Tag: Other Org Action

Join us at Draw the Line events in New Brunswick on Saturday, Sept. 20

CRED-NB and hundreds of civil society groups across the country are inviting their members to join the Sept. 20 mass day of action for people, for peace, for the planet. Join with hundreds of other people in the province who want more action on climate change, at one of the three actions in New Brunswick.

Sackville

We believe Sackville will be the largest of the three New Brunswick actions. The Sackville Draw the Line host is Seniors for Climate. CRED-NB will have a table at this one. If you participate in the Sackville event, drop by our information table to meet CRED-NB Chair, Ann McAllister.

The Sackville event poster is HERE. (en français ICI) The Draw the Line event is held in conjunction with the Sackville Fall Fair. The Draw the Line info tables will be at the Climate Corner of tables on Dufferin Street from 10:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m.

Saint John

The host of the Draw the Line – Menahkwesk (Saint John) event is People United Saint John. Meet at 11:00 AM at Liberation Square (Queen Square). The hosts have made more info available about their event and are asking everyone to register HERE for details.

Fredericton

The Fredericton Draw the Line event poster is HERE. The event hosts are the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change and the Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre. Participants will meet at 1 PM at Fredericton City Hall, corner of Queen Street and York Street. The event will open with Wolastoqiyik cultural protocols from Wolastoqewi Kci-Sakom spasiqisit possesom – Ron Tremblay –  (Wolastoq Grand Chief Morning Star Burning), followed by speakers. After a march to the New Brunswick Legislature, light refreshments will be offered.  

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CRED-NB is a member of the Climate Action Network Canada who shared this info sheet to explain what the massive Draw the Line Day of Action on September 20th is all about. In addition to three flagship demonstrations in Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver, there are more than 60 actions taking place in cities, towns, and villages from coast to coast to coast.

CRED-NB was asked to share with you a letter signed by 21 social movement leaders published in the independent news outlet The Tyee: Draw the Line: Tell the Carney Government to Pick a Side.


Invitation to sign Federal E-Petition: Centre Village Renewables Integration Security Grid Project

This invitation to sign a federal E-Petition is from Juliette Bulmer, a very concerned resident of Midgic, NB. Email: sjbulmer@eastlink.ca

Juliette is a CRED-NB Champion and one of the three organizers along with Terry Jones of Centre Village, NB and Kristen LeBlanc of Midgic, NB.

Invitation to sign Federal E-Petition: Centre Village Renewables Integration Security Grid Project

This is grassroots activism in action! It’s politics driven by people, not power. It’s about protecting our environment, demanding accountability, and refusing to be ignored.

Here is the online federal e-petition to the House of Commons in Parliament, demanding the federal government shut down the Centre Village Project. It was written and submitted by Kristen LeBlanc.

Presented to caucus by Saanich-Gulf Islands British Columbia MP Elizabeth May, the leader of the Green Party of Canada!! Please sign the petition and let’s get above and beyond the required 500 signatures. As this is a federal e-petition it is open to all Canadians until December18, 2025. In less than 24 hours there were over 225 signatures from 10 provinces and counting!!

Federal Petition Link with Details: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6738

A bit of background: On August 12, 2025, a Facebook group called STOP the Tantramar Gas Plant! was created and as of August 22, barely 10 DAYS later, it had over 555 dedicated members! This group is a space for community members who are concerned about the proposed Tantramar Natural Gas Power Plant, and want to take action to protect our region. The plant’s location would be along Route 940, in Centre Village, NB, which is part of the Tantramar area on the Chignecto Isthmus.

The Facebook page is a space to share information, organize events, build community, and raise our voices for a future that puts people and the planet first. All are welcome to work together to keep Tantramar clean, safe, and thriving for generations to come.

Text from Kristen LeBlanc:

We stand together in opposition to the gas plant for many reasons:

*Environmental Impact – The plant threatens local ecosystems, wetlands, wells, and wildlife that are vital to our region’s natural beauty and ecological health.

*Public Health Risks – Gas infrastructure can lead to air and water pollution, impacting the well-being of nearby residents — especially children, elders, and those with existing health conditions.

*Climate Crisis – Building new fossil fuel infrastructure is a step backward. We need to invest in clean, renewable energy that ensures a sustainable future for all.

*Community Values – This project does not reflect the priorities of Tantramar residents who value clean air, rural character, and democratic decision-making.

*Better Alternatives – There are smarter, cleaner ways to meet our energy needs — ones that create jobs without compromising our environment or health.

Here are all of the 271 comments submitted to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) on the Gas Plant Project: https://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/proj/89719/contributions

For media coverage and additional information, see the links. This is just an example of much of the media coverage.

https://warktimes.com/ 5 comprehensive articles by Bruce Wark

Local residents oppose NB Power’s proposed gas plant

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/wildlife-organization-concerned-about-nb-power-natural-gas- plant-1.7597148

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/no-mikmaw-ownership-gas-plant-1.7613798

https://vancouver.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/video/2025/07/30/gas-plant-proposed-to-open-in-rural-nb-community/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/gas-plant-eub-approval-1.7599657

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/tantramar-gas-plant-sackville-centre-village-power-environment-1.7609042

Local residents oppose NB Power’s proposed gas plant

CRED-NB Champion Juliette Bulmer and her colleagues Terry Jones and Kristen LeBlanc live near NB Power’s proposed gas plant. They organized a community meeting in August in Midgic, the community just south of the proposed site.

About 80 people from local communities and the wider region, including Moncton, showed up on the hot August evening in the Midgic Church basement to hear about the project.

