David Suzuki is joining the fight to stop a road from being build through a Surrey park.
The well-known enviromentalist will be the featured guest of a rally next month organized by a group called 91裸聊视频淪ave Hawthorne Park.91裸聊视频�
After delivering a 5,000-name petition to city council last month, opponents were given until Sept. 22 to collect more than 30,000 names in order to halt the project.
Suzuki is set to speak to the importance of environmental rights, as well as the council91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渇ailure to live up to its commitments to the Blue Dot movement,91裸聊视频� a release states.
The city last year recognizing residents91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淩ight to a Healthy Environment91裸聊视频� after hearing from the Surrey Blue Dot group the previous summer.
Led by the David Suzuki Foundation, the is a national effort to amend the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to include the right to a healthy environment. The group focuses on getting municipalities to pass declarations respecting the right of their citizens to live in a healthy environment.
Grant Rice with 91裸聊视频淪ave Hawthorne Park91裸聊视频� said he could 91裸聊视频渄raw up a better plan on the back of a napkin in 15 minutes91裸聊视频� than what the city is proposing.
91裸聊视频淎nd despite what the Mayor says, this is not just about Hawthorne Park,91裸聊视频� Rice added. 91裸聊视频淚f council is successful in using the AAP to remove park dedications, it can do it anywhere. If all of Surrey doesn91裸聊视频檛 send a strong message to council and sign these forms, we91裸聊视频檝e not only lost the battle 91裸聊视频� we91裸聊视频檝e lost the war.91裸聊视频�
The group claims the Alternate Approval Process being used in Hawthorne Park contradicts the city91裸聊视频檚 commitment to the environment.
Mayor Linda Hepner last month defended the project in a , saying there has been misinformation.
Since a meeting in June to collect information from the public, the city says it has made changes to the proposal.
