| Suzuki Tour Wraps Up | 02 April 07 |
 Dr. David Suzuki capped off his 50 city "If you were Prime Minister..." tour by arriving in Victoria at Terry Fox's statue at Mile Zero and then holding a grand finale in Ottawa March 2nd at the Museum of Civilization.During the non-partisan tour, Dr. Suzuki spoke to thousands of Canadians in every province to find out what Canadians think we need to do for the environment. He says crowds in 42 different venues had the same concerns and the tour convinced him most Canadians are willing to pay more out of their own pockets to fight climate change, provided big industries are forced to do the same. "Maybe we're speaking to the converted, in which case there's a hell of a lot of converted, but certainly the people we encountered are ready to pay higher prices and to sacrifice, because they see this is a great danger." Suzuki also warned that the flip side of the economic outlook - the price of not acting on climate change - is a lot more frightening than the cost of transforming the economy into one that uses less carbon fuel. Suzuki also spoke alongside former U.S. vice-president Al Gore at Montreal's Palais des Congres March 22nd to 5,000 mostly young Montrealers eager to hear calls for massive global action to avoid the potentially catastrophic effects of global warming. Suzuki noted the environment has been at the top of the public's agenda before and challenged young people to keep it there. View the February 28, 2007 David Suzuki Foundation press release View the March 2, 2007 Ottawa Citizen article View the March 4, 2007 CanWest News Service article View the March 23, 2007 Ottawa Citizen article View the David Suzuki Foundation Tour website, and submit your vote for the environment View previous Manitoba Wildlands news items: February 22, January 24 & February 9, 2007 Sources: David Suzuki Foundation, Ottawa Citizen, CanWest News Service
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