Climate silence at the highest levels of government is preventing the climate action that is urgently needed. Breaking through the climate silence is how we reopen the space for action, where truth can be spoken, solutions can be seen, and leadership can re-surface. It’s how to move from quiet concern to collective responsibility. And seniors are uniquely positioned to break through the climate silence, for the things that we love. Seniors for Climate’s new campaign aims to rekindle the conversation around climate and to break through the climate silence. GO TO THIS LIST to find a local organizing group near you and get involved.
How to get involved
We are seniors demanding our governments build a better Canada, free from the devastation caused by burning fossil fuels, where everyone benefits from affordable, healthy solutions to the climate crisis.
The Problem
Burning fossil fuels pushes up temperatures, hurting everything we love. Extreme rains flood communities. Unnatural heat waves cause wildfires that destroy homes, fill skies with smoke and send vulnerable Canadians to hospital with heat stroke and asthma. Ordinary Canadians pay unfair costs – higher insurance, higher taxes to repair infrastructure, higher food costs when crops are destroyed. Oil and gas companies make billions while politicians look the other way.
The Solutions
We demand our governments stop subsidizing fossil fuel companies and make polluters pay. We need strong investments in renewable energy – solar, wind and thermal – all cheaper and more reliable than gas, oil or nuclear. We need expanded mass transit and energy-efficient housing. Canadians deserve the good jobs and cleaner communities that come with a fossil-free future.
Bold Action
Join millions with your vote, your spending power and your voice to demand our governments hold fossil fuel polluters accountable so that future generations inherit a liveable Canada.
Seniors for Climate is based on many unceded and unsurrendered Indigenous lands, and works in both unceded and treaty lands of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit across Canada. We acknowledge that we carry a shared responsibility for the health of lands and waters and will embed the rights of Indigenous peoples into our work.