Budget Reaction 2010
Tory budget ‘walks away' from renewable energy, environmentalist says
 “Even before the new fiscal plan was released last week, the U.S. federal government was outspending Ottawa by a per-capita ratio of 14 to 1 on the technologies that many believe will be the energy sources of future generations.
In Canada, a four-year, $1.43-billion ecoEnergy program, introduced in 2007, provided money to companies for the development of new clean-energy sources. But that expires in 2011 and the new budget offered nothing to replace it.
As a result, said Tim Weis, the director of renewable energy and efficiency at the Pembina Institute, the budget has widened the gap between what is spent federally in the United States and Canada to 17.8 to 1 – again on a per capita basis." read the full Globe and Mail article
Greenpeace Canada: Harper Budget Ignores Green Solution to Climate Change
 "The Harper government is not being accurate in its new budget when it claims that that renewable energy is helping Canada to meet its 'ambitious climate change objectives'. The budget failed to make any meaningful investment in renewable energy, and the government’s climate change target is far from ambitious." more
Climate Action Network Canada Response to Budget 2010
 "Canada will be hosting world leaders at the G8 and G20 in June, and yet we are not showing any leadership ourselves. The Canadian government has missed another opportunity to make itself relevant on one of the most pressing issues in the world, climate change." more
WEDO letter to Ban Ki-moon In response to Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s recent appointment of an all-male High Level Advisory Board on Climate Change Financing, WEDO has written this open letter expressing the need for women to be on the panel, along with a list of qualified women who would be excellent choices for this panel.
If you would like to sign your organization to this letter please send the name of your organization to rachel@wedo.org by Friday 3/12 at noon. Also, if you have suggestions of more women to include as candidates for the high level advisory board, please send those names to rachel@wedo.org. We look forward to presenting this letter to SG Ban Ki-Moon before the end of CSW.
Please forward this letter to others who would be interested in signing. For more information, read the blog by Elizabeth Becker: Why are women being left out of climate decision-making?
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Welcome our government back with a reminder that the Canadian climate movement isn't going away!
Today, and every Thursday from now until the G8, phone Parliament (1-866-599-4999) and ask to speak to Jim Prentice or Stephen Harper. Tell them:
“The G8/G20 meetings are taking place in Canada this June, and I want the world to know that people in Canada want leadership and concrete action on climate change. Canada can’t afford to prorogue climate change any further... more