In Ottawa Monday morning, the 27 Our Time protesters were arrested at the House of Commons, minutes after they arrived to deliver mandate letters calling on the 338 Members of Parliament to make a Canadian green new deal their first priority. “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he heard loud and clear the message Canadians sent in the federal election for him to be bolder about climate change action,” The Canadian Press reports, in a dispatch picked up by National Observer. “Now young Canadians want him to prove it.”
Our Time Campaign Manager Amara Possian “said in a recent blog post that the first 100 days of a new government are a critical time as the government lays out its plans and priorities,” CP adds. “With the Liberals held to a minority, they will need support from other parties to pass legislation and stay in power, which many environment groups see as leverage to push the Liberals to do more on climate change.”