What’s On Our Radar
“Welcome” Back, Doug: A Protest Party
“This event is about sending a great big NO to Doug Ford and the ‘Progressive’ Conservatives … and having some fun at the same time.”
For more information about how you can make your voice heard, please visit welcomebackdoug.com
Saving the Greenbelt
We all know that the Ford government poses a dire threat to the Greenbelt. Greenbelt Promise has compiled a list of ways to meet that threat. Whether you’d like to participate from home or ‘take it to the streets,’ you’ll want to take a look at the many ways you can take a stand–and make a difference.
A Just Transition from Fossil Fuels
Read SCAN! member Gail Greer’s Letter to the Editor, published in The Globe and Mail on January 12, 2023.
Re Federal Liberals’ Just-transition Pledge Is Performative For Party’s Base Far Off Prairies (Jan. 7):
It is sad to see Danielle Smith and her defenders attack proposed federal legislation because it refers to a “just transition” from fossil fuels, which are largely responsible for the climate crisis that has set Fort McMurray and the rest of humanity on fire (when it isn’t drowning or starving us).
Legislation focused on ensuring that workers and communities currently dependent on the production of fossil fuels are not abandoned, but transitioned to more sustainable occupations and industries, surely qualifies as just, alien as that term may be to those who prioritize economic values.
Defenders of business as usual, no matter its consequences for life on this planet, also ignore that the legislation hopefully will address the needs of vulnerable and impoverished consumers of fossil fuels, many the subjects of environmental racism.
Listening to Ms. Smith and her supporters would leave us spinning in the dark.
Gail Greer, Sociologist and environmentalist (retired), Toronto
Climate Catastrophe in South Asia–Taking Action
Real climate action in the global North means making common cause with the global South. We’re responsible for making Canada finally move beyond lip service. The greatest cost of climate breakdown is borne, not by the industrialized world which is most responsible, but by those who didn’t cause it. Let’s protect the global environment that we all share by getting serious about climate breakdown.
Mobilizing for climate action here contributes directly to addressing suffering in South Asia and around the world. Please join us in this virtual gathering as we build solidarity, acting together for the common good and survival of humanity.
MAKING COMMON CAUSE FOR THE COMMON GOOD
Topic: Climate Catastrophe in South Asia
Time: Jan 21, 2023 10:00 AM Montreal
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81532241226?pwd=VGJhMHlaa2tnQ1pwMDVPMDFsMkdMQT09
Meeting ID: 815 3224 1226
Passcode: 274169
Passing on Our Family Legacy through Books
In this Globe and Mail article, SCAN!’s Jamie Swift writes about leaving a lasting legacy:
” I worry that if today’s elders–people of a certain age, like me–don’t take action on climate breakdown while we still can, future generations will judge us harshly for it.”
An Overview of COP 15
On November 30, 2022, SCAN! member Ron Corkum provided a succinct and timely overview of COP 15 at the general membership meeting.
The European Parliament Takes Action on Fossil Fuels
On the heels of cities around the world adopting the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty comes great news: the European Parliament formally called on countries to develop a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty in a resolution outlining its demands for COP27.
Help amplify this important development:
David Suzuki Condemns Government Inaction
David Suzuki passionately and eloquently condemns federal and provincial inaction on the climate crisis
*Scroll down the linked page to the video of Mr. Suzuki that sparked the media response
SCAN! Member Moya Beall’s Guest Editorial for OCEC
Moya Beall’s guest editorial on healthcare on behalf of SCAN! appeared in the very first OCEC Connections newsletter. Scroll down the newsletter to see the editorial.
An Interview with Nick Decarlo
SCAN! co-chair Nick De Carlo talks about his organizing background, how his interest in climate issues developed, how climate issues affect seniors, and what role seniors can play. It’s well worth watching/listening to.
Curbing Emissions from the Oil and Gas Industry
“Both market-based policies proposed by the federal government … are seriously flawed…” They will fail to meet Canada’s commitment to 40 to 45% reductions by 2030, let alone net zero by 2050. SCAN! recommends a third option – enforcing a hard, declining cap on industry emissions and investing in renewable energy alternatives and other measures that reduce demand for fossil fuels.
Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
Ask your MP to sign on to the Parliamentarians’ Call for a Fossil Fuel Free Future and encourage other Parliamentarians to do the same.
Read the letter HERE
Global Climate Strike Support
SCAN! joined with 6 other organizations, together representing approximately 750 seniors, to send this message of solidarity to youth on the occasion of their Global Strike on September 23, 2022
Walk to Stop Highway 413
SCAN! will participate in the walk to stop Highway 413, and we are encouraged by the number of people who have already signed up. If you are able bodied, join us. Walking in good company to protect the Greenbelt feels a lot better than sitting at home and gnashing your teeth.
Global Climate Strike
SCAN! is one of the partner organizations planning for this important demonstration in Toronto. There will be several other SCAN!- led demonstrations around the province, all part of the Global Fridays For Future Strike. If you are able bodied, join one of the SCAN! contingents. Members will receive information about meeting places and times.
Support the youth leadership. Take a look at the organizers’ toolkit and fight on!
Ontario Youth Take the Government to Court
Sophia, Zoe, Shaelyn, Shelby, Alex, Madison, and Beze — represented by Ecojustice lawyers — are going to the Ontario Superior Court on September 12–14. This case is a Canadian first, and we want them to head into proceedings with your support ringing in their ears. They’re suing the Ontario government because its weakened climate target violates the constitutional right to life, liberty, and security of every person in Ontario. You can read about their journey to the full hearing here. Support them by joining the rally!
Click HERE for an update on this very important case.
Boomer Activism on the Rise
“When Nick De Carlo retired it wasn’t the life of leisure that beckoned, but a return to the frontlines of activism from his younger days.”
