Two potentially large protests are both set to hit downtown Vancouver around lunchtime on Wednesday, Sept. 8.
The first will focus on climate change in light of the current federal election campaign.
"In response to the wildfires, extreme heat and other urgent climate impacts across Canada and around the globe this summer, Vancouver residents will rally at CBC Vancouver to demand the federal government place a moratorium on new fossil fuel expansion and enact sweeping just transition legislation," writes event spokesperson Desmond McMahon in a press release.
The protest will bring together a variety of like-minded groups and organizations. International climate change organization 350 lists dozens of events across Canada under the "Canada is on Fire" name. They want politicians to promise a moratorium on fossil fuel expansion and a transition plan from fossil fuels.
Framed as a rally, it starts at 11:30 a.m. at 700 Hamilton St.
While that one is likely winding down, just over the Cambie Street Bridge another protest is set to start at 1 p.m. at Vancouver's City Hall as a sequel to last week's protest against vaccines and the BC Vaccine Card. That event brought out thousands of participants, with protesters in front of Vancouver General Hospital and blocking West 12 Avenue, Cambie Street and Broadway at different times. They eventually marched across the Cambie Street Bridge.
While framed as a rally against the BC Vaccine Card, the event also saw people with signs comparing the current government to Nazis, Q-Anon followers and obscene chants.
The Vancouver Police Department has confirmed they are aware of both events and will have officers at both.
