Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) creates political will by cultivating strong working relations with political representatives and the media. We celebrated a record-breaking and breakthrough year in 2012.
Highlights include:
- CCL Canada is now active in more than 30 ridings.
- We had 50 meetings with Members of Parliament, Senators and Members of Provincial Parliament. This included Liberal Interim Lead
er, Bob Rae, NDP Environment Critic, Megan Leslie, and Liberal Environment Critic, Kirsty Duncan. - We met with three Canadian Senators, to pass on breakthrough research on renewable energy by Dr. Mark Jacobson and Dr. Mark Delluchi.
- We attended two Ottawa lobby sessions in June and November. CCL Canada members also joined their American colleagues in July in Washington, D.C. to lobby Congress and the Senate to support the Save our Climate Act. We also met with the US representative at the World Bank, urging it to end loans to coal plants.
er, Bob Rae, NDP Environment Critic, Megan Leslie, and Liberal Environment Critic, Kirsty Duncan.Canadian media breakthroughs include:
- 90 Letters to the Editor (tripled from the year before!)
- 2 meetings with editorial boards
- 1 editorial
- 12 columns and opinion editorials (quadrupled from the year before!)
- 9 articles about CCL
- 10 radio hits and 2 TV hits
U.S. and Canadian media breakthroughs:
- 537 Letters to the Editor (tripled from the year before!)
- 22 editorials
- 61 TV and radio hits
In 2012, we developed working committees and a strategic plan to engage the membership, grow our base and get a carbon fee and dividend bill passed in Parliament. There are exciting opportunities on the horizon. We look forward to another breakthrough year.
JUNE 2012: Lyn and MP Bruce Hyer (IND Thunder Bay Superior North). This was the historical moment that MP Hyer said he would champion carbon fee and dividend.
JUNE 2012: CCL Canada Members from Winnipeg, Sudbury, Toronto, Quebec and Red Lake lobbying in Ottawa in June 2012
June 2012: Cathy (Sudbury) and Lyn (Toronto) after a day of lobbying in Washington DC in June 2012
July 2012: Chery (Toronto) and Ian (Toronto) at the lobby day reception in Washington DC in June 2012
AUGUST 2012: Cheryl, Liz and David with Liberal Interim Leader Bob Rae.
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