..from an email
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On July 22nd, Justin Trudeau and his government will choose whether to finalize their multi-billion dollar deal to buy out the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline. Tens of thousands of people like you have called on the government to hold public pipeline consultations. But they are making the decision without hearing from the public -- even though it's our money on the line.
That’s why we, the people, have to take matters into our own hands by organizing our own town halls on the pipeline buy out. Will you organize one in your community between July 7th and 14th?
Here’s the plan. Together, we’re going to bring community members together from coast to coast for town halls and screenings of the new documentary Directly Affected -- a film which presents all the risks this pipeline poses to people and the planet.
After Justin Trudeau’s government announced they would buy the Trans Mountain Pipeline with over $4.5 billion of public money, a huge wave of resistance across the country responded. Trudeau's government wants to ignore that, but the people will have their say. Will you host a people’s town hall in your riding?
Since Members of Parliament aren’t holding their own town halls, we’re asking you to invite your local MP to these community town-halls. All MPs are expected be in their constituencies at that time. If your MP shows up, your community will have a chance to expose this deal for what it really is -- a blank cheque for Big Oil. If your MP refuses to attend, we will send you some postcards that your community can fill out and mail to make sure they get the message any way.
This is a chance for new people in your community to learn about the project the Trudeau government has decided to buy out with billions in public money. After all, as taxpayers, we are all Trans Mountain’s new shareholders now and we should know where our money’s going.
We know that Kinder Morgan walked away from this project because of the Indigenous-led organizing that started in BC and spread all across Canada. We did it once and we will do it again. Let’s take matters into our own hands between July 7 and 14.