Prime Minister Mark Carney is refusing to stand by Canada's international obligation to act on climate change.
Canada can stand up to Trump and build a strong Canadian economy without investing in harmful fossil fuel infrastructure and breaking our promises to the world. We can build a renewable-based East-West electricity grid that would increase our independence from the United States. We could invest in green, affordable housing for all. We could build transit infrastructure that makes it easier to move people and materials.
Canada must keep our promises to the world and meet our 2030 and 2035 greenhouse gas emissions targets under the Paris Agreement. We have pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, and 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2035.
Email Prime Minister Carney, Environment Minister Dabrusin, and your MP to let them know that you don't want Canada to give up on climate action.
Flight attendants deserve fair wages and job security. They also deserve a government that respects their right to collective bargaining.
The place to resolve this strike is the bargaining table. Air Canada's well-paid executives need to listen to workers' concerns about the massive amounts of unpaid work required of them. The trade war is no excuse for this government to trample on workers' rights.
The solution is not for the federal government to bully workers. The solution is for the federal government to help management realize that unpaid work will no longer fly.
Countries, like France and Belgium have successfully evacuated refugees from Gaza. Meanwhile, Gazan Canadians have loved ones trapped in Gaza, living in fear, as they face starvation, genocide, and war. But Canada is subjecting them to impossible standards. People trapped in the open air prison that Israel’s occupying forces have turned Gaza into are expected to travel out of Gaza for biometric tests in Egypt that they cannot travel to. Every delay puts their lives at risk.
Canada and Ontario welcomed hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing war with waived fees, expedited processing, and compassion. It was the right thing to do. Gazan families deserve the same support. The current process is racist, inhumane, and inadequate.
Tell the government:
Stop Arming Genocide
Canadian businesses—and federal inaction—are directly facilitating Israel's genocide in Gaza. This is confirmed in a new report by World Beyond War, the Palestinian Youth Movement, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, and Independent Jewish Voices. You can and should read the in full here: https://armsembargonow.ca/report
Canada must end its complicity in genocide. We are demanding elected officials:
- Support and implement a full arms embargo on Israel.
- Introduce additional sanctions and diplomatic measures to pressure Israel to end the siege of Gaza.
- Use all available diplomatic tools to push for an immediate end to Israel's manufactured famine.
Bill C-5 would make Stephen Harper blush. This ultra-conservative Bill, tabled by Carney's Liberals would:
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Let Cabinet Ministers bypass existing laws and override constitutional obligations;
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Let the federal government move resource extraction projects forward without Indigenous Peoples' Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC).
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Let the federal government violate Section 35 of Canada's Constitution — Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada;
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Let Ministers ignore protections for water, air, biodiversity, and climate change;
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Undermines federal health and safety regulations, putting workers, communities, and ecosystems at risk;
With support from Poilievre's Conservatives, Carney Liberals have fast-tracked Bill C-5 through Parliament. It had minimal consultation. This silenced concerns from Indigenous leaders, legal scholars, environmental scientists, and health advocates;
The Chiefs of Ontario, the Assembly of First Nations, and civil society organizations strongly oppose this bill.
Therefore, we the undersigned petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to cancel the $800 million cut to education and create a safe return to school plan that includes:
- A classroom cap of 15
- Upgrades to ventilation systems to meet the latest standards and science on airborne transmission of COVID
- More classrooms supports for kids with special needs or learning challenges
- In-school mental health and wellness supports
Add Your Name to Tell Ford to Stop Supporting Hate
Doug Ford is lashing out in a desperate attempt to silence the very people he’s failed in a global pandemic.
Add your name to call on the Ontario government to provide full coverage for gender affirmation surgeries, transition drugs, and PrEP so that 2SLGBTQ+ Ontarians can receive health care promptly.
We need action to address colonialism and systemic anti-Indigenous racism in our institutions
We need to take action now to keep the spread of COVID-19 in hotspots under control. There’s so much we could be doing to make it easier for people to get vaccinated and prevent future outbreaks. Ford needs to spend money to protect working folks. We need:
- Permanent paid sick days for all workers in Ontario
- Additional funding to enhance contact tracing capacity
- Ramp up of access and delivery of COVID-19 rapid tests to get results quickly and efficiently
- In school and in workplace asymptomatic testing
Add your name to call on the Ford government to include M4Y as a priority postal code and open up vaccine access to those in need.
Essential workers deserve to be kept safe at work.
Join us in breaking down the stigma.
MPP Suze Morrison (Toronto Centre) and MPP Marit Stiles (Davenport) tabled a Bill to recognize March as Endometriosis Awareness Month.
Add your name to support our Bill.
Ford has ignored experts before when he said no to paid sick days, we need to ensure that vaccines are accessible as they roll out to keep our communities safe.
Add your name and take action now.
Will you add your voice to call for universal pharmacare?
Add your name to call on Ford to stop non-urgent and unnecessary construction and renovation work in residential buildings during the pandemic.
View Suze's guide on how to assert your rights to stay safe as a tenant
Suze Morrison supports Andrea Horwath's Save Main Street Plan. Morrison is deeply concerned about the impact COVID-19 is having on vital local business:
Andrea Horwath has said small and medium-sized businesses, charities and community-based non-profits need more help to make it through the COVID-19 storm, and the provincial government should offer that lifeline.
“Many small and medium-sized businesses, non-profits and charities are counting down the number of days they can keep their heads above water since COVID-19 has taken away their revenue,” said Horwath. “We not only want them to survive, we want them to be able to keep staff on the payroll as much as possible.
“The federal wage subsidy program and loan options are a welcome relief, but still leave small operations unable to pay the rent and bills without sinking into debt. The provincial government can solve that problem.
The cost of the Save Main Street plan is estimated to range from $850 million to $1.15 billion.
The Ontario government has failed to provide the funding or the plan needed to ensure kids can return to schools and child care centres in a safe and supportive way.
Therefore, we the undersigned petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to implement an immediate action plan that includes:
- Paid sick leave and parental leave in any modified return
- Immediate funding to stabilize the child care sector to prevent fee increases and layoffs
- Increased funding for teacher hiring, bussing, school repairs and cleaning
- Expanded funding for childcare and schools for more, smaller classes
- Real collaboration with frontline education workers, students, parents and school boards through a COVID-19 recovery school advisory group
It is unfair to expect post-secondary students reeling from months of financial hardship and facing a limited campus and in-class learning experience this Fall to pay the same hefty tuition fees that were too high to begin with.
Students need immediate tuition relief from the government and an end to OSAP clawbacks for emergency pandemic benefits.