on undue risk. But a future shaped by 3.1°C of global warming – the path the world is currently on – threatens not just portfolio performance, but the very survival of the Canada Pension Plan itself. Working Canadians under 40 won't retire until well after 2050. They are counting on a pension fund that can withstand a future shaped by climate change – not one that fuels it. Send a message to CPPIB now. Demand they re-commit to a net-zero future and protect the financial future of every Canadian who pays into the Canada Pension Plan. For more information see our statement here.

Whereas: • Throughout Canada’s history the United States has always proven to be an unreliable and unpredictable ally and trade partner; • The United States has shown in recent years a greatly diminished commitment to democracy and the rule of law, civil and human rights, and a reduced commitment to honouring trade and defence agreements it has negotiated and signed; • The United States has historically and recently made threats against Canadian sovereignty; • The nations of Europe have consistently been Canada’s friends and allies since the end of World War II and in some cases much longer than that; • The European Union has shown an ever-stronger commitment to free markets, workers rights, a strong social safety net, a rules based international order, democracy, the rule of law, equality, civil and human rights including indigenous rights; • Membership in the European Union offers strength, stability and security for Canada’s economy, geographic territory and its citizens individually in a constantly changing and more hostile world without threatening Canada's unique identity and culture or status as a sovereign country; We the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, urge the Government of Canada, its provinces, territories and Indigenous peoples to enter into open and transparent negotiations with our allies in the European Union about the possibility of Canada becoming a member state of the European Union.

Premier Kinew stated, “The way that we have a successful critical minerals strategy in our province is by saying we can bring these minerals to market in our province with higher environmental standards, higher respect for human rights, higher labour standards than any other jurisdiction in the world.”[1]  Standards required for this success can only be achieved through meaningful law and policy reform that ensures real and enforceable protections. For decades, Commissions have provided recommendations to bring about these standards however they have been ignored by governments at our peril.[2][3] True reform is “in the best interests of Manitobans”.  We cannot develop critical minerals “in a good way” until the commitments to reform are honoured.[4]  It’s time to Draw a Line in the Sand On Antiquated Environment & Mineral Legislation   Please sign our Petition.     Sources: [1] Premier Kinew Feb 16, 2024, license decision announcement on silica sand extraction proposal (29:47)  https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=62000&posted=2024-02-16&fbclid=IwY2xjawJC1X5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHWS_oZdnp8de9Vj_M4U3QwmF2in5iqfTFV__ZJ3NPnRUDd_XWs1WmNLyzQ_aem_DzE_hUrbW-6iUjnegokc9g [2] Manitoba Clean Environment Commission Reports Archive [3] Manitoba Law Reform Commission Report on “Manitoba’s Environmental Assessment and Licensing Regime under The Environment Act” 2015 [4] Manitoba Hansard, Environment and Climate Change Minister, April 5, 2024 (p.1059) https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/hansard/43rd_1st/hansardpdf/38.pdf#page=23  For more information, please see: https://ourlineinthesandmanitoba.ca/  https://www.facebook.com/ourlineinthesandmanitoba

