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Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00

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Email Template r1 Your place for news and action Dogwood came under fire this week for encouraging our supporters to sign up for a BC NDP membership. News outlets report top brass are up in arms at the thought of new people joining their party so they can vote on who will be the next premier.

We had multiple conversations with Elections BC to make sure we were following the rules. They confirmed that, like unions and churches, we are free to mobilize... our own supporters to join a political party and vote in a leadership race.

Climate justice, Indigenous rights, grassroots democracy – these issues are near to the heart of many New Democrats and align with the party’s stated values.

But some BC NDP insiders seem hostile to people joining to push these issues forward after years of watching the party fall short on addressing them. And now they’re going on the offensive.

To them, the thousands of new members in their party feels like a threat to their power.

The thing is, it shouldn’t be a surprise that citizens want a say in who leads the ruling party. That’s not a threat: that’s democracy.

Having a climate leader as a premier, whoever takes on that role, might actually change the fate of this province and everyone living here. Imagine the possibilities! We sure are.

Many battles lie ahead, and they’re only going to get tougher as we get closer to challenging real power. If you can, please chip in to support our work. And don’t be afraid to correct the record when you see people attacking our movement.

Thank you, as always, for your support.

• A pipeline project that will exacerbate the climate crisis had its workers evacuated this week due to a wildfire… caused by the climate crisis.
  
  
• 193 wildfires in B.C. this week, plus more burning in Washington and Oregon, made Vancouver’s air quality one of the worst in the world. -Vancouver Sun
  
  
• "Natural gas" is a marketing term designed to distract from the ways fossil fuels poison our health, our communities and the climate. Fracking for methane is not a climate solution, no matter how the oil & gas industry tries to spin it. -The Tyee
  
  
• “Uncharted territories of destruction” should be the name of a Hollywood action blockbuster, not our climate fate. -CBC
  
  
• It was a pandemic that helped B.C. reduce its greenhouse gas emissions two years ago. But those numbers are going back up, and will keep climbing unless we bring out the big guns. -Pique News Magazine
  
  
• Hear from the man who's spent 10 years trolling banks on climate. -National Observer
  
• This is what it looks like when a billionaire gets serious — like, really serious — about tackling the climate crisis. -The Guardian
  
  
• New Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre may be more of a Steve Bannon than a Donald Trump. That’s bad for Canadian media – and our democracy. -National Observer

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