After the big marches and rally on Parliament Hill : a mass bike ride for the climate!
Bring your bikes with you to one of the two march meeting points in the morning (11:30 at Confederation Park in Ottawa, or corner of Portage/Laval in Gatineau) or direct to the Parliament Hill rally, ready for the ride afterwards. Or, if you can't make the mid-day marches, meet us late afternoon at The Spider on Sussex!
Make sure your signs are *safely* attached to your bike, bag, or body.
September 27 is the day of the second Global Climate Strike, the focal one in Canada with Greta Thunberg co-leading the march in Montreal.
Proposed itinerary for Ottawa-Gatineau Climate Strike Bike:
3:00pm leave from Confederation Park, go by Parliament Hill...
3:30pm meetup point in Gatineau (Portage @ Laval)
4:30pm meetup point at The Spider (at National Art Gallery)
5:45pm at Confederation Park
*3:00pm and 3:30pm are with a possibly delay, depending on how long the Climate Strike at Parliament goes (it's expected to reach the Hill around 12:30pm and run until around 2:30pm ). Listen for the announcement at end of the rally.
See the Climat GO page on Facebook for all march / rally details,
or on September 27 watch the Parliament Hill cam: https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprecinct/camera-eng.html
Short promo video for the bike ride:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qvstju27hzmcyrn/og%20climatestrike%20ottawa.mp4
The ride is loosely based on Critical Mass principles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass_(cycling)#Organization_and_tactics
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