You won -- No more Big Oil bailout
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- Published on Friday, 17 April 2020 10:36
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A,
I have some incredible news for you. Today during his daily address, Trudeau backed out of the $15 billion Big Oil bailout that’s been on the books for the last month. Instead he is investing in things like oil well clean ups that will put people back to work in jobs that sustain the environment.
And it wouldn’t have happened without you, A.
When we found out about the bailout over 15,000 SumOfUs members signed the petition calling on an end to the Big Oil bailout and for a People’s bailout instead.
Not only that, you sent over 3.000 emails directly to Trudeau and Morneau calling on them to stop putting people and the planet before Big Oil profits.
And dozens of you, and our monthly donors, chipped in to get hard hitting ads in key papers that politicians read and fly a massive aerial banner over Trudeau’s daily address this past Tuesday.
We know that partners across the country were also doing the same, and we thank them and their members for all their efforts too.
Today is proof that when people work together, we can force governments to put the people and the planet first -- not the bottom lines of billion dollar... oil companies.
Moments like this are what make me come into work everyday -- knowing that caring people like you are out there, working for a better world for all of us. So from the bottom of my heart -- thank you.
In honour of this momentous occasion we created this graphic -- can you share it on Facebook and spread the good word?
Thanks for all that you do,
Amelia, Vicky, Luca and the team at SumOfUs
PS -- We are mostly funded by small donations and small monthly contributions are one of the reasons that we were able to make such a difference so quickly in this campaign. Could you chip in a small monthly gift to keep our work going?
More information:
Trudeau announces aid for struggling energy sector, including $1.7B to clean up orphan wells, CBC, 17 April 2020
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