Trudeaus priorities

Details: Published on Thursday, 27 August 2020 12:14; Written by editor

Paov,

I'll cut to the chase. Yesterday, Trudeau announced $2 billion in public funding for safe school reopenings1, which sounds like a lot, until you realize he might be spending more than $25 billion on the Trans Mountain pipeline.

Of course, we don’t know for sure because former Finance Minister Morneau hid the cost of the pipeline from the public since the start of the pandemic.

Enough is enough. We deserve to know the true cost of TMX. Sign the petition calling on Trudeau and our new Finance Minister Freeland to release the true cost.

The last time the cost of this pipeline jumped from $5 to $13 billion, support for the project plummeted. I can’t imagine that most people in this country want to see us spending even more money on this climate-wrecking pipeline when there are so many people and communities that need it more.

Over 5,000 people have already signed the petition. We need as many people as possible to add their name. Sign the petition.

Every dollar we spend on this pipeline is a dollar that isn’t going to... people and communities that are dealing with the fallout of COVID-19. We need to know the true cost of Trans Mountain because that will give us a real sense of this government’s priorities right now.

Demand that Trudeau and Freeland release the true cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline.

Onwards,

Amara

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1 - $2B in federal funding aims to help schools reopen safely as COVID-19 numbers climb

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