URGENT: Trans Mountain pipeline
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- Published on Wednesday, 05 June 2019 10:12
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Trudeau is planning an elite fundraising dinner in Vancouver in five days -- just up the road from the historic Trans Mountain pipeline protests.
We have just three days to raise $5,000 to secure a mobile billboard to follow Trudeau and send him a message he can’t ignore.
Will you chip in CA$94 to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline?
A,
Justin Trudeau is planning a critical fundraiser in Vancouver next week charging up to $1500 a plate -- a short distance away from where over a hundred Indigenous leaders and local residents have been arrested to stop the dangerous Trans Mountain pipeline.
Trudeau is expecting to snap a few selfies,... schmooze, and collect cheques from some of his biggest donors -- but what's he's not expecting is us.
We've got a massive mobile billboard ready for the lavish event reminding him that climate leaders don’t build pipelines -- but we can only secure it if we raise $5,000 by Tuesday. With the project’s potential approval looming, this is one of our best chances to stop this dangerous pipeline from being built.
Yes, I will chip in CA$94 to this important campaign to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline?
This is a critical time for the Liberal party, with the election just months away. Trudeau is trying to portray himself as a climate leader -- but we want to poke holes in that facade because climate leaders don’t build pipelines.
The Liberal party’s purchase of the dangerous Trans Mountain pipeline has already put Liberal donors in BC on edge, and with the project’s approval looming, you can bet it’s on the minds of donors now. A hard hitting, mobile billboard outside the event will only increase these concerns and could stop the pipeline from ever being built.
Major donors -- like the ones who will be attending this exclusive dinner -- hold great influence and can persuade Trudeau that building Trans Mountain could cost him the next election.
The billboard truck is already reserved. We’re splitting the cost of the billboard truck with our friends at LeadNow. But we only have a couple days to pull the cash together, so every dollar counts.
Yes, I will chip in CA$94 to this important campaign to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline?
We know actions like this work. When Trudeau came to Vancouver last year, right before the controversial purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline from oil giant Kinder Morgan, we surprised him with a massive protest of over a thousand people marching through downtown Vancouver. And the protests got the attention of the media and we got national coverage that put the Liberals on the defensive. And we know that this year, we can ramp up the pressure even more.
SumOfUs might not have the same financial might as the giant oil companies that are buying off politicians, but we know that, when we each chip in a little, we can use hard-hitting actions that are more valuable than millions of dollars in lobbying efforts.
Thanks for all that you do,
Amelia, Angus and the team at SumOfUs
More information:
Ottawa plans to make Trans Mountain decision by June 18, CBC, 18 April 2019
Protesting grandpa climbs into tree near B.C. marine terminus of Trans Mountain pipeline, Global News, 29 April 2019
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