WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF… GRETA RETURNED TO MONTREAL?

Alexis, an active member of the MARE, is also a columnist for FREE ENTRANCE, a Sherbrooke community newspaper. In this article taken up by the‘Quebec Community Written Media Association (AMECQ) as well as by the’Pressenza international press agency, he shares his questions about “post-Greta”.

The 27 September 2019, we were half a million people walking the streets of Montreal, making history, heart full of hope, handmade placard, chanting environmental slogans by the thousands. No overflow to report. Much to the chagrin of some commentators, the streets were even cleaner when the demonstrators left than when they arrived. A perfect manifestation indeed. At the same time, nearly ten thousand others demonstrated, same here, in Sherbrooke.

In response to the resounding cry of alarm from an entire generation who mobilized alongside parents and grandparents, the federal government has proposed to plant trees. They are still waiting. No change of course on the horizon. We heard you young people, it will be business as usual, but with a few more trees.

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