Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada is ready to rock and roll in June 2-4 and beyond
Cathy Orlando
Cathy Orlando
Group Leader 50th Congressional Contact 50th LTE / Op-Ed
2357 Posts

Happy Wednesday,

We are about to conduct our most important national event. Check this out: Dream No Small Dreams Conference Booklet. 

We have 41 people attending our conference in Ottawa and 17 people registered to join us online so far.
 

Here is what you can do now if you are not attending in person.

  1. If you are not attending live, please register to watch on Zoom. Our conference line-up is stellar. It is only 2 hours each day on Sunday and Monday and you will be empowered.
     
  2. Book your lobbying appointments now for on Zoom or in your home ridings. All resources are on the conference page. Create a buzz.
     
  3. When you are phoning and emailing your MP, even if you are not in Ottawa, invite them to join the building of the Giant Dreamcatcher. Invitation below.
     
  4. To help you prepare to lobby you - watch our most recent recording of our training - Join CCL Halifax on June 6 at 4 pm AT / 3 pm ET for live training in our Zoom Room https://citizensclimate.zoom.us/my/cclinternationalPasscode: 123 - book a training session for your group Here are key resources: Slides
    Lobbying  Asks And look below for what laser talks to read for each lobbying ask
     
  5. Getting ready to lobby document (exemplar)The lead person makes sure there is a biography of the parliamentarian in a document. Lobbyists meet before the lobbying session to review the document, assign roles in the meeting, the focus of their lobbying based on the most current “leave behind” and design possible motivational interviewing questions.
  6. Book your lobbying appointments now for in your home ridings or over Zoom. I had to say it twice.
  7. Log all your phone calls and emails to your MPs in your Action Tracker

If you are attending in person

  1. Know that you will be fully trained and supported over the two days of the conference. You don't need to do much in advance.
  2. For those of you who like to prepare in advance, everything you need is above and below.
  3. Please keep calling and emailing to get those appointments and register them here. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1V6fExM1RA80yXob6_taeo3NI_uKWX3OEJpLx6jyW4_PdUA/viewform?usp=sf_link
  4. Keep nudging MPs to the Giant Dreamcatcher event. Invitations below.
  5. Log all your phone calls and emails to your MPs in your Action Tracker
  6. Consider sending our media advisory to your local media that you are going to Ottawa to lobby. Note we have built in time at the conference to help you write your story and get cool pictures! https://canada.citizensclimatelobby.org/media-advisory-citizens-daring-parliament-to-dream-big/
  7. Note that parking at Ottawa City Hall is the most reasonable and close to our venue and Parliament Hill.
  8. There is one last Ask Us Anything Friday May 31, 2024
    9 am PT / 12 pm ET Register here

LASER TALKS AND THE LOBBY ASKS

We have selected which Laser Talks we think are best as background for each of our lobbying asks noting that that everyone should read the first three laser talks:

Follow the European Union’s lead in implementing a CBAM by 2026. To prepare for CBAM, Canada’s carbon pricing policies must be harmonized in terms of the price of carbon pollution, coverage (GHG emissions and sources of emissions) and transparency.

Output-Based Pricing Systems (OBPS)

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAMs)

(a) Move fossil-gas-powered electricity from the Output-Based Pricing System into the Fuel Charge component of the GGPPA and,  (b) Enact the proposed Clean Electricity Regulations by July 2024 and ensure that they effectively remove fossil fuels from Canada’s electricity grid by 2035.

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAMs)

Immediate Methane Cuts Can Prevent Nearly a Million Premature Deaths  

Health Impacts of Fossil-Gas Electricity Plants  

Carbon Pricing and Fossil-Gas Electricity Generation  

Canada’s Proposed Clean Electricity Regulations

Carbon Capture and Sequestration is Risky Business

 

Ensure that final regulations for the cap on GHG emissions from the oil and gas sector are in place by the end of 2024 and do not include escape hatches like offsets or a Decarbonization Fund. 

Our recommendations for a Cap on GHGs in the Oil and Gas Sector

Carbon Capture and Sequestration is Risky Business

 

Combat disinformation about climate change and support Bill C-372, An Act Respecting Fossil Fuel Advertising.

It is Time to Dismantle Fossil Fuel Advertising

Bill C-372: An Act Respecting Fossil Fuel Advertising

Fossil Fuel Industry Funded Climate Disinformation for Decades

Fossil Fuels are a Primary Driver of Inflation = Fossilflation

Carbon Capture and Sequestration is Risky Business

Support Bill S-243, The Climate-Aligned Finance Act. 

Why we support aligning Canadian finances with the climate

The UN Report: Integrity Matters

Underestimating Financial Risk: An Actuarial Analysis

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Cathy Orlando, National Director of Citizens Climate Lobby Canada (CCL) and Marc G. Serré, M.P. for Nickel Belt cordially invite you to a special event  to take place on the Parliamentary Ground,  on Tuesday, June 4th at 7:45.  Below, please find a detailed program.

