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Calling on Canada to make historic investment in nature in its 2020 budget

Getting to Canada’s new goals of 25% protection by 2025 and 30% by 2030 will take more leadership, including more investment by the federal government. The historic investment of 2018 is working. The Finance Minister’s budget speech is just a few weeks away. Let’s keep going!

Please use the letter writing form below to send a message to your local Member of Parliament

Additionally, the following federal ministers will be copied:
Hon. Bill Morneau, Minister Finance
Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change

Scientists have sounded the alarm over the last few months about the extinction and climate crises facing the planet. This is why the UN is calling 2020 a “super year” for the environment—a make or break year in which key international meetings will set the tone and agenda for environmental action in the decade ahead.
 
With Canada in the midst of its own biodiversity crisis and climate emergency, I call on the federal government to continue its historic investment in nature conservation by making it a priority in its 2020 Budget.
 
It’s been two years since the federal government announced the biggest-ever investment to protect nature in Canadian history. And it’s working. Across Canada we’re seeing tangible progress – from 27 new protected areas in Nova Scotia to 50,000 km2 of Indigenous-led conservation in northern Manitoba, and from Canada’s newest national park in Northwest Territories to a doubling of protected area in New Brunswick. In Ontario, the federal government has supported two northern Indigenous Nations (Moose Cree and KI) in their efforts to protect globally significant carbon rich forests, and wetlands. More is needed. Getting to Canada’s new goals of 25% protection by 2025 and 30% by 2030 will take more leadership, including more investment by the federal government. Let’s keep going. We can respond to the extinction crisis. And this will help us respond to a changing climate. As the UN says, “forests don’t just absorb carbon, they also defend us from its most devastating impacts.”

Please prioritize nature protection in your 2020 budget by making sure at least $1.5 Billion is allocated to respond to the extinction crisis and establish new protected areas with Indigenous Peoples by 2025. At least $500 million is needed for the 2020-2021 year.

As a constituent in your riding, please prioritize action and investment on the biodiversity and climate crises.

Sincerely,

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