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--></style></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><img width=317 height=183 style='width:3.302in;height:1.9062in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DD453F.4654C640"></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'>INTERNATIONAL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'>The Biggest Lie Ever Told Is Only Four Words Long<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://thebiggestlie.wedonthavetime.org/">https://thebiggestlie.wedonthavetime.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'>Facts on the ground<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Two things matter now: votes, and solar panels. (And wind turbines. And batteries) By Bill McKibbon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-the-ground">https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-the-ground</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'>Xiamen Bicycle Skyway: Bringing Biking Back to the People<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://urbannext.net/xiamen-bicycle-skyway/">https://urbannext.net/xiamen-bicycle-skyway/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'>Even better than the E.V. is the e-bike, which I think may turn out to be the transformative invention of our time on Earth<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/tour-de-planet">https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/tour-de-planet</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'>An Ordinary Insanity: Daniel Ellsberg on the Nuclear Threat - 29 min. documentary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.anordinaryinsanity.com/screenings">https://www.anordinaryinsanity.com/screenings</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>CANADA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Canada Now More Than 20 Years Behind Its 2030 Emissions Target, With Net-Zero Nowhere in Sight<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Higher emissions are a policy choice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.theenergymix.com/canada-is-now-more-than-20-years-behind-its-2030-target-with-net-zero-nowhere-in-sight/">https://www.theenergymix.com/canada-is-now-more-than-20-years-behind-its-2030-target-with-net-zero-nowhere-in-sight/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Carney's Investment Summit pitches pipelines, nuclear plants, railways, AI data centres<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.theenergymix.com/250-elite-investors-167-pitches-some-clean-economy-projects-make-the-cut-as-canada-investment-summit-convenes-in-toronto/">https://www.theenergymix.com/250-elite-investors-167-pitches-some-clean-economy-projects-make-the-cut-as-canada-investment-summit-convenes-in-toronto/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Stop Canada from gutting environmental protections - send a message<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://davidsuzuki.org/action/stop-canada-from-gutting-environmental-protections/">https://davidsuzuki.org/action/stop-canada-from-gutting-environmental-protections/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Message your MP and tell them to invest your taxpayer dollars in renewable energy solutions instead of a new bitumen pipeline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Real nation-building projects should advance climate objectives, protect nature, uphold Indigenous rights and create long-term prosperity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://davidsuzuki.org/action/tell-your-mp-stop-fuelling-canadas-climate-crisis-with-new-pipeline/">https://davidsuzuki.org/action/tell-your-mp-stop-fuelling-canadas-climate-crisis-with-new-pipeline/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>ONTARIO <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>Ontario by-elections show first-past-the-post is failing voters<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.fairvote.ca/09/09/2026/ontario-by-elections-show-first-past-the-post-is-failing-voters/">https://www.fairvote.ca/09/09/2026/ontario-by-elections-show-first-past-the-post-is-failing-voters/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>Tell Doug Ford to lift Ontario’s offshore wind ban and put our Great Lakes winds to work.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/ontario/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/ontario/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>Reject the Permits: No Water-Taking for Bottling - send your letter - Water is for life, not profit.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.waterwatchers.ca/rejectwhitewolfpttw">https://www.waterwatchers.ca/rejectwhitewolfpttw</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'>TORONTO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'>Hands off our bike lanes! Send your letter to Ford<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cycleto.ca/fight_trump">https://www.cycleto.ca/fight_trump</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#E97132'>EVENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#E97132'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#E97132'>The Better Ideas Show<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon.-Tues. Sept. 14-15, starting 10 a.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Livestreamed on the newly-launched Energy Mix YouTube channel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>On September 14-15, while Prime Minister Mark Carney's Canada Investment Summit is under way in Toronto, we’ll be a few blocks away, hosting a livestream with news interviews featuring investors, entrepreneurs, policy- and decision-makers, and advocates who are working to build Canada’s clean climate economy from the ground up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7MCzJvJCe8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7MCzJvJCe8</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#C00000'>A Prophetic Voice: An Evening with Rev. Maggie Helwig<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Sept. 15, 5:30 - 8 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>348 Danforth Ave. Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join us for an interfaith conversation on homelessness, housing, dignity, and community. Crisis in Our City is hosting this public conversation with Rev. Maggie Helwig. The event will focus on encampments, unsheltered homelessness, shelter and housing policy, and the need for responses rooted in dignity and community. The conversation will invite participants to look beyond the common portrayal of encampments as only a problem or tragedy. Encampments demonstrate the urgent need for safe, accessible and permanent housing. They can also be understood as responses to a shelter and housing system that fails to meet people’s needs. The conversation will ask: What can the experience of people living in encampments teach us about the issues with current shelter and housing policies?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-prophetic-voice-an-evening-with-rev-maggie-helwig-tickets-1998229107050">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-prophetic-voice-an-evening-with-rev-maggie-helwig-tickets-1998229107050</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Together for Nature Tour - amplifying the voices of Indigenous artists, youth and land protectors inspiring change!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Sept. 15 in Ottawa at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Sept. 16 in Toronto at the Knox Presbyterian Church<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Sept. 17 in Kitchener at the St. Matthews Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri. Sept.18 in London at the Metropolitan United Church<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Together for Nature Tour is an opportunity for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples to come together to raise our voices for nature and all our relations through story and song. Ontario Nature and Legal Advocates for Nature’s Defence (LAND), invite you to hear from Okiniwak, Here We Stand, and the Friends of the Attawapiskat River, who are travelling from Northern Ontario to visit communities across Southern Ontario to share their stories. Joining us on tour is celebrated Inuk singer-songwriter Susan Aglukark.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://naturesdefence.ca/campaigns/together-for-nature-tour/">https://naturesdefence.ca/campaigns/together-for-nature-tour/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#E97132'>Earth's Greatest Enemy - Screening<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Sept. 16, 2 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>New Horizons Tower, 1140 Bloor St W, Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>What is the climate cost of war? Join Seniors for Climate Action Now! (SCAN!) Climate and Militarism Working Group and New Horizons for Climate Action, in partnership with CODEPINK, for a screening of Earth’s Greatest Enemy, a powerful antiwar documentary by U.S. journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin. The film examines the enormous environmental impact of the U.S. military—one of the world’s largest consumers of fossil fuels. As military budgets and weapons production rise worldwide, Earth’s Greatest Enemy makes the urgent case that militarism and war must be addressed as part of meaningful climate action.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.codepink.org/egetoronto916">https://www.codepink.org/egetoronto916</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'>City Elections 101<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Sept. 16, noon ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Progress Toronto will be working hard to elect more progressive municipal leaders at City Council and the Toronto District School Board. Join us to learn more about the city election, what’s at stake, and our plan to win.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.progresstoronto.ca/election-training-series-sep-16-2026">https://www.progresstoronto.ca/election-training-series-sep-16-2026</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Beyond the Smoke: Fighting the Flames of Climate Change<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri. Sept. 18, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Friends House, 60 Lowther, U of Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>A double-feature highlighting the human stories, ecological costs, and critical response strategies driving Canada’s wildfires. Screening of 2 films: REIGNITION: Bringing Good Fire Back to the Land (2026) (10:29) and B.C. is Burning (2025) (47:08)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/beyond-the-smoke-fighting-the-flames-of-climate-change-tickets-1998556207416?aff=ebdssbdestsearch">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/beyond-the-smoke-fighting-the-flames-of-climate-change-tickets-1998556207416</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'>Park(ing) Day - Toronto though it is a global initiative<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>September 18-20 weekend<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Turn a parking lot or parking space into a Café, Beach, park, bar-b-q, outdoor classroom, yoga class, picnic, live music performance, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>More ideas here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.parkingdaytoronto.ca/ideas">https://www.parkingdaytoronto.ca/ideas</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Wind Turbine Tour & Climate Workshop: Science Meets Action<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. Sept. 19, 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Exhibition Place, Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>An unforgettable experience where the science of climate change meets action. Take a tour of Toronto's only wind turbine and see the power of wind energy. Next, dive into a Climate Fresk workshop where you'll learn about climate change and discover how renewable energy are part of the solution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://luma.com/nr6jmzhy">https://luma.com/nr6jmzhy</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>The Big Toronto Bike Ride 2026<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. Sept. 19<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join Cycle Toronto for a slow roll through Toronto's ravines and paths along the Toronto Loop trail. This year's ride offers 3 distances (40 km, 20 km, 12 km), all ending together for dinner and celebration at Evergreen Brick Works. This is more than a ride. It’s an essential fundraising event to power our work to keep fighting for a more livable city and foster a culture of cycling.