To win a just transition, we need to dream big—and organize big, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2023

The urgency of this crisis, and the need for bold, transformative climate And while the preamble notes that Canada Dozens of Members of Parliament tabled and energy policies, is becoming harder and has passed the United Nations Declaration on our petition calling for a just transition. [...] The Trudeau government has for years Also notable in the bill is the absence of a Through our collective organizing, we pledged to table legislation to support a just clear plan for any economic transition to succeeded in compelling the government transition away from fossil fuels and towards a post-carbon economy, let alone a just to finally table relevant legislation a few a green economy. [...] The bill also fails to address regional and sectoral mechanisms that would ensure major sources of emissions like food production and distribution, housing and Left: Over the last year, thousands of people from hundreds of communities took part in the Council of Canadians’ campaign to Together, we need to build on that buildings, and transportation are included flood Parliament with support for a. [...] We need to organize more people What’s more, the bill sticks to the for the Just Transition National Day of Action in March 2022. [...] To begin, we can still push for improvements We need to push for a full just transition TIME TO REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS to the bill as it makes its way through the and the broader suite of systemic changes parliamentary process.