SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

Thousands of people mobilized for people, for peace, and for the planet in 70+ communities from coast to coast to coast.

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ON SEPTEMBER 20th WE DREW THE LINE

Tens of thousands of people mobilized to send a clear message to the Carney government. We refuse to stand by as our government and Canada's richest corporations hoard wealth, gut our public services, fuel climate collapse, attack migrants, exploit Indigenous lands, and prop up a genocide in Palestine.

They think that if they can overwhelm and divide us, we won't fight back. But climate justice, migrant justice, economic justice, Indigenous rights, and anti-war movements united to prove them wrong.

On Saturday, September 20th, we sent a powerful, united message for People. For Peace. For the Planet.

From rallies and marches to teach-ins and gatherings, 70+ communities mobilized across the country to demand that Prime Minister Carney and the Canadian government take action for a just and safe future for all of us. Read our full demands below.

This world is ours to build. This is our line to draw. We’re just getting started.

Check out the photo highlights below and this album of photos from coast to coast.

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DEMANDS
Put people over corporate profit. Fund our families and communities.

Most of us can't make ends meet - wages are low, rent is sky-high, groceries are unaffordable. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Carney has ordered a 15% cut to our public services while billionaires and corporations get richer off our suffering. Corporate elites attack the working class, particularly Black, Indigenous and racialized people, women, migrants, disabled, queer and trans people, and the unemployed. This isn't an accident - it's corporate rule designed to extract wealth from working people. We refuse to accept poverty while the wealthy hoard billions. We call on the federal government to tax the ultra-rich, end corporate subsidies, and invest in the affordable housing, food, healthcare, transit, education, arts and culture, public services and good jobs that our communities need to thrive.

Refuse ongoing colonialism. Uphold Indigenous Sovereignty.

Canada is founded on settler colonialism and the exploitation of Indigenous peoples. Canada continues to enforce colonial violence through Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people, mass incarceration, child-welfare systems, the underfunding of services, and destructive development across Indigenous lands. The same government claiming reconciliation criminalizes land defenders, violates the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent, and prioritizes corporate profit over Indigenous rights. Indigenous worldviews offer brilliant solutions and knowledge for the world we all deserve. We refuse colonial violence and demand radical transformation away from capitalist systems, justice for MMIWG2S, the return of land to its rightful titleholders, and funding for Indigenous housing, languages, land-based economies, and Indigenous-led climate solutions. Land Back Now!

Stop blaming migrants. Demand full immigration status for all now!

Denied permanent status, migrants who grow food, build communities, and care for the sick face exploitation, wage theft and exclusion from services. Corporate elites scapegoat migrants to hide the real culprits: landlords, grocery monopolies, and bank CEOs profiting off our misery. Anti-migrant policies now threaten 1.2 million people with permit cancellation and deportation in 2025. Bill C-2 gives the government Trump-style powers to cancel permits en masse and reject refugees. Refuse to accept this division. Demand permanent resident status for all migrants.

End the war machine. Stand for justice and peace.

Canada is joining the global arms race and massively increasing its military spending alongside NATO partners while cutting funding from healthcare, housing, and public services. Canada is arming Israel's genocide in Palestine and fueling global conflicts that enrich weapons manufacturers like Lockheed Martin. We refuse to let war profiteers prosper while people suffer. We demand an immediate two-way arms embargo on Israel, cancelling Canada's plans to balloon its military budget, and a foreign policy based on diplomacy and peace-building.

End the era of fossil fuels. Protect Mother Earth.

Our planet is burning while fossil fuel companies rake in record profits and Prime Minister Carney greenlights new oil and gas projects. Canada is subsidizing corporate polluters while communities face floods, fires, and extreme weather. Trapped in debt and least responsible for emissions, the Global South suffers most from climate impacts, with millions displaced. We refuse to let Big Oil cook the planet while people suffer. We call for an end to the fossil fuel era and a just transition to a 100% renewable energy economy that puts workers, Indigenous peoples, and frontline communities first. We demand Canada end all fossil fuel subsidies, kick fossil fuel companies and their lobbyists out of politics, make polluters pay, invest in a Youth Climate Corps and publicly-owned East-West electricity grid, and do its fair share globally by cancelling unjust debt and funding climate solutions in the Global South with grants, not loans.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What's Draw the Line?

Draw the Line is a cross-country Day of Action taking place on September 20th in communities across Canada to resist Prime Minister Mark Carney's anti-migrant, anti-Indigenous, and fossil fuel-driven policies. The Day of Action coincides with a global week of action calling for climate and economic justice worldwide.

Why are we mobilizing?

