Request for support for climate actions

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Bowen Denman Hornby Gabriola Galiano Gambier Lasqueti Mayne North Pender Salt Spring Saturna South Pender Thetis
200 – 1627 Fort Street, Victoria BC V8R 1H8
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September 23, 2026 File No.: 11-6000-30-10
Via email: elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca; gord.johns@parl.gc.ca; jeff.kibble@parl.gc.ca;
patrick.weiler@parl.gc.ca; tamara.kronis@parl.gc.ca; will.greaves@parl.gc.ca
Elizabeth May, MP
Gord Johns, MP
Jeff Kibble, MP
Patrick Weiler, MP
Tamara Kronis, MP
Will Greaves, MP
Dear Islands Trust Area Members of Parliament:
Re: Request for support for climate actions
I am writing on behalf of Islands Trust Council to advise you that, on September 11, 2026, Islands
Trust Council endorsed the Joint Statement issued by municipal leaders following the June 4, 2026
Elbows Up for Climate Summit in Edmonton. We are also writing to request that, as Members of
Parliament representing the Islands Trust Area, you support efforts for immediate federal action on
the five key actions in the Statement.
The Joint Statement reflects the concerns of local elected leaders across Canada about the
increasing impacts of climate change on communities, infrastructure, economies and residents.
These concerns are particularly relevant to the Islands Trust Area, where communities and
ecosystems are closely connected to the health and resilience of the land, waters and surrounding
Salish Sea.
The Joint Statement calls for immediate federal action in five key areas:
1. A national East-West-North clean electric grid, powered by renewable energy rather than
fossil gas, to make Canada a clean energy superpower;
2. At least two million non-market homes that are zero polluting, efficient and built to the
highest standards, using Canadian steel, aluminum and lumber;
3. Home retrofits and mass heat pump and solar installations across the country to reduce
energy bills and pollution, and spur economic activity in every community;
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Members of Parliament in the Islands Trust Area
September 23, 2026
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Bowen Denman Hornby Gabriola Galiano Gambier Lasqueti Mayne North Pender Salt Spring Saturna South Pender Thetis
4. A clean transportation system with a national high-speed rail network, extended with
Canadian-made electric buses, and reversing federal cuts to local transit; and
5. A national resilience, response and recovery strategy to rebuild from future disasters,
funded by a new tax on excess oil and gas profits from the Iran war.
Trust Council’s endorsement is consistent with its 2019 declaration of a climate emergency and
reflects the importance of coordinated action among all orders of government to address climate
change, strengthen community resilience and protect the natural environment.
Islands Trust is a special-purpose government representing over 30,000 residents and
approximately 10,000 non-resi

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