(VANCOUVER) - Green Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands) met with Canadian musician Neil Young following his concert Monday night at Vancouver's Rogers Arena.
Young announced he would donate $100,000 from the proceeds of Monday night’s concert to the David Suzuki Foundation’s Blue Dot movement. The Blue Dot movement aims at amending Canada’s Constitution to enshrine environmental rights.
“Environmental Rights are also human rights and should be enshrined in federal law,” said former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario and Green Party Candidate (Guelph) Gord Miller. “Ontario and Quebec already do so at the provincial level and the Green Party will work to ensure all Canadians' environmental rights are protected.”
“The Green Party of Canada supports Neil’s call to enshrine environmental rights in the Constitution. Our candidates are encouraged to get municipal candidates to also endorse Blue Dot. Neil Young is a long standing environmentalist and his contribution to the environmental cause in Canada and abroad is invaluable,” said May.
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