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Canadian Climate Accountability: A letter to PM Trudeau and Min. McKenna from 33 CAN-Rac members

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister McKenna,


Re: Accountability and the Pan Canadian Framework


We take seriously, as we know you and your government do, the warnings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that dramatic and deep cuts in greenhouse gases are required to minimize dangerous climate change. We are embarrassed that as a nation we have so far missed every greenhouse gas reduction target set by the Canadian government prior to the...

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Lancet Countdown 2018 Report: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change

The following is the CAPE (Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment) blog, following the launch on November 29, 2018, of this report. There are 2 sections - one on Global Findings/Impacts of Climate Change, the other, of particular significance for us here, on Canadian Findings and Recommendations. [With special thanks to Kim Perrotta and CAPE for this blog].


Global Findings - Impacts of Climate...

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228 Health Professionals Weigh in on the Trans Mountain Pipeline

On October 22, 2018, the following letter, signed by 228 health professionals, was sent to Prime Minister Trudeau:


The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Office of the Prime Minister

80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON

K1A 0A2, CANADA

Oct. 22, 2018



Dear Mr Trudeau:

We are doctors and health professionals from around the world urgently concerned about climate change and the health of the planet. We appreciate the leadership Canada showed in the 2015...

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Climate Health Emergency Requires Action Today

The following is the Media Release issued on October 17, 2018 regarding the fact that several organizations were denied the opportunity to address the Standing Committee conducting hearings on Bill 4, conceived to repeal Ontario's Climate Action Plan that was in place until the recent provincial election:


Climate Health Emergency Requires Action Today


Toronto – October 17, 2018:  CAPE is one of several organizations that was denied the opportunity to speak to...

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