During Federal Environment Week 2016, thirty one Citizens’ Climate Lobbyists went to Parliament Hill for the 10th time since 2011 to lobby as a collective. GENERAL SCHEDULE Monday, June 6, 2016: lobby all day and dinner together in the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in the Byward Market. Address: 350 Dalhousie St, Ottawa, ON K1N 7E9 Tuesday, June 7, 2016: lobby all day. Parliament Reception at 1 Wellington St room C-180, 5:30 to 7:30 pm, cohosted by MP Paul Lefebvre (Sudbury) and CCL Canada. Wednesday, June 8, 2016: lobby in the morning – only if needed. STATISTICS VIDEO PHOTO ALBUM GRATITUDE A very special thanks to all of our funders because lobbying events such as these cost much more to run than what we raise in revenue from registration fees. We have immense gratitude to Marshall Saunders, CCL’s president and founder, for opening his organization to Canadians in 2010. Finally, thanks to the people who have donated ten-thousand-plus hours of volunteer time since September 2010, to keep us on track and working as a team nationally. RESOURCES Dr. David Robinson’s Presentation (pdf) May 31, 2016 From Marshall Saunders, When I started CCL in 2007 I did so because I believed the US passing legislation was important not just for the US but for the rest of the world. What we are seeing happen in Canada will very likely become part of the motivation that gets the United States to finally act. Thank you, Canada. Love, Marshall May 31, 2016 From Cathy Orlando, In 2017, Canada will have a price on carbon. Will Canada have a climate policy that finally shifts the economy? I don’t know. But I do know that by officially documenting our great facts on the government website and building political will across Canada one riding at a time, we can give the government the courage to do the right thing and we can hold their feet to fire if they fail us. Together we might make 2017 a year where not only celebrate Canada’s 150th and 100 years since Vimy Ridge but also when we finally start shifting some of PM Borden’s “temporary income tax of 1917” towards pollution taxes. Thank you for taking part in history and securing a healthy climate for us in our old age and for generations to come. Love, Cathy The Chinese symbol for crisis is a combination of the symbol of danger and opportunity. Opportunity is knocking. Canada is in the midst of determining our national climate plan. Our current GHG targets are inadequate and there are scant details on how we plan to achieve those goals. Political leadership matters. Politicians cannot do much unless the grassroots create political will. We are here to help. We are for carbon fee and dividend and have been holding that flag since September 2010. Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada volunteers are going to Ottawa to lobby for carbon fee and dividend again June 5-8, 2016. This will be the 10th time since November 2011, Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada volunteers have made the trek onto Parliament Hill to create the political will for a liveable world. Citizens’ Climate Lobby is an action-oriented group. We believe politicians don’t create political will – they respond to it. We know that the climate crisis poses a huge threat to civilization yet there is still time, but not much now, to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Most people care about this issue and want to do something. At Citizens’ Climate Lobby, we empower people to act on the crisis. Our national manager, Cathy Orlando in 2009 said, “The nightmare of climate change denial is over. The dream has begun … Jai Ho means victory in Hindi. It’s done. We’re going to have victory. We’re going to have a better world.” And she has been dancing the Jai Ho victory dance with CCLers and others since 2009. Let that last comment be a hint to you that we are not a-death-by-power-point, belly-aching and finger-pointing group. We are for carbon fee and dividend. We get things done and have a lot fun at the same time. We have all the solutions we need to solve the climate crisis except political will. Enacting a nationally integrated carbon fee and dividend policy is an important first step. We are laser-focused, highly organized and motivated to carry out this mission of lobbying for carbon fee and dividend in Canada. There is a climate for change in Ottawa right now. History is converging and June’s lobbying event has the real potential to be transformational for individuals, Canada and the world. A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE RECEPTION ACCOMMODATIONS: JUNE IS PEAK TOURIST SEASON FOR SCHOOL GROUPS COMING TO OTTAWA . BOOK NOW The venue for the conference is the Courtyard Marriott in the Byward Market Ottawa. Address: 350 Dalhousie St, Ottawa, ON K1N 7E9. There are only 15 rooms reserved for CCL at the hotel. By May 16, 2016, phone directly to the hotel and say you are with Citizens’ Climate Lobby: Other accommodations: LOBBYING SCHEDULE IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS MP BIOS If you have not sent your MP bio, by May 23, 2016 to canada@citizensclimatelobby.org you will be responsible for photocopying the MP bio for your lobbying team. BUSINESS CENTRE AND PHOTOCOPYING ON SUNDAYS IN OTTAWA STAY CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AND GET UPDATES ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Sunday, June 5, 2016: 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm, educate, empower, prepare to lobby and finalize lobbying schedule. Note well that the location is the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in the Byward Market. There are several Marriott Hotels in the National Capital Region- thus make sure you get to the one in the Byward Market. Address: 350 Dalhousie St, Ottawa, ON K1N 7E9
Watch MP Paul Lefebvre (Sudbury) talk about Citizens’ Climate Lobby in the House of Commons on June 7, 2016.
https://www.facebook.com/paullefebvre.sudbury/videos/1088321114582984/
Check out our photo album on Facebook too
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1240030852675451.1073741863.326480127363866&type=3
Thank you to all the volunteers who, on their own dime and time, have gone to Ottawa to lobby for a liveable world over the years. Merci MP Paul Lefebvre and his team for cohosting a reception with us and to all the guests who joined us. For the first time media covered our lobbying efforts as it was happening. The Lobby Monitor (The Hill Times publishing) interviewed our National Manager, took photos of us on the Hill on Monday morning and published an article about us while we were on Parliament Hill.
Dr. Renee Lertzmann’s Presentation (mp3 audio). During the workshop there are times of silences.
MESSAGES:
President and founder of Citizens’ Climate Lobby
National Manager, Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada 
#OpportunityKnocks
Cohosted by MP Paul Lefebvre (Sudbury) and Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada
Tuesday, June 7, 2016, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
1 Wellington Street Room
1 Wellington is NOT the Wellington Building on Sparks St. It is the building beside the Chateau Laurier on Wellington St. It is marked as 1 Wellington on the Map below.
1 Wellington St is adjacent to the Chateau Laurier.
613-241-1000 or 1-800-341-2210.
Please secure appointments with your MPs and update and create MP Bios. This will help and it includes the template for the MP Bio : Getting-Started-on-Lobbying-Your-MP.
If you book an appointment with your MP please make sure you update/make an MP Bio by May 23, 2016 and send it to canada@citizensclimatelobby.org , otherwise it will not get photocopied by us for the conference.
The national CCL Canada office will send everything we have (MP bios, booklets and leave behinds) to the photocopiers on May 25 so that we can focus our workflow on things that cannot be done beforehand – such as scheduling last minute lobbying sessions.
Yes, there is a business centre at our conference hotel. Last year, the printer was broken much of the day on the Sunday of our lobbying event in June in Ottawa. There are no business centres open near the hotel on Sundays in Ottawa that we know of. You might be able to go to the library. You will need an Ottawa Library Card to use the photocopiers and printers. The nearest Ottawa library is a 20 minute walk from the hotel.
Join the Facebook event for this conference updates here
Join the CCL Community page for this event. It is really important that the persons booking lobbying appointments join this event so they can keep everyone up to date on who we are lobbying and any changes in the schedule.
Fill in the Doodler – THIS IS NOT A REGISTRATION PAGE – this is just so CCL volunteers can keep track of who is coming.
MAY 23, DEADLINES: MP Bios and all photocopying
