KICLEI

☀️ 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟓 – 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐊𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐈 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦

The National KICLEI Meeting brings together all provincial and territorial members to discuss major national developments, campaign updates, and strategic action items. Leaders from across Canada share successes, challenges, and coordinate national-level initiatives.

🗓 Monday, August 25
🕖 7 PM EST | 8 PM AST | 6 PM CST | 5 PM MST | 4 PM PST
ℹ️ Details & registration: kiclei.ca/monthly-zoom

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The Catalyst

Maggie Hope Braun started KICLEI as a way for Canadians to stop a global agenda at the local level — and it’s working. In one year, she’s helped councils from Thorold to Lethbridge push back on costly “net zero” schemes.
Your support fuels every report, every call, every win.
✅ YES — I want more local wins
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Thank you — you make this possible.

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🧱 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 — 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐, 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝟏
“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐂𝐏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧”

We’re shifting focus to what’s driving this global-local policy shift.

🧾 Page 3 of the PCP Joining Resolution includes a “Supporting Rationale” — a list of alarming climate claims used to justify why your town should sign onto a 10+ year emissions tracking and policy program.

But is it science — or narrative?

This new section of the Mini Paris Accord series breaks down that rationale, one paragraph at a time, and asks:

🔍 Is it accurate?
🔍 Is it constitutional?
🔍 Is it enough to justify global policy embedding into your local council?

📖 Read the kickoff article →open.substack.com/pub/kiclei/p/the-ideology-behind…

#𝐊𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐈 #𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 #𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 #𝐅𝐂𝐌𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥 #𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐭𝐲

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🧠 "When you turn it on, it works."
Senator Gerard Rennick lays out the clear case for 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 — and why endless spending on "unreliables" like wind and solar just isn't adding up.

💥 Reliable, dispatchable, scalable — nuclear is real energy for a functioning economy.
🚫 Billions spent. Zero return. It's time to stop praying for sunshine and start demanding accountability.

🎥 Watch and share:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4rTz...

🛑 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐭-𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬.
✅ Let's return to energy security, local control, and real options.

#EnergySecurity #NuclearPower #LocalGovernance #StopNetZero

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🚨 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟, 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 — 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬.

ICLEI Canada’s “Leadership & Legacy” handbook is making its rounds in municipal offices across the country. It may look helpful — but it’s quietly promoting the global net-zero agenda at your expense.

🛑 None of it is mandatory.
💰 All of it costs money.
📉 And it’s not your jurisdiction.

This “guide” is a playbook for shifting international climate policy onto small-town councils and local taxpayers. Read our full breakdown here:

👉 kiclei.substack.com/p/icleis-leadership-and-legacy…

🗣 What do you see happening in your municipality? Let’s expose the cost, the scope, and the truth.

#LocalismOverGlobalism #KICLEI #MunicipalMatters #Agenda2030

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🧱 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 — 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝟓
“𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐫. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.”

On page 3 of the PCP resolution, a clause quietly appoints:

📌 One municipal staff person
📌 One elected councillor

…to oversee the full PCP program and act as liaisons with FCM and ICLEI Canada.

The result?
💼 Global planning templates integrated into local policy
🧾 Council votes moved by insiders, not residents
🧩 Identical programs across towns — with no local mandate

We've seen it again and again:
One councillor trained in the talking points
One staff member managing the reports
Same language. Same plans. Same networks.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 — 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐲.

📖 Read Article 5 →open.substack.com/pub/kiclei/p/local-agents-of-a-g…

#𝐊𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐈 #𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 #𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 #𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 #𝐏𝐂𝐏𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦

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🧭 What happened to local governance?

Municipalities across Canada are being handed cookie-cutter climate plans based on UN recommendations, not community needs. Every region—whether mountain, prairie, forest, or urban—is expected to follow the same “5-step” formula. That’s not localism. That’s outsourcing policy.

⚠️ Most councils don’t realize:
📋 One resolution…
🤝 One staff liaison…
📦 And suddenly, the local plan is just a template from ICLEI and the FCM.

🌱 But there are alternatives:
📘 Report: Practical Alternatives to Global Sustainability Programs
by Margaret Hope Braun, KICLEI Canada
kiclei.substack.com/p/practical-alternatives-to-gl…

🎥 Full interview on The Shadoe Davis Show:
youtube.com/live/nQrqeBssQlw?si=i1YyVRH7vtFqcX4w

#KICLEI #Localism #StopICLEI #FCMWithdrawal #MunicipalAutonomy #CdnPoli #ClimatePolicy #Grassroots #PracticalAlternatives

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🛎️ KICLEI Zoom Reminder!
Join us Monday, June 30 at 7pm EST for our next national Zoom call.

We'll be discussing new FCM withdrawals, local campaigns, and how to push back on global climate mandates at the municipal level.

📍 Register here: www.kiclei.ca/zoom
🙋‍♀️ Want to get involved? www.kiclei.ca/join-us


See you Monday! 🇨🇦

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🧱 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 — 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝟑
“𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐭” & 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞-𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐏𝐂𝐏 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤
The FCM–ICLEI Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program encourages towns to pass a resolution — often with little public input.

📊 What starts as a five-step guide becomes a framework for:
📉 Net-zero targets
💰 Climate spending & carbon credits
🛠 Major infrastructure and policy changes
🔁 Ongoing data reporting cycles

Municipalities may mean well — but these decisions are significant, and should be made with transparency, cost review, and public understanding.

📖 Read the full breakdown → kiclei.substack.com/p/everyones-doing-it-and-the-f…
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#𝐊𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐈 #𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 #𝐏𝐂𝐏𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 #𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲

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💸 It starts off free… until it isn’t.

The Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program is pitched as cost-free, voluntary, and evidence-based. But in practice, it operates like a classic freemium scam:

🎁 Sign up for free

📊 Invest time and money collecting data

🎯 Commit to targets you don’t understand

💰 Discover the real cost—after it’s too late to back out

Once councils set a target and begin implementation, they’re locked in—not by law, but by embarrassment. No one wants to admit they were misled.

🔎 Read the breakdown:
📘 How Municipalities Are Being Scammed by the Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) Program
kiclei.substack.com/p/how-municipalities-are-being…

🎥 Watch the full interview with Maggie Braun on The Shadoe Davis Show:
youtube.com/live/nQrqeBssQlw?si=i1YyVRH7vtFqcX4w

#KICLEI #PCPScam #StopICLEI #FCMWithdrawal #Localism #MunicipalFinance #FreemiumTrap #CdnPoli #ClimateAccountability

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