Are you starving for change?
I received an e-mail today from a guy in Waterloo, Ontario, who is on a hunger strike until the opposition federal Liberals or Conservative government publicly commit to passing Bill C-311, the Climate Change Accountability Act, which would commit Canada by law to meeting its international climate-change obligations. Dante Ryel says he has been fasting since March 3, and it may still be a few weeks before legislators vote on the private-member’s bill, which was introduced by NDPer Bruce Hyer.
Ryel told me he’s had trouble getting the media to pay attention to his hunger strike. So I’m posting this here to help him spread the word. He’s got a Facebook page where he’s trying to build up members — so far he’s at 855. He’s calling his activist group Starving for Change. You can see some of the YouTube videos he has posted here.
Tags: Dante Ryel, Starving for Change
Tyler Hamilton is editor-in-chief of Corporate Knights magazine and a business columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the clean technology and green energy market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper.
March 12th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Hi Tyler,
Thanks so much for publicizing Dante’s mission. Every little bit helps. It would be nice if you could keep tabs on Dante’s situation, the FB page and the progress of Bill C-311 (hopefully!!) through Parliament.
Thanks again for your support!
March 12th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
In October, Bill C-311, Bruce Hyer’s Private Member’s bill called the Climate Accountability Act, came before Parliament. It have previously been passed by all 3 opposition parties as Bill 307 but it died when Harper called the election in 2008.
Now the Liberals are failing to support it fully. In October only 14 voted to speed its passage through the Parliamentary labyrinth. … So, thank you, Tyler Hamilton, for this blog posting. And thank you to anyone who calls their MP or other MPs, especially Liberals.
March 13th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
This is great! I am really impressed. I am proud to see we have a Canadian making such a stand. We all should be joining with him in support of this BillC311