Continuous Motion Development

Policy Motion:

BE IT RESOLVED that all advertising (including paid promotion and sponsorships) for fossil fuels; fossil-fuelled vehicles, machines and tools; and fossil-fuelled travel should be banned in Canada, with exceptions for for public transit, passenger coach services, and agricultural machinery for which there is not yet a viable alternative.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Canadian regulations should mandate disclosure, at the point of sale of such products, of the health and environmental risks of fossil fuel production and use.

Submitter: Anna Keenan

Bonser Results: Categorised as Green. Received 73.6 % green votes. This motion underwent a policy workshop and an amendment was accepted.

Sponsors: Chad Walcott, John Willson, Ken Werk, Robert Hamon, Gabriel Blanc, Barry Monette, Stuart Hunter, Mr. Danny Kells, Dyanoosh Youssefi, Anna Keenan, Vincent J.Carbonneau, Karen Farley, Andrew Rose, Jennifer Purdy, Kyle Hutton, Brian Charlton, John Northey, Mr. Fraser Mowat, James M Ker, Donna Mendelsohn, Constantine Kritsonis, Lorraine Rekmans, Gaétan Houle, Maria Rodriguez, Tyler Beaulac, Jonathan Pedneault, Derek Menard, Meghan Hunter, Bruce Gunn, Richard Langley, Allan Willms, Jeff Desjardins, Dugald, Tim Grant, Bill Henry, Johan Hamels, Kerry Mewhort, Hans Johnsen, Nathan Kelly, Kris Sturgeon, Tom Cullen, Philip Mueller, Evan Bonnar, Marianna Padolsky, Margaret Rogers, Mr. John Grogan, Eric Gilmour, Joel Trail, Jonathan Bussières, Gail Stevens, Shelagh Levey, Stacy Neilson, Bruce Livingstone, Rhys Walker-Shaw, Kevin Dunbar, Kathryn Noddin, Laurie MacMillan, Michel Labonte, Vaalea Darkke, Farrukh Chishtie, Hannah Bell, Mathieu Gauthier, Nicolas Levesque-LeBlanc, J Herbert Latchko, Erika Warnes, David Lewis, Shel Goldstein.

Note: This policy motion will be included in the Continuous Motion Development all-member vote. Click here to review the Workshop version which contains background information, member comments & amendment history.