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A group of about 40 environmental activists who staged a sit-in outside the main gates at Rideau Hall went home optimistic Thursday after one of the prime minister’s assistants came out to speak with them.
The group had been protesting to demand that Justin Trudeau freeze the expansion of Canada’s oilsands and head to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change on Nov. 30 with specific emissions reduction targets.
“Our goal is to have audience with Prime Minister Trudeau and his cabinet,” said Clayton Thomas-Müller, a campaigner with international climate action group 350.org. “We want to support them to do the right thing in this era of climate change.”
The event was the first of four sit-ins the group plans through Sunday. At around 2 p.m. Thursday, the protesters were preparing to move onto Sussex Drive when they received word that one of Trudeau’s representatives would meet with them.
Pavan Sapra, an assistant to the prime minister, spoke with Thomas-Müller at the gates and accepted copies of scientific reports and treaties with indigenous groups that the demonstrators had brought as “welcome gifts” for Trudeau.
Sapra said he couldn’t guarantee that Trudeau would be able to meet with the group this weekend but that he would pass their request and the documents along to the Prime Minister’s Office and to Catherine McKenna, the new minister of environment and climate change.
Rob Steinman, a retired teacher from Peterborough, is among several demonstrators who travelled to Ottawa for the event.
“It’s very hard for politicians for do what they have to do to stop climate change because it means making some big transitional changes,” Steinman said. “So I feel it’s up to us as the people to let the politicians know that we’re willing to go to the wall for this.”
Thomas-Müller said he expects an increasing number of demonstrators each day. Jim Mulligan, an acting sergeant with Ottawa police, said officers will be present throughout.
“We typically work with the organizers just to make sure everything is safe,” Mulligan said. “At this point, there are certain numbers of them that are willing to risk arrest but we don’t really know what the actions are going to be, so we’re going to be reactive to what they decide to do.”
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The group had been protesting to demand that Justin Trudeau freeze the expansion of Canada’s oilsands and head to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change on Nov. 30 with specific emissions reduction targets.
“Our goal is to have audience with Prime Minister Trudeau and his cabinet,” said Clayton Thomas-Müller, a campaigner with international climate action group 350.org. “We want to support them to do the right thing in this era of climate change.”
The event was the first of four sit-ins the group plans through Sunday. At around 2 p.m. Thursday, the protesters were preparing to move onto Sussex Drive when they received word that one of Trudeau’s representatives would meet with them.
Pavan Sapra, an assistant to the prime minister, spoke with Thomas-Müller at the gates and accepted copies of scientific reports and treaties with indigenous groups that the demonstrators had brought as “welcome gifts” for Trudeau.
Sapra said he couldn’t guarantee that Trudeau would be able to meet with the group this weekend but that he would pass their request and the documents along to the Prime Minister’s Office and to Catherine McKenna, the new minister of environment and climate change.
Rob Steinman, a retired teacher from Peterborough, is among several demonstrators who travelled to Ottawa for the event.
“It’s very hard for politicians for do what they have to do to stop climate change because it means making some big transitional changes,” Steinman said. “So I feel it’s up to us as the people to let the politicians know that we’re willing to go to the wall for this.”
Thomas-Müller said he expects an increasing number of demonstrators each day. Jim Mulligan, an acting sergeant with Ottawa police, said officers will be present throughout.
“We typically work with the organizers just to make sure everything is safe,” Mulligan said. “At this point, there are certain numbers of them that are willing to risk arrest but we don’t really know what the actions are going to be, so we’re going to be reactive to what they decide to do.”
bbritneff@ottawacitizen.com
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