Under the generic theme “Let’s heal together”, Earth Day will be marked on Friday by demonstrations and neighborhood chores in more than 240 cities in Quebec and Canada.
In Montreal, several actions and demonstrations will be organized by environmental organizations that intend to mobilize their troops to demand action in favor of social and climate justice.
The Regional Table of Voluntary Organizations for Popular Education (TROVEP) in Montreal, the Student Coalition for an Environmental and Social Shift (CEVES), secondary school students in For the future and Greenpeace will hold a demonstration at 1:30 p.m. in front of City Hall.
A march will take place to the Stock Exchange Tower, while coordinated actions are planned in Quebec, Joliette, Saguenay. Rouyn-Noranda, Trois-Rivières, Ottawa and Montérégie, at the request of the Popular Education and Community Action Movement of Quebec).
These organizations are calling for the banning of fossil fuels, the “massive” taxing of the rich and reinvesting in the social safety net in order to ensure decent living conditions for as many people as possible.
“Organizations claim a social project based on the taxation of wealth in order to banish fossil fuels by 2030 and reinvest massively in the social safety net, so as to ensure decent living conditions in the long term”, he said. -on indicated.
Cleaning chores in Montreal neighborhoods are also planned for Earth Day on Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, in the Marcel-Laurin woods in the borough of Saint-Laurent.
In addition, in Laval, “Le Grand ramassage du Printemps” will take place on Saturday evening, while the next day we plan to clean up elected officials in the Montreal borough of Plateau-Mont-Royal.