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Today is huge: More than 125 mayors, councillors and other local elected leaders from coast to coast to coast have united to say #ElbowsUpforClimate in an open letter to the five main federal party leaders. While we’re already feeling the effects of U.S. trade attacks through lost jobs, uncertainty for businesses, and increased costs of living, we also know that our communities are increasingly facing another type of crisis: recurring wildfires, floods, storms and deadly climate events. We believe this is the moment for Canada to fight back by investing in national projects that will connect and protect our country from the dual threats of tariffs and climate change. It is time for us to get to work. We are proposing five bold and achievable ideas the next federal government can implement as soon as it is elected, to tariff-proof our economy and create a jobs boom in every community: ⚡ create a national East-West-North clean electric grid, delivering affordable energy to urban, rural and Indigenous communities across the country; 🚄 build a national high-speed rail network, and extend it with locally-made electric buses to reach every community in this country; 🏡 build at least two million non-market, energy-efficient homes, creating more affordable, transit-linked communities; ❄️ make our homes and buildings warmer in winter, cooler in summer with retrofits and heat pump installations across the country, that will cut energy bills and pollution; 🆘 …. and fund a national resilience, response and recovery strategy so our communities can prepare for the climate disasters we know are coming, respond when they hit, and rebuild afterwards. Help us say #ElbowsUpForClimate. Read the open letter and share widely. https://lnkd.in/d4vytWAX