In Slocan Park, BC, there's an incredible old growth Ponderosa Pine forest with a local herd of 30 elk that use this area as their overwintering habitat. The trees tower above and there's no understory, making it a magical place to walk through as you can just see gigantic trees above and below you on the steep slope. This forest is also home to owls, bats, and is alive with songbirds. This forest also houses the 27th largest Ponderosa Pine in BC.  Below in the valley is a community that this forest is protecting from forest fires. Because there is virtually no understory, and there is evidence of a past fire on the bark of the old trees, the bark is rock hard and less susceptible to fire. The bad news is that this area is slated to be auctioned off for logging in November 2025 through BCTS. Our community is writing this petition in the hopes that we can turn this area into some sort of protected area for the elk instead, and protect our homes from future forest fires. Please help us protect this amazing area. You can also help by contacting the local MLA Steve Morissette: [email protected] Phone: (250) 304-2783 and by contacting BC Timber Sales - Arrow Field Team Nakusp Field Office: Phone (250) 265-0355 Fax: (250) 265-3067 E-mail: [email protected] To address your concerns. Thank you for helping us save this amazing place. Below is the official petition you are signing:   The petition of the undersigned states that: WHEREAS a biodiverse and rare 7-kilometer-long stretch of mature mixed forest, with many majestic ponderosa pines, Douglas firs and other tree species is located above Slocan Park in the Slocan River Valley of the West Kootenays; AND WHEREAS this forest provides prime winter habitat for our local elk herd, as there is minimal undergrowth and lots of grasses for forage and the elk show an obvious preference for the mature forest versus adjacent 10 year old tree farms; AND WHEREAS this forest also serves as an essential buffer and natural fire break, due to the spacing and height of trees and the relatively scarcity of undergrowth, protecting the adjacent community and private properties from the threat of fast-moving wildfires commonly associated with tree plantations; AND WHEREAS this forest includes the 27th largest Ponderosa pine in the province and numerous old-growth trees that have survived wildfires and other past disturbances; AND WHEREAS despite the aforementioned values and ecological significance of the Slocan Park Stands, the BC Timber Sales division of the Ministry of Forests (“BCTS”) is proposing to auction the stands for harvesting; Your petitioners respectfully request that the Honourable House adopt a resolution calling on the Government of British Columbia to: 1. direct the BC Timber Sales division of the Ministry of Forests to cancel the proposed auction of Timber Sale Licence TA2325; and 2. protect the vital Slocan Park Elk Corridor in perpetuity in a provincial park, an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area, or an equivalent protected area. Dated this 30th day of January, 2025.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is one of the largest investment funds in the world and manages nearly $650 billion in retirement savings on behalf of over 22 million hard-working Canadians. But rather than using that enormous financial power to lead the transition away from fossil fuels that scientists and world leaders agree is essential – CPPIB continues to invest in fossil fuel expansion. The science is clear that avoiding catastrophic climate outcomes requires an immediate end to fossil fuel expansion and rapid-phase out of oil, gas and coal. That’s why in 2022 CPPIB committed to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. But CPPIB is continuing to invest our retirement dollars in oil and gas infrastructure and the companies fueling the climate crisis – in October 2024, CPPIB disclosed it holds $23 billion in fossil fuel production assets, while in 2024, CPPIB made six new investments in fossil fuels. For more information read Shift’s CPPIB Watch here. CPPIB’s board of directors also has a potential conflict of interest problem: three of the 11 members of CPPIB’s Board of Directors are also executives or directors of fossil fuel companies. The Canada Pension Plan is our money. CPPIB owes all of us a duty to maximize our returns without undue risk of loss. Fossil fuel expansion simply cannot be a responsible investment, with the high risk of assets becoming stranded as the global economy moves away from fossil fuels. Expanding and prolonging the use of oil, gas and coal locks in more carbon pollution for decades to come, increasing the risk of catastrophic climate outcomes that destabilize our communities, economies and ecosystems. Take action now.  

As things currently stand, thousands of people are affected by hundreds of low-altitude aircraft passages. Every day. Day and night. Each plane passage disturbs the airport's neighbors and the people who live under the air corridors. Aéroports de Montréal (ADM) allows air movements between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., which harms the sleep of thousands of people.   The World Health Organization (WHO) has scientifically established that this nighttime aerial activity causes illness in the people who undergo it. A new terminal and its 10 boarding gates mean a greater number of planes in Montreal's skies. That mean more noises and more nuisance. Without forgetting air pollution, which has also been documented by Montreal scientists.

Dans l'état actuel des choses des milliers de personnes sont touchées par les centaines de passages d' avions à basse altitude. Tous les jours. Chaque passage d'avion gêne les voisins de l'aéroport et les personnes qui vivent sous les corridors aériens. Aéroports de Montréal (ADM) permet les mouvements aériens entre 23h et 7h, ce qui nuit au sommeil de milliers de personnes. L' Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) a bien établi scientifiquement, que cette activité aérienne de nuit entraine des maladies chez les personnes qui la subissent. Une nouvelle aérogare et ses 10 portes d'embarquement signifient un plus grand nombre d'avions dans le ciel de Montréal. Plus de bruits. Plus de nuisances. Sans oublier la pollution de l'air, qui a aussi été documentée par des scientfiques de Montréal.

A recent proposal brought to Brampton city council by Emerald Energy From Waste Inc., would see a massive expansion to the Emerald incinerator, one of the largest garbage incinerators in Canada.  The proposal seeks to quadruple the incinerator's emissions from 182,000 tonnes annually to over 900,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.   We urge you to reject this expansion proposal for the following reasons:  1) Burning garbage produces more greenhouse emissions than burning coal or gas. We can make actual green energy sources much more cheaply than giving this private company $3 million of provincial money. 2) The toxic gas that Emerald company acknowledges leaves its plant, makes people nearby more likely to have chronic lung disease.  3) Studies done on incinerators demonstrate that over half of what is burned could be recycled or composted. It takes a lot of energy to burn wet compostable material and generally that means they are required to burn highly polluting plastics or other fuels, like gas, to get to high enough temperatures.  I and other concerned Ontario residents urge you to NOT approve this expansion and allow for an environmental assessment and community consultation.