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Campaign for largest petition in Canadian history |
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Written by Ricken, Laryn, Anne-Marie, Iain and the Avaaz Canada team
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Friday, 18 December 2009 |
 Enough is enough. As the world enters a desperate 36 hour effort to stop
catastrophic global warming in Copenhagen, Canada is receiving the global
"fossil award" for wrecking this crucial summit! And new leaked documents
show that while the entire world is increasing cuts to carbon emissions, the
government is rolling back ours.
A massive national outcry forced Harper
to stop blocking the Bali talks in 07. But Harper's friends in the oil companies
know that Copenhagen is the make or break moment for climate. It will not
be easy to win this time, but to save the planet and our country we have to.
Let's mount a tidal wave of pressure on Harper with the largest
petition in Canadian history - click below to sign, and forward this email to
everyone. We have 36 hours:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/harper_enough_is_enough
The petition and names of the signers are actually being read out by youth in
the summit hall, and another group of youth have done the same in Harpers
own office! The Canadian delegation has become the object of international
disbelief and ridicule in Copenhagen, but we can show the world that the
Canadian people still hold our values of being good neighbours and global
citizens.
Harper is undermining our deepest values and proudest
traditions. But this is about more than our reputation. Studies show that
climate change is already taking up to 300,000 human lives a year through
turning millions of farms to dust and flooding vast areas. We can no longer
allow Harper to make us responsible for these deaths, or put Canada's
economic future in jeopardy by sacrificing our green competitiveness for a brown
economy based on the dirtiest (tar sands) oil in the world.
Copenhagen
is seeking the biggest mandate in history to stop the greatest threat humanity
has ever faced. History will be made in the next 36 hours, and our country is
the problem, not the solution. How will our children remember this moment?
Let's tell them we did all we could.
With hope,
Ricken, Laryn,
Anne-Marie, Iain and the Avaaz Canada team
More information at these
sites:
CBC -- "Tories pondered weaker emission targets for oil and gas": http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/12/14/greenhouse-gas-emissions.html
Mail
and Guardian -- "Canada's climate shame": http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-12-04-canadas-climate-shame
Toronto
Star -- "Who are the Yes Men and why did they punk Canada at Copenhagen": http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/738933--who-are-the-yes-men-and-why-did-they-punk-canada-at-copenhagen
Macleans
-- "Suddenly the world hates Canada": http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/15/suddenly-the-world-hates-canada/3/
Fossil
of the Day Awards: http://www.fossiloftheday.com/
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