Canada’s Price On Pollution Is Here

This week, Canada’s price on pollution policy has officially gone into effect. As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, “It is no longer free to pollute anywhere in Canada.” CCL celebrated the moment on Facebook and Twitter.

The week before, 12-year-old Zoe Keary-Matzner spoke to 20 Members of Provincial Parliament and over 40 guests at a Queen’s Park breakfast in Toronto. Zoe stated “Climate change is threatening our future. The recent IPCC report stated that we only have 11 years left to act on climate change before we cannot stop it anymore. We will only be in our 20s when the 11 years are up. Our future is being destroyed at this very moment.” She went on to say, “You know how you tell kids we need to clean up our mess. You need to clean up your mess.” When Zoe left the podium, the room burst into a standing ovation. 


Zoe was speaking at an event co-hosted by the Member of Provincial Parliament for Nickel Belt, France Gélinas, and Citizens’ Climate Lobby. Other guest speakers included Aaron Freeman from GreenPac, Mark Cameron from Canadians for Clean Prosperity and Cathy Orlando from Citizens’ Climate Lobby.

Their words were captured into graphic illustrations by Erica Bota from Think Link Graphics: 

Read more about the event in this press release from CCL Canada.