{"id":40339,"date":"2020-06-29T12:12:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T16:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=40339"},"modified":"2025-07-02T04:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:11:11","slug":"june-30-justrecovery-twitterstorm-round-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/40339\/june-30-justrecovery-twitterstorm-round-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Call these MPs to support a green and just recovery in Canada!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Get excited: It\u2019s time for our second Day of Action for a Green and Just Recovery from covid-19!<\/p>\n\n

Since our last Day of Action on May 27th when thousands of you took action<\/a>, a number of Liberal Members of Parliament have already spoken up in support of a green and just recovery \u2014 people like Toronto MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Montreal MP Rachel Bendayan and Quebec City MP Jo\u00ebl Lightbound.<\/p>\n\n

You asked them to speak up and they answered. We\u2019re on a roll, so let\u2019s not give up now.<\/p>\n\n

While we\u2019ve been taking action, Big Business hasn\u2019t been resting on their laurels.<\/strong> A Greenpeace investigation<\/a> has found that the oil and plastics sectors have logged more than 400 communications with federal officials since the pandemic began. Aviation, automotive, banking and forestry lobbies have logged hundreds more. <\/p>\n\n

We need to keep the pressure on and push back against corporations that have the attention of our elected officials<\/strong>, especially considering that these corporations include those lobbying for bailouts and against climate regulations, a plastics ban, forest protections and more. <\/p>\n\n

We need transformative, system change. The goals of the economic recovery from the pandemic should kick-start that change. <\/strong>We want to say \u2018goodbye\u2019 to a system designed to fail the most vulnerable people in society and \u2018hello\u2019 to one that safeguards human health and nurtures our collective relationship with nature.<\/p>\n\n

We know that right now, the Prime Minister Trudeau\u2019s government is working on a longer-term recovery plan. <\/strong>This is the perfect opportunity to remind MPs in his party to listen to their constituents and put people and nature ahead of corporate profits. <\/p>\n\n

We are inviting you to challenge key Liberal MPs to speak up publicly and within their party, to make sure we build back better. <\/strong>The MPs we\u2019re asking you to connect with have each shown that they care about the environment and think climate action is a top priority. Let\u2019s challenge them to speak up for a #JustRecovery.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Julie Dabrusin<\/h2>\n\n
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Julie Dabrusin was elected as MP for Toronto-Danforth, one of the most environmentally-conscious ridings in Ontario, in 2015. She got involved in politics because of her concern over urban greenspace, active transportation, public transit and rising inequality and is actively committed to tackle food insecurity. Let\u2019s challenge her to speak up now for a #JustRecovery!<\/p>\n\n

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\n .@juliedabrusin<\/span>: federal funding to cities for electric transit, better access to greenspaces & urban farming can help kickstart a #JustTransition<\/span>. Today I am asking you to publicly support a green and #JustRecovery<\/span> after #Covid19<\/span>: https:\/\/act.gp\/2Z8AhtY.<\/span> #cdnpoli<\/span> @GreenpeaceCA<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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