Dear Friend,

Politics in Canada is often Shakesperean. _"Full of sound and fury…
signifying nothing."_ But for heights of hyperbolic hyper-partisanship,
Pierre Poilievre takes the cake. This week he said the Liberal government's
carbon price would cause a _"nuclear winter"_ for the economy.

_"_There would be mass hunger and malnutrition with a tax this high… Our
seniors would have to turn the heat down to 14 or 13 C just to make it
through the winter. Inflation would run rampant and people would not be
able to leave their homes or drive anywhere._"_

Post-pandemic, there are global headwinds for economies around the world.
Inflation worsened, not from carbon pricing but from Putin's invasion of
Ukraine and climate events that devastated food-producing regions, not just
in Canada, but globally. It is well over a year since inflation rates began
coming back down -- and the rate is now at the Bank of Canada target of 2%.
Hardly a reason for panic in the streets.

As Greens, we address the serious issues in a poly-crisis world. When we
rely on the IPCC and science to explain the threat of the galloping climate
emergency, we get attacked for being doomsayers. We are the only party
consistently addressing real threats to our communities in the climate
crisis, as well as the increasing risk of nuclear war -- leading to actual
nuclear winter. WHILE POILIEVRE JUST MAKES STUFF UP.

Greens do not trade in fear-mongering and doom. Against all odds, Greens
are trying to share a message of positive change. We must face an
increasingly unstable world and do so fearlessly. We can offer the
solutions that lead us from the abyss -- towards a much more secure and
healthy future.

But it is hard to be heard above the noise.

More than a century ago, Mark Twain said, _"A lie can make its way halfway
round the world, while the truth is lacing up its boots."_ -- And that was
before social media!

We need your help to be heard above the noise! We need new laces and new
boots before the next election, and for that we need your increased
financial support.

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SOON THE MEDIA WILL BE REPORTING ON ALL THE PARTIES AND OUR FUNDRAISING
SUCCESS at the end of this third quarter of 2024. As Poilievre is up to his
neck in cash, donated by those who rise to the click bait of "nuclear
winter", please help us get out a sensible and sane message of shared care
and compassion.

Please let us be THE ANTIDOTE TO POILIEVRE’S POISON.

Many thanks,

ELIZABETH MAY
Leader
Green Party of Canada

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