{"id":42145,"date":"2020-09-16T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=42145"},"modified":"2020-09-16T07:44:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T11:44:05","slug":"greenpeace-canada-offers-to-write-speech-from-throne-for-trudeau-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/press-release\/42145\/greenpeace-canada-offers-to-write-speech-from-throne-for-trudeau-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace Canada offers to write Speech from Throne for Trudeau government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large  caption-style-blue-overlay caption-alignment-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2020\/03\/09986829-trudeau-march-2020-oil-bailout.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2020\/03\/09986829-trudeau-march-2020-oil-bailout.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2020\/03\/09986829-trudeau-march-2020-oil-bailout-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2020\/03\/09986829-trudeau-march-2020-oil-bailout-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2020\/03\/09986829-trudeau-march-2020-oil-bailout-494x340.jpg 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n\n<p>16 September 2020<\/p>\n\n<p>VANCOUVER \u2014 As Justin Trudeau\u2019s minority government struggles to define its post-pandemic recovery strategy, Greenpeace Canada is offering the Liberals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/42115\/greenpeace-canadas-speech-from-the-throne\/(opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab)\">a draft <\/a>(at no charge) of what should be in next week\u2019s Speech from the Throne.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;The toxic wildfire smoke drifting across the border from the U.S. illustrates the danger of ignoring green goals, even in the short-term,&#8221; said Greenpeace Canada Communications Officer Jesse Firempong. &#8220;Both immediate and long-term economic stimulus must make life better for all Canadians while reducing our vulnerability to future crises. Our Throne Speech gives the Prime Minister and Finance Minister a handy tool to turn their promise of a green and equitable recovery into action.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>Over the last six months, Greenpeace Canada staff and volunteers have been meeting with federal MPs and mobilizing public support for a green and just recovery. The Speech from the Throne is a key moment because it lays out the government\u2019s legislative agenda and budgetary priorities. For a sense of the scale of action required, Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/joebiden.com\/climate-plan\/#\">Plan for Climate Change and Environmental Justice<\/a> commits US$2 trillion over 4 years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Greenpeace Canada\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/42115\/greenpeace-canadas-speech-from-the-throne\/(opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab)\">Throne Speech <\/a>includes the following proposals:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p><strong>1. Taking care-mongering to the national policy level by transforming social safety nets:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A living wage and a universal basic income for those in need.<\/li><li>A national childcare program to reduce barriers to women\u2019s workforce participation.<\/li><li>A national pharmacare program so that no Canadian goes broke staying healthy.<\/li><li>Filling gaps in employment protection programs, from conditions for care home workers to nationally legislated paid sick leave minimums for all workers.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>2. Safeguarding the environment through full decarbonization, protection of natural ecosystems, investments in a circular economy and regenerative agriculture;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Expanding electric transportation, transit, cycling and walking infrastructure.<\/li><li>Banning the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2030 and assisting automakers to transition jobs to electric vehicles production.&nbsp;<\/li><li>And supporting jobs in energy efficiency and low-carbon housing for low-income, racialized and Indigenous communities.<\/li><li>Investing in nature-based jobs that rebuild vital, degraded ecosystems.<\/li><li>Safeguarding food security through community-based farming and regenerative agriculture.<\/li><li>And taking steps to end the current take-make-waste consumption model by implementing a comprehensive ban on single-use plastics and supporting zero-waste innovation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>3. Justice for women, Indigenous Peoples and racialized communities through measures that will address and help eliminate gender inequality, systemic racism and social injustice;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Address the \u201cshe-cession\u201d with steps to ensure equal pay and safe employment conditions in the care and clerical sectors where women (and especially for racialized and migrant women) are overrepresented.<\/li><li>Act in good faith to respect Indigenous rights and law, working in a nation-to-nation partnership.<\/li><li>Respect the need to urgently work to end systemic racism, including by reducing the budget of the RCMP and investing in mental health funding for racialized communities.<\/li><li>Outline a clear path to citizenship and ensure employment conditions for migrant workers across Canada.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>4. How we would we pay for it<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Implement a wealth tax and ban the use of tax havens.<\/li><li>End fossil fuels subsidies and cancel construction of the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline.<\/li><li>Make big polluters pay their fair share to address climate change.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p>\u201cThroughout the pandemic, we have seen what it means for a government to treat a crisis like a crisis,\u201d said Firempong. \u201cGreenpeace\u2019s proposed Speech from the Throne sets a bar for what it would mean to take our climate change and equity crises equally seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8211; 30 &#8211;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Links:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/42115\/greenpeace-canadas-speech-from-the-throne\/(opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab)\">Greenpeace Canada\u2019s Speech from Throne<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2020\/09\/a6098035-principles-and-pathways-toward-a-green-and-just-recovery-greenpeace-canada.pdf\">policy recommendations package<\/a>, which has been shared with MPs.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Laura Bergamo, Communications Officer, Greenpeace Canada<\/p>\n\n<p>+1 (438) 928-5237; laura.bergamo@greenpeace.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2014 As Justin Trudeau\u2019s minority government struggles to define its post-pandemic recovery strategy, Greenpeace Canada is offering the Liberals a draft (at no charge) of what should be in next week\u2019s Speech from the Throne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":29939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"not set","p4_local_project":"not set","p4_basket_name":"not set","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[23,27,28],"p4-page-type":[14],"class_list":["post-42145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live-sustainably","tag-climate","tag-forests","tag-health","p4-page-type-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42145"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42176,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42145\/revisions\/42176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42145"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=42145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}