e-2853 (Environment)
- Keywords
- Climate change and global warming
- National Citizens' Assembly on Climate and Ecological Justice
- Public consultation
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- The COVID-19 crisis has revealed that swift emergency action and systemic change in the long-term public interest is both necessary and possible;
- The United Nations has reported that the destruction of nature is the root cause of present and future global pandemics;
- The Government of Canada acknowledges that the climate and ecological emergency will contribute to worsening public health crises, including the further spread of infectious diseases;
- Climate change is rapidly outpacing scientific predictions, and the world is fast approaching tipping points that threaten abrupt and irreversible heating and biodiversity loss;
- Biodiversity loss and species extinction threaten human food systems;
- The climate crisis is predicted to lead to catastrophic economic losses and worsening political instability;
- Citizens’ assemblies are representative, democratic instruments well-suited to overcoming political deadlock and addressing complex problems;
- Citizens’ assemblies produce evidence-based public judgment, and are not equivalent to other forms of public consultation, such as town halls or referendums, which rely solely on the collection of public opinion;
- Other G7 countries, such as France and the United Kingdom, have created national citizens’ assemblies on climate policy; and
- There exists a pre-qualified vendor of record with the Government of Canada, with expertise in the design and delivery of citizens’ assemblies (MASS LBP).
- Open for signature
- February 18, 2021, at 6:01 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- April 19, 2021, at 6:01 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Don Davies
(Vancouver Kingsway)
June 16, 2021 (Petition No. 432-01122)