Only months into his mandate, Prime Minister Carney is fast-tracking a billionaires-first agenda - promoting pipelines as "nation-building projects," attacking migrants and refugees while scapegoating them, trampling Indigenous rights, gutting public services, oversight and democratic process, and pouring billions of public dollars into militarism and surveillance. Carney is appeasing Donald Trump, slashing our public services, and pandering to corporate interests. If Bill C-2 and C-5 are any indication of what's to come under a Carney government, we have our work cut out for us. Draw the Line is an opportunity for us to build a historic alliance to fight back, and form coalitions that can continue to build beyond September 20th.

Why September 2025?

We are mobilizing five days after Parliament resumes and before the federal budget is tabled to send a clear message to Prime Minister Mark Carney that we are uniting from coast-to-coast to fight back against his harmful agenda and for a more just and equitable future for all of us.

How can I organize an action?

Fill in this form. We will then send you more information via email, and connect you with one of our regional organizers.

What support will I get for organizing an action?

We will provide you with toolkits, resources, visuals, and ongoing training opportunities to support you in your action planning! We will also put you in touch with partners and other event hosts in your region.

What will actions look like?

In Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver and other major cities across the country, thousands will march and rally to draw the line against injustice. In small towns and rural communities, hundreds will gather for rallies, community gatherings, and creative artistic actions drawing a line against harmful policies and for the world we deserve. We will soon release a toolkit with more action ideas and guidance, encouraging local alliance building. Unified visuals, coordinated messaging, and powerful cross-sectoral organizing will tie these actions together from coast-to-coast with action hosts receiving resources, training, toolkits and support.

I don't want to organize an action. How can I join one?

No worries! Check out the map to find the action closest to you and sign up here to get updates directly in your inbox!

Who’s organizing Draw the Line?

​Draw the Line is a cross-sectoral effort initiated and co-convened by 350 Canada, Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac), Migrant Rights Network, Seniors for Climate, Indigenous Climate Action, Sacred Earth Solar, World Beyond War Canada, and many other organizations from across so-called Canada. We are building a historic mobilization, uniting to rise to this moment and invite everyone that believes in justice and a liveable future to join us. Please fill out this form if your organization would like to endorse the mobilization and get involved.

What happens after September 20th?

This is more than a single mobilization. It is an invitation to community groups and social movements across the country to unite, to learn from each other, and to form and strengthen coalitions that will continue to build beyond September 20th.

Partners

  • Seniors for Climate
  • Migrant Rights Network
  • Indigenous Climate Action
  • Sacred Earth Solar
  • Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)
  • 350.org
  • World Beyond War Canada
  • For Our Kids
  • Leadnow
  • Climate Reality Project Canada
  • Climate Emergency Unit
  • Greenpeace Canada
  • Music Declares Emergency
  • Council of Canadians

Endorsing Organizations

Whether you're part of a local or national organization, you can show your support for the Draw the Line mobilization by filling out this short endorsement form. We’ll keep updating this list of endorsing organizations as our coalition grows.

