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“Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada”
2195 Armstrong Street
Sudbury, ON P3E 4W2
It’s Canada’s Time to Shine—Let’s Rise to the Moment
With the U.S. turning away from climate leadership under Donald Trump, the world is looking elsewhere for hope—and Canada has a historic opportunity to lead. With the election of another climate-friendly government, Canada can step forward as a global climate champion. We’re ready to help make that happen.
For 15 years, our dedicated volunteers have been building political will—one riding at a time. Today, we’re active in nearly 120 ridings across the country, and we’re backed by some of the most passionate, skilled, and committed volunteers on the planet. Their work has driven more than 2,500 high-impact lobbying meetings and helped shape real progress.
But we can’t do this without you.
As we prepare for a crucial year of national events, your donation to our 2025 fundraising campaign will go a long way. Every contribution helps ensure that participation in our annual conference and lobbying days in October will financially accessible and thus, inclusive. Your support funds the essentials of conference such as the venue rentals, AV equipment, speaker accommodations, honorariums, food, swag, and printing as well as reduced and waived conference fees.
A little money makes a big difference—and your gift today helps build the future we all need.
Scroll down to see the impact we’re making and meet the people behind the movement.
Canada’s moment is now. Let’s lead together.
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 and help everyday Canadians adjust during this transformational time. That’s powerful—and it’s exactly why Big Oil, and their political enablers are playing very dirty with misinformation. We pursue populist ideas or solutions that will not significantly reduce GHGs. 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:
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada
2195 Armstrong Street
Sudbury, ON P3E 4W2
Or you can donate directly to our Canadian account at PayPal:
About CCL Canada
We have been accumulating institutional wisdom since 2010. We are laser-focused on building the political will for policies that will shift trillions of dollars globally toward a thriving and equitable planet while not burdening the taxpayer.
We empower individuals so that they experience significant growth in their own political and personal power, as well as discover and celebrate their capacity to make a significant difference in this world. Our volunteers break down partisan and ideological barriers by reaching out to key stakeholders to build positive, effective working relationships.
Our work is not done. Pricing greenhouse gas pollution is under attack. Also, like during COVID, there are populist movements that ignore science at the peril of humanity. Consequently, we are not on track for the 1.5 C Paris Agreement target nor the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. But the good news is we can achieve these goals while not burdening the taxpayer. All we need now is to be brave and build political will.
We have a proven theory of change. And we are going to prevail.
Democracy requires a healthy and polite engagement between citizens and politicians. At the very core of our work at Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada are relationships. Thank you for learning more about us.
How the money will be spent
Money will be used to host lobbying events on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and at provincial legislatures too.
We raised $10,974 in our fundraising drive in 2023. In our 2024 fundraiser we raised $11, 501. Our goal this year is at least $12,000 donated from our grassroots base and as of May 11, we are more than halfway there.
If you are blessed with financial abundance, then please consider donating $20, $50, $100, $500, $1000, or more to CCL Canada today.
You can also donate monthly. Small monthly donations add up, and they give us the flexibility we need to stay focused on supporting our volunteers while free of financial concerns.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE:
- Donations made to CCL USA from Canada stay at CCL USA
- A board pre-approves all expenditures
- A board approves all withdrawals of money
- Two people must co-sign to remove money from our national account
IMMENSE GRATITUDE:
We are grateful to our donors. We would never have been able to conduct a dozen national conferences and lobby days in Ottawa, five Ontario regional conferences, one Manitoba conference and lobbied collectively over 20 times on Parliament Hill (virtually during COVID) since 2011 without their unconditional giving and trust. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we also conducted four national conferences too.
Relationships are at the core of our work.
With Indigenous artist Will Morin and seven politicians representing all political parties we built a giant dreamcatcher on Parliament Hill - May 2022
With Indigenous artist Will Morin and seven politicians respresenting all political parties we built a giant dreamcatcher on Parliament Hill - May 2022
With Indigenous artist Will Morin and seven politicians respresenting all political parties we built a giant dreamcatcher on Parliament Hill - May 2022
We have been meeting with Senator Galvez since November 2017!
In 2017, we sewed capes for our superhero guest speakers that spoke at our conference: Cat Abeu, Matthew Chapman and Joe Gunn. This was so much fun.
Linn and Alyssa giving opening comments at our November 2016 national conference
Sophia Mathur making a pink promise with the Honourable Catherine McKenna to work together to protect the Earth's fragile climate system. Summer of 2017.
We were ton Parliament Hill in September 2011 when seven of our members were arrested in a peaceful protest against tarsands expansion.
Linn with MP Eglinski. You should have been there. It was beautiful.
With MP Linda Duncan - a fierce defender of the climate in our Parliament. We are grateful for her service to Edmonton and Canada
Chery (Toronto) and Ian (Toronto) at the lobby day reception in Washington DC in June 2012
MP Marc Serre and Cathy Orlando
