2025 was our first year without a matching—every single dollar came directly from our members and friends. Thank you for lifting that weight off our shoulders and powering this movement forward 💚

💚 2023: $10,974
💚 2024: $11,501
💚 2025: $15,286

Your generosity made our October conference possible—our most critical national gathering since 2017 and our biggest ever. Thanks to the hard work of our volunteers, we also saw some wins in the federal budget, including the strengthening of the industrial carbon price and methane regulations.

Going forward, we will continue building political will to protect the policies that make polluters pay and to advance climate-aligned finance regulations. Every donation helps ensure that Canadians have the tools and advocacy they need to hold decision-makers accountable.

Why Your Support Matters

Unlike many causes, there are no grants to support citizens who lobby for change. Building political will—riding by riding, meeting by meeting—is not considered a charitable activity, and the value of a small group of dedicated volunteers working locally is often overlooked.

That’s why your donation is so critical. Every dollar you give directly powers Canadians who are driving real change in their communities and at the national level. With your support, we can keep building the future we all need.

Why donate today?

Canada’s pollution pricing is working and is reducing global heating gases. As the climate crisis deepens, and it will, the government can raise the price on pollution. That’s powerful—and it’s exactly why Big Oil, and their political enablers are playing very dirty with misinformation. We know polluter’s must pay and we are undaunted!

Polluters Must Pay

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has repeatedly warned that failing to price pollution from fossil fuels risks both missing climate targets and triggering debt crises that could jeopardize social  programs like healthcare leading to privatization and unraveling our publicly-funded healthcare system.

We lobby for the greater good

Citizens’ Climate Lobby volunteers are the best lobbyists money can’t buy. With just 0.5 paid staff, we’re building political will for smart, effective climate policies—from carbon pricing to climate-aligned finance. Our volunteers give their time and they are not guessing on the actions they need to take.

CCL Canada Uses a Proven Theory of Change

We use a proven theory of change. How do we know it works? We were the group that lobbied over 1200 times for your Canada Carbon Rebate quarterly cheques between September 2010 and December 2020.

On October 16, 2018, Senator Grant Mitchell said to us, “You are one of the most successful lobbying groups I have worked with because you are about to get what you lobbied for.”

Then on Tuesday, October 23, 2018, Canada announced it was going to enact an incrementally rising carbon price with rebates. It needed some improvements, so we continued to lobby our parliamentarians.

WE DID IT AGAIN! On Friday, December 11, 2020, improvements to Canada’s carbon pricing policy were announced. We were ecstatic when we read about the improvements they made. The government of Canada pretty much cut and pasted what we had lobbied our MPs for between 2018-2020.

We did it again and again. In October 2023 we asked the government to change the name of the rebate to citizens and require banks to clearly label the rebate in bank statements and they did that too.

We are undaunted

Yes, the carbon rebate is gone. Let’s call it what it is: a win based on deception. Over one million dollars was spent on Meta platforms to mislead the public about the consumer carbon price—paid for by big oil, oligarchs and politicians determined to protect the status quo. That’s not democracy. That’s rigging the game.

It’s like flipping the Monopoly board, stealing cash and property, and calling it a win. But we know better. Real success is earned—with facts, fairness, and integrity.

And here’s the truth: we were never just fighting for a rebate cheque. We’re fighting for a liveable world. For future generations. For justice.

This loss won’t stop us—it fuels us. Because we are undaunted. We’ve got the people, the resolve, and the long view. And together, we’ll keep showing up, building political will one riding at a time, and turning setbacks into stepping stones.

The future is still ours to shape.

Lobbying is not tax-deductable

Donations to us are not tax-deductible because we lobby, we train people to lobby, and we run conferences and lobbying days. All of these activities are non-charitable activities.

How to donate

You can make out your cheque to “Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada” and mail it to:

Please Note:

• Donations made to CCL USA from Canada remain with CCL USA.

• All expenditures are pre-approved by our board.

• All withdrawals must be board-approved.

• Two authorized individuals must co-sign to access funds from our national account.

Immense Gratitude:
We are deeply grateful to our donors. Your generosity has made possible more than two dozen national conferences and lobby days in Ottawa (including virtual events during COVID), five Ontario regional conferences, and one Manitoba conference since 2011.

Your unconditional support and trust have powered a movement. To our knowledge, no other group has consistently returned to Ottawa to help Canadians bring evidence-based, cost-effective climate policy ideas directly to their parliamentarians.

Thank you for believing in this work.