Shuswap Climate Action Society
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All-Candidates Questionnaire Responses for the Kamloops-Shuswap-Central Rockies
Transition Kamloops and several other organizations (including Shuswap Climate Action Society) collaborated to develop an all-candidates questionnaire for contenders running in the Kamloops–Thompson–Nicola and the Kamloops–Shuswap–Central Rockies ridings. The questions were centred on the values of equity, justice, environmental health, and climate change. They also included the voting history of current (or previous) MPs. You can find the responses from the candidates in our region now called the Kamloops-Shuswap-Central Rockies electoral area, on the Transition Kamloops website (link below). Not all candidates responded, but that should tell you something. We wish to draw particular attention to Q1 and Q3 related to climate.
We urge you to review the candidate responses and the past parliamentary voting record for sitting MPs, before you vote. We also strongly urge you to get out and VOTE with climate and environmental protection top of mind!
Advance Polling stations are open from April 18 to 21, from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm and voting day is Monday April 28. Make sure you bring ID and your Voter Card!
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We are a non-profit, non-partisan group of volunteers and concerned citizens providing information and community support for climate action in the Shuswap region of British Columbia, Canada.
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In the News...
In 2021 most political parties were aligned on climate action. Now the Conservatives under PP are in denial!
Aaron Wherry of CBC exposes Pierre Poilievre as a climate denier who will do nothing to abate GHG emissions and protect Canadians from the existential threat that the climate crisis poses to future generations. "At his first rally of the election campaign, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre told supporters that the Liberal government had driven investment away from Canada by pursuing an agenda of "radical net-zero environmental extremism." We urge you to vote for the planet on April 28!
Majority of Canadians support climate action and renewable energy ahead of federal election
The David Suzuki Foundation commissioned a recent poll in anticipation of the federal election that has now been scheduled for April 28. That survey indicated 67% of Canadians agree that the next federal government should make climate action and protecting nature a high priority.
The polling data also confirmed:
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Most Canadians (65%) agree that Canada should invest in renewable energy instead of fossil fuel developments.
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A majority of Canadians (62%) agree that Canada should maintain its climate commitments independent of the US administration’s decisions, including its withdrawal from the UN Paris Agreement on climate.
You can read the full article here.
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Shuswap Climate Action Society gratefully acknowledge we are on the unceded and unsurrendered traditional lands of the Secwépemc Nation.
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