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Oppose Bill C-33

Look up your MPs email address on the Government of Canada website and let them know how you feel about Bill C-33 and agrofuels.

Here's a sample letter that you can send.

Dear MP,

I am writing to express my opposition to Bill C-33, which by raising the minimum standards for agrofuel content in gasoline and diesel will see more of Canada’s food crops diverted to feeding cars instead of people.  United Nations Special Rapporteur Jean Zeigler has called this practice “a crime against humanity”, as food riots destabilize countries from Haiti to South Africa, and 100 million people fall further into poverty.  Even many low income Canadians must now cut back on other necessities to afford basic bread, pastas and cereals whose prices have doubled in recent months.

The scientific evidence is clear that most currently developed agrofuels will not reduce greenhouse gases, but actually increase the amount of global warming gases pumped into the atmosphere. Corn ethanol uses large quantities of nitrogen based fertilizers which are among the biggest drivers of global warming.  Agrofuel production has also been linked to water scarcity and pollution problems including the devastating toxic algae blooms that scar major waterways across the country.

I hope that you will vote against Bill C-33.  Please confirm your intention to oppose this bill.