Giant Dreamcatcher Build on Parliament Hill with Indigenous Artist Will Morin
West Lawn on Parliament Hill
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
7:45 am: Gathering in a Circle
7:55 am: Start building a giant dreamcatcher together
9:00 am: Wind down
Co-hosted by Citizens’ Climate Lobby and MP Marc Serré (Nickel Belt)
Please do not obstruct walkways.
Here is a photo gallery of our Dreamcatcher Build in 2022

The purpose of the event is for CCL Canada volunteers and politicians to build a temporary giant dreamcatcher on Parliament Hill with Indigenous Artist Will Morin. 

 We hope to see you there!

Thank you for your attention.

 

Bonjour,

 Cathy Orlando, directrice nationale de Lobby Climatique des Citoyens Canada (LCC) et Marc G. Serré, député de  Nickel Belt vous invitent cordialement à un événement spécial qui aura lieu sur le terrain parlementaire, le mardi 4 juin à 7h45.  Ci-dessous, vous trouverez un programme détaillé.

 Construction d’un capteur de rêves géant sur la Colline du Parlement avec l’artiste autochtone Will Morin
Pelouse ouest de la Colline du Parlement
Le Mardi 4 juin 2024
7 h 45 : Rassemblement en cercle
7 h 55 : Début de la construction d’un capteur de rêves géant.
9 h 00 : Fin de l’activité
Organisé par Citizens’ Climate Lobby et le député Marc Serré (Nickel Belt)
Veuillez ne pas obstruer les allées.

Voici une galerie de photos de notre construction de capteurs de rêves en 2022

Le but de l'événement est de permettre aux bénévoles de LCC Canada et aux politiciens de construire un capteur de rêves géant temporaire sur la Colline du Parlement avec l'artiste autochtone Will Morin. 

Nous espérons vous y voir en grand nombre!

Merci de votre attention.

 

May '24
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Cathy Orlando
Cathy Orlando
Group Leader 50th Congressional Contact 50th LTE / Op-Ed
2357 Posts
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Hello We are daring our parliamentarians to dream big next week and throughout June. Our conference speakers are stellar.

Even if you are not going to Ottawa you can

  1. Join us for a couple hours on Sunday and Monday on Zoom
    https://citizensclimate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItcuygrzIpHdOzLSAeRIGmbDeUpa2zCytF#/registration

     
  2. Read our media release 
    https://canada.citizensclimatelobby.org/media-advisory-citizens-daring-parliament-to-dream-big/

     
  3. Check out our conference booklet. Hundreds of hours of research, communications and deep learning by many people went into the making of it.
    https://canada.citizensclimatelobby.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Dream-No-Small-Dreams-Conference-Booklet.pdf 
     

 The disinformation out there is on overdrive and it can sometimes feel like we are in Dr. Seuss's Whoville. We will only be heard if we speak together. 

Many thanks to all funders big and small. We would not be able to do this without you.

Huge thanks to all who file action reports and engage with your politicians in the CCL way. This is the way of the future and you are showing the way. 

Kindest regards, 
Cathy
 

May '24
Cathy Orlando
Cathy Orlando
Group Leader 50th Congressional Contact 50th LTE / Op-Ed
2357 Posts
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We are dreaming big. We dream of a world free of the lies and tyranny from the fossil industry. How do we get there? We need a critical mass of people who understand and can communicate the economics of carbon pricing, bank regs, CBAMs and redirecting financial flows. Join us for two hours each day on Sunday and Monday on Zoom: https://citizensclimate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItcuygrzIpHdOzLSAeRIGmbDeUpa2zCytF#/registration 

Here is the agenda with all times converted from EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) 

Sunday, June 2, 2023 
1:30 pm EDT: : Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, cebreaker activities 
1:45 pm EDT: CBAMs and the USA, with Dr. Ross Astoria* 
2:15 pm EDT: Bill C-372, An Act Respecting Fossil Fuel Advertising, with Leah Temper and Dr. Sehjal Bhargava

Monday, June 3, 2024 1:15 pm: Welcome and Land Acknowledgement 
1:30 pm EDT: The Honourable Catherine McKenna* 
2:00 pm EDT: Senator Rosa Galvez 
2:30 pm EDT: Fireside chat with Dr. Chris Ragan and Dr. David Robinson 

Conference Booklet https://canada.citizensclimatelobby.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Dream-No-Small-Dreams-Conference-Booklet.pdf 

Spring 2024 Laser Talks Booklet https://docs.google.com/document/d/14ioaQoK1PPVMnHY0I4D3MjZyX7hFFmCVi6xF0uuu9u0/edit?usp=sharing
 

Jun '24

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