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cycleto.ca/2026btbr">https://www.cycleto.ca/2026btbr</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>U of T Microplastics Conference<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. Sept. 19, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Bahen Centre for Information Technology, U of T<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Meet students, researchers, and community members moving beyond small fixes toward a grand solution to rethink plastics at this student-led conference. Free to attend, open to all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.uoftmicroplastics.ca/">https://www.uoftmicroplastics.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#E97132'>Seniors' Climate Witness—a week of public witness and nonviolent action in Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>September 19–23<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>We're calling on the Government of Canada to reject new fossil fuel pipelines, uphold its climate commitments, respect Indigenous rights, and protect a livable future for our children, grandchildren, and future generations. Seniors Climate Witness are also doing many important nonviolent actions. Please follow on Facebook: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61593905212099">https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61593905212099</a> and for more information, please contact organizer Michael Polanyi: <a href="mailto:michaelfdpolanyi@gmail.com">mailto:michaelfdpolanyi@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#C00000'>Cross-Country Day of Action for Migrant Rights<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sun. Sept. 20<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Across Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Migrants make Canada work. We care for children and elders, grow food, build homes, and keep communities running. But the government is pushing migrants out instead of giving people equal rights. Permits are expiring, being refused, cancelled, or made impossible to renew. Refugees are under attack. People are being deported. Families are being separated. Those who remain are forced to work with fewer rights and more fear. At the same time, working class people are being squeezed by high rents, low wages, service cuts, and insecurity. Migrants are being blamed for a crisis created by underfunding, privatization, corporate greed, and governments that put the rich first. Blaming migrants does not lower rents, raise wages, or fix healthcare. It divides workers and lets bosses, landlords, corporations, and governments off the hook. Migrants are not the cause of the crisis. Migrants are part of the solution. The federal government is deciding the future of immigration: who gets permanent residency, who remains temporary, and who is pushed out. On September 20, one day before Parliament returns, join people across the country taking action to demand:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>- Status for all: Permanent resident status for migrants already here, and permanent resident status on arrival for migrants coming in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>- Renew permits: Automatically renew expired and expiring work and study permits, restore status, and ensure no one is pushed into exploitation or deportation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>- End exploitation: End employer-tied permits. Ensure equal labour rights, safe housing, healthcare, services, and real enforcement against abusive bosses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>- Stop deportations: End removals, detention, family separation, and attacks on refugees. Find an action near you or organize one<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://migrantrights.ca/events/sep20/">https://migrantrights.ca/events/sep20/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#C00000'>Toronto: Rally and March<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sun. Sept. 20, 2 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Christie Pits (Christie and Bloor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://migrantrights.ca/events/sep20/">https://migrantrights.ca/events/sep20/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A02B93'>Join us for a peaceful rally #1000Women for "Care Not Warfare: Cut Military Spending" at the Prime Minister’s Office in Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. Sept. 21, 4-5 p.m. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>80 Wellington St., Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>To mark the United Nation’s International Day of Peace.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Help us oppose the Carney government's plan to increase military spending from $65 billion in 2025 to $150 billion by 2035 while cutting funding to other programs for women, environment & climate change, fisheries & oceans, etc. Organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW), the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom-Canada (WILPF) and the Raging Grannies Ottawa. Part of our campaign #1000women+ for #CareNotWarfare. Find out more at vowpeace.org and <a href="https://wilpfcanada.ca/">https://wilpfcanada.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>______________________ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'>More Toronto events <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://showuptoronto.ca/">https://showuptoronto.ca/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'>For the best Canadian climate and energy news, visit and subscribe to the Energy Mix newsletter<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://theenergymix.com/">http://theenergymix.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'>Democracy Now Daily Show - global peace, justice and enviro news<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/">https://www.democracynow.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#4EA72E'>Tooker Tapes Archive Project - Youtube Playlist<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3IwhNn-WrINTQz2fBNayDoBWLW0y59le">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3IwhNn-WrINTQz2fBNayDoBWLW0y59le</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Submissions, subscribes, unsubscribes, and comments: <a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org">mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Share this newsletter on social media using this link: <a href="http://greenspiration.org/news-events/">http://greenspiration.org/news-events/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>