Why I support SCW
The government isn't moving fast enough
The federal government doesn't seem to feel enough urgency about climate change to change how Canada builds its energy future. In July 2026, Ottawa and Alberta announced a new oil pipeline that would carry a million barrels a day to the BC coast. On October 1, after the caravan had come home, the Prime Minister fast-tracked it, now called Pacific Link, as a "project of national interest." The energy transition isn't happening fast enough, and public money is still going the other way.
The climate is changing, fast.
Canada has warmed 2.0°C since 1948, and since 1970 it has warmed nearly twice as fast as the global average. In June 2021, Lytton, BC hit 49.6°C, the hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada. The next day, a wildfire destroyed 90 per cent of the village. More than 600 people in BC died in that heat dome. Since then we've had summer after summer of fires and smoke.
I live in a fairly insulated place in Vancouver. Even so, I know about the smoke, the heat domes, and the fires that could one day reach us. Things are much less secure in the BC Interior and across the country. We also have a responsibility to people in other countries, who often have it far worse. And it's only getting worse.
The seniors are standing up for the planet
As one person, it's hard to feel you can do anything about it. That's what I find so incredible about the seniors. They chose to lift the rest of us up on their shoulders and take this to Ottawa. The seniors asked people across the country to share photos and stories of what matters to them, and they carried those thousands of kilometres to deliver them to Parliament. It doesn't get much more direct than that.
I didn't go. I have other commitments that kept me home. But I can see that what they're doing is worth finding ways to support.
Thanks to your support, SCW's Go Fund Me Page raised $35,000
The funding is allowing the seniors to plan their next set of actions and keep the momentum going.