By the following evening, a new Facebook group “Stop the Tantramar Gas Plant Facebook group” had more than 200 members.

Read the story in the NB Media Co-op, HERE.

Proposed Centre Village fossil (natural) gas plant – comments posted

Opposition is building to NB Power’s proposal for a fossil gas plant with diesel storage backup north of Sackville. The utility will sign a long-term power purchase agreement with a U.S. company, PROENERGY, that will build and operate the plant. Stories by Bruce Wark (New Wark Times) about the project are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.

The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) was accepting comments on the project description until earlier this week. They are posted on the project registry. 271 comments were submitted (!!) indicating a very high public interest in this project.

The comment submitted to the IAAC by CRED-NB is HERE.

Comments submitted to the IAAC by CRED-NB core members:

Tom McLean – comment is HERE

Sam Arnold, Sustainable Energy Group – comment is HERE

Susan O’Donnell, CEDAR project at STU – comment is HERE

Comments submitted to the IAAC by CRED-NB Champions include:

New Brunswick Anti-Shale Gas Alliance (NBASGA) – comment is HERE

If you are a CRED-NB Champion and would like us to link to your comment on this blog post, send us an email and your comment number on the IAAC registry.

New petition: Build a Canadian east-west electricity grid powered by renewables

The David Suzuki Foundation is hosting a petition, ready to sign, asking the federal government to build an east-west electricity grid powered by renewables. We’re asking all CRED-NB Champions to please consider signing the petition, HERE.

A massive build out of renewable energy, connected regionally and nationally, is the best way out of the energy bind we are in with our reliance on fossil fuels. A policy of building only renewable energy and storage systems will boost our fight against plans in New Brunswick for a new fossil gas plant north of Sackville.

This new national petition follows on from a letter on the same theme sent to PM Carney in July, signed by 105 groups across Canada, including CRED-NB and allies in New Brunswick. That letter was also organized by the David Suzuki Foundation as part of their ongoing campaign to encourage our governments to build only renewable energy systems.

Wind energy agreements a potential move towards ‘reconcili-action’

CRED-NB Champion Emma Fackenthall published a story in the NB Media Co-op about the new wind energy projects led by Indigenous communities in New Brunswick.

“In what could potentially be a pivotal step toward a just energy transition, NB Power has announced four wind energy agreements with Indigenous communities across the province. The new Power Purchase Agreements total more than 450 megawatts (MW) of wind-generated electricity, enough to power 82,000 New Brunswick homes based on the average residential consumption of 1,700 kWh per month.

Beyond the headline of low-cost wind power lies a deeper narrative: climate justice, Indigenous leadership, and intertwining environmental responsibility with economic reconciliation.”

Read the full article HERE.

Stop Canada’s $24 Billion Nuclear Privatization Deal!

A Parliamentary petition, now open for signatures, was developed by Ole Hendrickson, a CRED-NB ally in Ontario concerned about the link between civilian nuclear power and the nuclear weapons industry. We share his concern. Key info from the petition:

  • Canada is poised to award a multi-billion dollar contract — the largest federal contract ever — to a consortium of U.S. companies;
  • If this happens, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, a former Atomic Energy of Canada Limited subsidiary, will be owned by American firms calling themselves “Nuclear Laboratories Partners of Canada.”;
  • The new contract would last up to 20 years, cost taxpayers over 24 billion dollars, and allow private commercial work at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited sites across Canada;
  • Hundreds of millions of dollars in contract management fees would be paid annually to firms that operate U.S. nuclear weapons facilities;
  • Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ current projects include a $1+ billion facility to enable plutonium research, and a tritium extraction facility; plutonium and tritium are key explosive ingredients in nuclear weapons;

Read the rest of the petition and sign it HERE.

If you’ve never signed a parliamentary petition before, your name will not be displayed but after signing, you’ll get an email that you click to confirm your email address. You can also choose to get updates on the petition.

Nation-building projects must recognize, address climate change

CRED-NB member New Brunswick Anti-Shale Gas Alliance (NBASGA) spokesperson Jim Emberger published a commentary in the Telegraph Journal this week.

“On Earth Day, “Seniors for Climate” rallied at the legislature to remind governments that solutions to recent economic turmoil must reflect climate science.

“Unexpectedly, Premier Susan Holt visited the rally and delivered an enthusiastic address in support of the rally’s message. Days later, she contradicted her uplifting remarks by promoting gas and bitumen pipelines, and LNG exports as Canadian nation-building solutions. That she didn’t recognize her contradictions places her in a new constituency that accepts industry propaganda that climate change can be solved, while burning more fossil fuels.”

Read the full article on the NBASGA website, HERE.

As the G7 Leaders’ Summit concludes, Canada fails a test of climate leadership

CRED-NB is a member of Climate Action Network Canada that issued a statement condemning the glaring absence of climate change, and climate solutions, from any of the G7 statements released today.

“The leaders of the world’s richest and most powerful countries published a statement on fighting wildfires that completely ignores climate change—the root cause that’s making wildfires so much more deadly and extreme,” said Caroline Brouillette, Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada.

“What’s the point of a coalition of like-minded countries if it isn’t even capable of mentioning the existential crisis facing humanity? Instead of showing leadership, Canada’s G7 Presidency catered to the lowest common denominator—for the sake of appeasing a President who couldn’t even be bothered to stick around to the end of the summit.

“Canada was smart to invite other leaders from Global South countries, but it is past time to imagine coalitions that maintain multilateralism without exposing ourselves to the whims of climate deniers like President Trump.

“The G7 Leaders’ Summit was a test of Canada’s climate leadership, and Prime Minister Carney failed.”