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Over 110 nations around the world recognize the right to clean air, water and food.
Canada does not.
That's about to change.
The Blue Dot campaign is working in communities across the nation to create a groundswell of support calling on our governments to ensure this most fundamental right to a healthy environment.
The Blue Dot campaign was initiated by the David Suzuki Foundation. It starts at the grassroots and municipal level and works up, through the provincial to the federal level to achieve constitutional change. Declarations in support of these basic rights at the municipal level are brought to bear at the provincial level, which in turn makes it possible for the constitutional amendment at the federal level.
There are already declarations adopted in cities in BC, Manitoba and Quebec, but so far, none in Ontario.
Climate Action Now, a small volunteer group, is
working with partner groups to spearhead the Blue Dot campaign in
Simcoe County.
The Simcoe campaign runs from January until 22 April 2015, Earth Day. We're raising funds to cover the basic costs of campaigning in 3 municipalities and ultimately of bringing people together with their councilors for a culminating event in April.
We receive no funding or grants, so every little bit helps!
Because we believe in transparency, we will provide detailed public accounting of the budget, funds raised and spent towards this campaign on our website, at www.canow.ca
This is what we're budgeting:
- January meet-ups in Barrie, Orilia and Aliston to recruit and organize new volunteers (basic refreshments) - $ 90
- Printing budget (petitions, posters, copies of declaration) - $260
- Other stationary (clipboards, pens, flipcharts) - $ 100
- Promotion (newspaper and radio ads for Alliston, Orillia and Barrie Feb-April - this is expensive!) - $3000
- Deputations to councils - $0
- Culminating event gathering people and councilors from leading municipalities (venue rental at Barrie Southshore Centre @648$ a night, bus rental, basic refreshments) - $1050+
This movement is already happening - now you can be part of it.
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