NEW YORK, N.Y. — Dozens of Canadians have travelled to New York City to take part in a march calling for action on climate change.
Organizer Stu Basden says his group, Toronto 350, bussed about 275 people down for today’s People’s Climate March, which comes ahead of a major U-N climate summit on Tuesday.
Basden says the protesters range in age from as young as 11 to as old as 80, but about half of them are university students.
He says they were buzzing with excitement during the 12-hour trip from Toronto, and that for many of them it will be their first major protest.
The protesters will call on Prime Minister Harper to join the 120 world leaders attending the summit — and to take action to improve what Basden calls Canada’s “lacklustre” efforts to tackle climate change.
Harper, however, will not attend the summit. His office says Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq will represent Canada at the New York meeting.
