Get ready Canada. There is a new convoy en route to Ottawa with a message for Prime Minister Mark Carney. Its message goes something like this: stop investing in fossil fuels immediately, decarbonize our economy and remake Canada as a clean technology leader.
Instead of middle-aged white folks piloting diesel trucks, this convoy — or caravan, as they call it — is composed of seniors driving electric vehicles. Their demeanour is definitely less menacing than the nasty “Freedom Convoy” crowd that blockaded Ottawa during the pandemic to protest lockdowns and vaccine mandates. But don’t mistake their relative peacefulness for passivity: their dismay and anger over plans for another oil pipeline, new LNG projects and coal mines is palpable.
