Activist group rebrands, but its hard push for a national wildfire agency remains

By Matteo Cimellaro
National Observer
February 6, 2024
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada

Last Generation Canada, an environmental activist group formerly known as On2Ottawa is rebranding to align with an international climate movement network called A22, as it prepares for a new wave of direct action and demands in the nation’s capital. The new name is an amendment of Last Generation’s counterpart in Germany, which maintains this is the last generation to stop climate collapse, while also being the first to effect change in society. …Supporter Gillian Graham, 23, said that many of the activists in the group are fed up with climate marches, climate strikes, calls to government and petitions. Direct actions that disrupt daily life and force the hand of governments became one of the only courses of action, they believe. …The group’s keystone demand is the creation of a national firefighting agency. The group is also demanding citizen assemblies — a group of people selected to make policy decisions and help solve climate issues.

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