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CANADIAN PRESS: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg says it’s moving to see so many people united “for one common cause.” Thunberg spoke at a rally in Montreal and is expected to take part in a march there at noon.
Thousands of Canadians are hitting the streets Friday demanding “widespread, systemic change” to halt the scary impact of a warming planet.
The massive national protest will see students and climate activists and everyday Canadians who want a swifter government response to climate change marching on legislatures and municipal buildings, schools and parks, from St. John’s to Tofino, B.C., and as far north as Inuvik in the Northwest Territories.
Things started off in St. John’s, where a crowd gathered at Memorial University’s clock tower shortly before 11 a.m. local time, some people holding signs protesting the province’s oil extraction industry. The group plans to make its way to the provincial legislature on Confederation Hill.
A number of international movements are coming together Friday for one, massive climate change protest at the end of what they call “Week for Future.” It is a phrase building on the Fridays for Future movement started last year by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, whose weekly Friday sit-ins outside the Swedish legislature grew into a global phenomenon.
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