  • 230 Fightback
  • 350 Kingston
  • 350 Maritimes
  • 350.org
  • 50by30Niagara
  • 8th Fire Rising
  • Aamjiwnaang & Sarnia Against Pipelines
  • Abortion Rights Coalition Canada
  • Accessible Housing Network
  • Afro-Canadian Positive Network of BC
  • Alberta Federation of Labour
  • Al Huda Institute Canada
  • All Peoples Fighting Oppression
  • Alliance for BC Students
  • Asian Canadian Labour Alliance in BC
  • Association générale étudiante du campus à Rimouski de l’UQAR (AGECAR)
  • Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI)
  • Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network
  • Avalon/NL chapter, Council of Canadians
  • Bathurst Street United Church
  • BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
  • Black Lives Matter–Canada
  • Black Women Lead Canada
  • Blue Community London
  • Between the Lines
  • Biblioterre
  • Biodiversity and Climate Action Collective Niagara
  • Brampton4Palestine
  • Brave4Palestine
  • Burlington4Palestine
  • CAFES Ottawa (Community Action for Environmental Sustainability)
  • Calgary Climate Hub
  • Calgary Justice for Palestinians (JFP)
  • Calgary Social Workers for Social Justice
  • Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights
  • Canada-Wide Peace & Justice Network (CWPJN)
  • Canadabkeh
  • Canadian Animation Guild - IATSE Local 938
  • Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
  • Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment-Ontario Regional Committee
  • Canadian Association of Professional Employees
  • Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment
  • Canadian BDS Coalition and International BDS Allies
  • Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario
  • Canadian Friends Service Committee
  • Canadian Interfaith Fast For the Climate
  • Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability
  • Canadian Union of Public Employees
  • Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3903
  • Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME)
  • Caregiver Connections and Support Organization
  • Carleton Public Interest Research Group
  • Carrefour d'éducation populaire de Pointe-Saint-Charles
  • Ceasefire NOW Nipissing
  • Centre for Climate Justice, UBC
  • Change Course
  • Chase Environmental Action Society
  • Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter
  • Christians for a Free Palestine: Toronto
  • Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ)
  • Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada
  • Clean Air Partnership
  • Clearview Sustainability Network
  • Climate Action for Lifelong Learners (CALL)
  • Climate Action Haldimand-Norfolk
  • Climate Action Team Manitoba
  • Climate change Task Force
  • Climate Emergency Unit
  • Climate For Palestine (Toronto)
  • Climate Fresk
  • Climate Hearth | Le foyer environnemental
  • Climate Hope Lab
  • Climate Justice Durham
  • Climate Justice Ecosystem
  • Climate Justice Edmonton
  • Climate Justice Organizing Hub
  • Climate Justice Saskatoon
  • Climate Justice Toronto
  • Climate Justice UBC
  • Climate Justice Victoria
  • Climate Literacy Project
  • Climate Reality Project Canada
  • ClimateFast
  • Coalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick (CRED-NB)
  • CODEPINK Ontario
  • Collectif Oréade
  • Common Frontiers
  • Common Horizon / Horizon commun
  • Common Horizon Commun Edmonton
  • Common Horizon Vancouver
  • Community Peacemaker Teams
  • Communities Protecting Our Coast
  • Comox Valley for Palestine
  • Conscience Canada
  • Council of Canadians
  • Council of Canadians Edmonton Chapter
  • Council of Canadians, Kawartha Chapter
  • Council of Canadians Fredericton Chapter
  • Council of Canadians Ottawa Chapter
  • Council of Canadians, Regina chapter
  • Council of Canadians, South Okanagan Chapter
  • Council of Canadians, Winnipeg chapter
  • Cowichan Climate Hub
  • Creatively United for the Planet Society
  • Creators4Humanity.org
  • CUPE 2278
  • CUPE 2626
  • CUPE 3903
  • Dartmouth Chapter - ACORN
  • David Suzuki Foundation
  • Decent Work and Health Network
  • Decolonial Solidarity
  • Denman Islanders 4 Climate Action & Social Justice
  • Dignidad Migrante Society
  • Diocesan Environment Network, Anglican Diocese of NS & PEI
  • Disability Justice Network of Ontario
  • Dixie Bloor Neighbourhood Centre (DBNC)
  • Doctors for Planetary Health - West Coast
  • Dogwood
  • Durham Region Labour Council
  • Eastern Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
  • Echo Ecological
  • Ecology Action Centre
  • Edmonton Transit Riders
  • Edmonton Youth for Climate
  • Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition
  • Elementary Teachers of Toronto
  • Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO)
  • eMERGE Guelph Sustainability
  • Encampment Solidarity - STC
  • Engineered Bodies Strength & Conditioning
  • Environmental Defence Canada
  • Environmental Leadership Canada
  • Eviance
  • Familia Migrante Latino (FAM)
  • Fédération des femmes du Québec
  • Food Not Bombs NDG
  • For Our Grandchildren
  • For Our Kids
  • For Our Kids Alberta
  • For Our Kids Burnaby
  • For Our Kids Toronto
  • Force of Nature Alliance
  • Forest City Solidarity Committee
  • Fridays for Future Ottawa
  • Fridays For Future Toronto
  • Friends of Clayoquot Sound
  • Friends of Medicare
  • Freedom for Palestine - Unama'ki/Cape Breton
  • Gaza Sunbirds - Great Ride of Return Canada
  • Gazan Canadian League
  • Global Peace Alliance BC Society
  • Global Sunrise Project
  • Graduate Student Society at Simon Fraser University Executive Committee
