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Another letter calling for Canada to close the loopholes. This time, it’s Greenpeace getting in on the action. Mostly them, a little bit of me: Dear Prime Minister Mark Carney/ Minister Anita Anand, Although a ceasefire has been called, Israeli forces continue their assault on Palestinians while they are trying to rebuild from the ruins. What kind of ceasefire is that? Not surprising, though, from a government that lies frequently and fails to keep their side of the bargain. Ninety-two percent of human beings in Palestine have no home to return to; hundreds of bodies are still being pulled from the rubble; and 85,000 children have been orphaned. Let that sink in. Imagine your own children or grandchildren with no bed to sleep, no parents to comfort them, or worse, dead under a pile of rubble.  Prime Minister Carney, “peace” in name alone is not enough. Furthermore, the violence will not end with this ceasefire even if it is ever observed by Israel. Canada has a *lega...

Carney's budget sounds like a plan to destroy Canada, not to build it.  There is no future in oil and gas – and Carney knows it. Canadians by and large oppose this, which is why he wants to bypass their input. Stop it. We clearly voted *against* the politics of the Orange Man to the south. Why then is that exactly what Carney is giving us? Here’s what Environmental Defence Canada says: Bill C-5: Climate Action  is  Nation Building!  Building up Canada as a strong nation means being a strong climate leader, not backpedalling on progress in favour of polluting industries.  Yet that’s what our federal government is at risk of doing in response to Trump’s attacks. The Prime Minister has committed to making Canada an ‘energy superpower,’ but what does that  really  mean?  The rushed  Building Canada Act  or Bill C-5 gives the federal government sweeping power to fast-track mega-projects of ‘national interest’ without environmental re...

A very nice form letter to send to the Canada Pension Plant Investment Board about the egregious – in fact, possibly illegal – continued investement and abandonment of net zero targets. Can you tell which part I added? ;)  To CPPIB directors and senior leadership, As one of the 22 million Canadians whose retirement savings you manage, I’m beyond disgusted to learn that CPPIB quietly abandoned its already pathetically weak and ill-intentioned net-zero by 2050 commitment in May 2025. This reversal signals that CPPIB is only interested in short term financial gain while the world literally burns. You know better than I how quickly oil and gas will stop being viable, but you're trying to bamboozle Canadians into thinking you have their long-term interests at heart with your villainous investments, rather than the reality that continued fossil fuel investment feeds the swiftly approaching climate catastrophe that will be utterly unaffordable for all of us and will not be assuaged by th...

This letter with a few KB personalizations is from World Beyond War.  Send your own letter here. I am extremely concerned about the upcoming budget.  Government announcements over the past few months point to a budget that will steal tens of billions of dollars from health, education, public services, and climate action, and pour it into buying American weapons systems and quadrupling Canadian military spending to record-breaking levels. This is appalling. War causes destruction, harms ordinary people and is a terrible place to be spending money when crucial services that improve life for people are being cut.  I am upset that this budget will bring tax cuts for the wealthiest corporations and individuals in the country while the rest of Canadians find life increasingly less affordable; increased border militarization and attacks on migrants at a time when our neighbours to the south are being menaced by their own government and more people than ever have their homes made...

 Just a short personal insertion in this form letter from LeadNow. Sign your own message here To Mr Carney & the finance minister  I am deeply concerned about Prime Minister Carney’s upcoming “generational budget”, which has been described as an austerity budget that will require “sacrifices.” Let’s take a moment to ask who are we NOT asking to sacrifice: those who can best afford it and who bear the greatest responsibility for bringing climate change around our ears.  Enough! We can’t sacrifice our planet. The real route to a resilient economy isn’t more fossil fuel infrastructure and climate regulation rollbacks — it’s investing in people and clean energy. It looks like a 100% renewable East–West power grid, and fair taxes from mega-corporations. I believe that investments in the public good are what make Canada strong — which is why I’m convinced that in the face of Trump’s tariffs, we must prioritize spending in the 2025 budget that puts people a...

Sent in response to the Oct 7 homepage.  Dear Winnipeg Free Press Your homepage above the fold right now is sadly one-sided.  Now I suppose Russians may say the same thing about the FreeP's coverage of the war in Ukraine; but you've sided against the oppressor in that conflict, while you've sided with the genociders in Gaza, contrary to international law. Of course the Jewish community is entitled to feel relief and joy that the Israelis taken hostage on 7 October 2023 have been released. They may also feel rage and despair that those hostages weren't released on 9 or 10 October 2023 when there was already a hostage deal on the negotiating table.  But to spill an entire article of ink on Jewish grief for the ~1500 (rounded up) with nary a word of Palestinian grief for the 67,000 (likely an undercount by a factor of 10) is unbalanced.  To only mention the “relatively good shape” of Israeli hostages without mentioning the shockingly poor physical condition of the tiny ...