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Changing Canada’s
Climate Politics
August to October 2015 was election season in Canada. During this time, politicians traded blows, pundits talked themselves hoarse and one thing became immediately clear: none of the parties have a plan in line with the science of climate change. With a collapsed price of oil, a summer of historic wildfires and a media that finally seems be ready to talk about climate change, we have a perfect recipe for climate to be front and center during the Canadian election. Yet, while emissions and temperatures was rising, the ambition of Canada’s political parties just wasn’t.
At the end of the election period, it was certainly heartening that Stephen Harper lost his seat as Prime Minister — under his leadership, Canada had become an international pariah on climate change. Newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is certainly a promising leader in many ways — he has promised to make climate change a national priority once again. However, Trudeaus also stands in support of major tar sands pipelines, and right before he was elected, the co-chair of Trudeau’s election campaign was revealed to be a consultant for TransCanada.
That’s why, right after Prime Minister Trudeau was elected, people across the country took bold and courageous action by sitting-in outside his residence for his first four days in office.
Blogs Archive
Why the #MunkDebate Audience had to re-route
A surprise awaited ticket-holders at the leaders debate in Toronto. Read more about the mobilization at the Foreign policy debate as well as a summary of climate issues during all of the leaders debates.
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#DébatdesChefs: la mobilisation au rendez-vous
In French, a summary and pictures of the breathtaking mobilization that took place outside of the leader’s debate in Montreal.
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Let’s straighten out the facts of #DébatsdesChefs
We were starting to get a bit tired off the party leaders bending the truth when it came to climate issues so we decided to fact check the leaders after the French debate.
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Bird-dogging the election campaign week 7 in Review
Close to the two month mark for this election period, people power stepped it up with some bold mobilizations.
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Le débat & le climat: les moments forts du #GlobeDebate
In French, a summary of the key highlights from the debate on the economy.
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Climate Highlights from the #GlobeDebate
People took action and the politicians talked in circles — in case you missed it, we summarized the climate highlights from the leaders debate on the economy.
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Delivering the Carbon Bubble to the #GlobeDebate
There was a surprise delivery at the leaders’ debate on the economy in Calgary and people across Canada took action to crash the social media stream.
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Le débat sur le climat est clair : les énergies fossiles doivent rester dans le sol
In French, a summary of why people are mobilizing to demand action during the federal election.
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Bird-dogging the campaign trail: Week 6 in Review
Mulcair and Trudeau were on the hot seat and Harper received a proper East Coast style welcome.
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People Power is Forcing Climate Change on the Election Trail
Traditionally, politicians in Canada have ignored the climate question — but not this time. Find out why.
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There’s no denying it: Climate Justice Means #RefugeesWelcome
Canada is complicit in perpetuating the refugee crisis in Syria. It’s time to take responsibility.
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Des actions qui rendent le climat incontournable pendant les élections
In French, the actions that made it impossible to ignore climate change in this election.
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Bird-dogging the campaign trail in Canada: Week 5 in review
A migrant justice organizer got arrested at a Conservative event and Justin Trudeau had to answer to some visitors.
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10 Actions that have made #climate change impossible to ignore in #elxn42
A social media summary of the courageous and creative actions that forced climate change onto the campaign trail.
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Bird-dogging the campaign trail in Canada: Week 4 in Review
Stephen Harper silences messages about climate change and Trudeau calls climate organizers to the stage.
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How a Cardboard Sign and a Sharpie Forced Climate Change onto the Campaign Trail
A little bit of creativity has gone a long way in this election.
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Bird-dogging the Campaign trail in Canada: Week 3 in Review
Wherever federal leaders go, messages about climate change follows them.
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Bird-dogging the campaign trail in Canada: Week 1 & 2 in Review
The election period kicks off with a series of actions demanding climate leadership.
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It’s time to change Canada’s Climate Politics
All of this started off with an ambitious plan — read more.