JOIN US IN ORGANIZING FOR A
JUST TRANSITION
AWAY FROM OIL AND GAS, FOR PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES.
The climate crisis is impacting communities across the country and the planet. Climate change is already happening, and the federal government has a chance to transition us away from fossil fuels and decarbonize the economy in ways that are guided by and support Indigenous communities, workers, and their communities.
Instead of subsidies and tax breaks for Big Oil, we need to invest in our communities and our collective future. Join the Council of Canadians as we build local power and put pressure on our decision-makers for strong just transition (or as the government calls it, sustainable jobs) legislation.
Webinars
WEBINAR SERIES: People, Planet, and the New Industrial Revolution
May 24: NATIONAL WEBINAR: Communities, Not Corporations: Transition for People and the Planet
Join us on Tuesdays in June for regional conversations with sectoral workers about what a just transition could look like for their communities. More information coming soon!
By this time each year, the Canadian government gives the oil and gas industry
In subsidies and other public financing, despite rising prices and massive profits.
We’re in a climate crisis, and our government is handing out billions of dollars of public money to the fossil fuel industry, when we could be investing in a just transition.
YES! I WANT TO STOP THE BAILOUT OF BIG OIL AND SUPPORT INVESTMENTS IN OUR COLLECTIVE FUTURE.
SIGN UP TO HELP WIN A JUST TRANSITION IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
it’s time for just transition legislation that:
Reduces our emissions
by at least 60% below 2005 levels by 2030, and makes significant contributions to emissions reductions in countries in the Global South
Winds down the fossil fuel industry
and related infrastructure, ends fossil fuel subsidies, and moves us to a decarbonized economy
Establishes new public institutions
to support affected workers and communities through the transition, and expands public ownership of services and utilities across the economy, to implement the transition
Pays for the transition
by increasing taxes on corporations and the wealthy, and through public financing
Expands the social safety net
through new income supports, decarbonized public housing, and operational funding for affordable and accessible public transit countrywide
puts People and the planet first
by centring Indigenous peoples, sovereignty, and knowledge, and ensuring justice for workers, Indigenous peoples, migrants, and other historically marginalized communities.
How to organize
An Organizing Workbook
Use this toolkit to:
- Strategically mobilize new MPs by collecting batches of 25 signatures on Parliamentary petitions. This is the minimum number of signatures necessary for an MP to table a petition, and the first step towards their public commitment.
- Put pressure on MPs who have not already tabled the petition by building relationships and increasing the number of groups advocating for a just transition.
- Put pressure on MPs who have already tabled the petition to take the next step towards public commitment: bringing up just transition and the petition at their party’s regional caucus meeting, and informing their constituents of their support for a just transition.
Here’s how we’re working to make a Just Transition a reality:
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