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09 October 2009
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Lobbying your Member of Parliament for climate action NOW!
A workshop on September 20thth featuring former MP Lynn McDonald
Lynn McDonald is a professor emerita of sociology at the University of Guelph. She is a former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women and was the New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament for the Toronto riding of Broadview-Greenwood from 1982 to 1988.
Enlarge ImageWho: This workshop is for Greenpeace supporters in the Greater Toronto Area
Where: the Greenpeace office… 33 Cecil Street, Toronto (one block south of College Street, between Spadina Ave. and Beverley St.)
When: Sunday Sept 20th, 2009, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
N.B. The first hour will be background on climate change and a step-by-step workshop on lobbying. The second hour will allow people to meet with others in their riding to set up meetings with their MP. Those who have already attended an earlier training session can come at 2:00 p.m.
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
RSVP: Please confirm your attendance in advance with Greenpeace Climate Coordinator, Dave Martin. Please put “lobby workshop” in the subject line, and include your full address and telephone number, as well as the name of your federal riding and MP if you know them.
dave.martin@greenpeace.org [please put “lobby workshop” in the subject line]
Lynn McDonald is a professor emerita of sociology at the University of Guelph. She is a former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women and was the New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament for the Toronto riding of Broadview-Greenwood from 1982 to 1988. She served are environment critic for the NDP caucus and was on the founding board of Energy Probe. She is a co-founder of JustEarth, a Toronto-based environmental group.
In Parliament, Lynn championed women's equality and was also a notable opponent of smoking. She earned the enmity of the tobacco industry by moving a private member's bill to restrict smoking and ban tobacco advertising. Bill C-204, the Non-smokers' Health Act, was introduced by Lynn in 1986, and was eventually passed in 1988.
Dave Martin has 25 years of experience working in the Canadian non-profit sector on energy-related issues, including conservation, renewable technologies, nuclear power, nuclear weapons proliferation and climate change.
He has been a researcher, policy analyst and campaigner for several environmental groups. He has spoken widely on energy issues and has served as a consultant in various regulatory proceedings.
He was Research Director for the former Nuclear Awareness Project from 1996 to 2000, and was a policy advisor on energy issues for Sierra Club Canada from 2000 to 2004. Since July 2004, Dave has been Climate and Energy Coordinator for Greenpeace Canada.
