Send a mitten to Stephen Harper
All Canadians need to stay warm!
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Canada is a cold country and we need energy to stay warm and to heat our homes.
But Canada’s lack of an energy policy is like sending someone out into the cold with only one mitten – one hand stays warm while
the other freezes.
Without west-to-east pipelines, we do not have a way to get energy to all parts of the country. All Canadians deal with the impacts
of an energy market focused on sending the majority of our oil and gas south to the energy-hungry United States, no matter what
the environmental or societal cost to Canadians. Canada’s “free market” approach to energy policy and its increasing integration
with the United States under the Security and Prosperity Partnership have put multi-billion-dollar oil and gas companies in control
of our energy future.
Take action!
Send one mitten to Prime Minister Stephen Harper or your local Member of Parliament and tell them that you support a Canadian
Energy Strategy that will give Canadians secure energy supplies, guaranteed access to energy reserves in times of need, and
strong policies that protect our environment and focus on finding alternative, less harmful energy solutions.
Thousands of mittens from Canadians across the country will send a strong message that politicians cannot let corporations and
the market set the agenda, focusing on big business needs, and privatizing public services, while ignoring the energy security
needs of Canadians.
Send a mitten with your own message in support of a Canadian Energy Strategy. Take a picture with your mitten and e-mail it to us
at mitten@canadians.org so we can show how people across the country are taking a stand and demanding government action.
Send your mitten in support of a Canadian Energy Strategy now!
Mail it to:
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa K1A 0A2