  • Grand(m)others Act to Save the Planet (GASP)
  • Grandmothers Advocacy Network
  • Greater Toronto Health Coalition
  • Green 13
  • Green Majority Radio
  • Green Thumbs Growing Kids
  • Green Ummah
  • Green Nova Scotia First
  • Greenpeace Canada
  • Greenspiration
  • Grey Highlands Climate Action Group
  • Groupe de recherche et de formation sur la pauvreté au Québec (GRFPQ)
  • Halton Hills Climate Action
  • Healthy YEG
  • HIV Legal Network
  • Horizon Ottawa
  • IfNotNow Toronto
  • Independent Jewish Voices - New Brunswick
  • Independent Jewish Voices Canada
  • Independent Jewish Voices Vancouver
  • Indigenous Climate Action
  • Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Group
  • Indivisible Vancouver
  • International Migrants Alliance - Canada Chapter
  • International Socialists - London
  • International Socialists - Nogojiwanong/ Peterborough Branch
  • International Socialists Canada
  • Jane Finch Action Against Poverty (JFAAP)
  • Japanese Canadians for Social Justice
  • Jellyfish Project
  • Jews for Tikkun Olam
  • Just Futures Kingston
  • Just Peace Advocates/Mouvement Pour Une Paix Juste
  • Justice for Workers
  • Justice for Workers Guelph
  • KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
  • Kwentong Bayan Collective
  • Labour 4 Palestine: Ontario Education Workers
  • Labour for Palestine Ottawa
  • Lac du Bonnet and Area Seniors for Climiate Change
  • Last Generation Canada, Montreal chapter
  • Leading in Colour
  • Locals for a Greener Future
  • Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre
  • Mamas 4 Palestine
  • Maritimes Against Climate Change
  • Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network
  • marketcityTO
  • Meme Tees: messages of hope
  • Mental Health and Climate Change Alliance
  • Mères au front
  • Migrant Action Centre
  • Migrant Workers Alliance for Change
  • Migrant Workers Centre
  • Migrant students United Vancouver
  • Migrante Canada
  • Mining Injustice Solidarity Network
  • MiningWatch Canada
  • Mouvement Laudato Si' Movement - Canada
  • Music Declares Emergency Canada
  • My Sea to Sky
  • National Farmers Union
  • National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE)
  • Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation
  • Neighbours for Palestine: Waterloo Region
  • New Grocery Movement
  • NewMode
  • Niagara Movement School
  • Niagara Palestine Coalition
  • Nikitotegwak-Sherbrook Collectif Solidarité sans frontières
  • No More Silence
  • North American Climate, Conservation and Environment(NACCE)
  • North Shore 4 Palestine
  • Northwatch
  • Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace
  • OCAD Student Union
  • OCASI - Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
  • Occupy Earth
  • Our Liberation In Vegan Ethics or OLIVE Collective
  • On Canada Project
  • One Cowichan Community Education Society
  • Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign
  • Ontario Hong Kong Youth Action
  • Open Air Orchestra Society
  • Oxfam Canada
  • Palestinian Cultural Arts Collective
  • Palestine Solidarity Committee of Saint John
  • Palestine Solidarity Grey Bruce
  • Palestine Solidarity Network (PSN)
  • Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU)
  • Palestinian Youth Movement - Ottawa
  • Parents for Palestine (Vancouver)
  • Parents4climate
  • Parkdale Community Legal Services
  • Parkdale High Park for Palestine
  • Pax Christi Toronto
  • Peace Quest Cape Breton
  • Peaceful Society, Science and Innovation Foundation
  • Peel Palestinian Families
  • PEI 4 Palestine
  • Penticton for Palestine
  • Pesticide Free Edmonton
  • Peterborough & District Labour Council
  • People's Health Movement-Canada
  • Pivot2Peace (South Georgian Bay Chapter World Beyond War)
  • Plant Based Treaty
  • Policing-Free Schools (Canada)
  • Protect Our Winters Canada
  • Protect Our Water & Environmental Resources (P.O.W.E.R.)
  • PYM - Toronto chapter
  • qathet Chapter, Council of Canadians
  • qathet Climate Alliance
  • Qu'Appelle Valley Environmental Association
  • Rabbit Hole Roasters
  • Rama Okanagan
  • RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs)
  • Red Rebels Toronto
  • Regenerating Toronto
  • Regina Chapter, Council of Canadians
  • Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO)
  • Réseau d'action des femmes en santé et services sociaux
  • Resource Movement
  • Rising Tide Squamish
  • Rohingya Human Rights Network
  • Ryan's Hope
  • Sacred Earth Solar
  • Sanctuary Health
  • Saskatchewan Coalition for Sustainable Development
  • SCAN, Seniors for Climate Action Now
  • SCAN! Edmonton
  • Shake Up the Establishment
  • Scarborough Southwest For Palestine
  • Science for the People Ottawa
  • Scientist Rebellion Turtle Island
  • Seniors For Climate
  • Seniors For Climate Action Now! (SCAN!)
  • Seniors for Climate Action Now! Guelph
  • Seniors for Climate Halifax
  • Sex Professionals of Canada
  • Shake Up the Establishment
  • Show Up Toronto
  • Showing Up for Racial Justice Toronto (SURJ - TO)
  • Shuswap Climate Action Society
  • Simcoe County 4 Palestine
  • SFU 350
  • Socialist Action / Ligue pour l'Action socialiste
  • Socialist Alternative
  • Socialist Alternative youth
  • Sooke Transition Town Society
  • South Asian Women's and Immigrants' Services
  • South Asian Women's Rights Organization
  • South Shore Chapter of the Council of Canadians
  • SPEC Elders
  • Suzuki Elders
  • Spring Socialist Network
  • Stand.earth
  • Stop the Gaza Genocide (STGG)
  • Stjamestown Coop
  • StFX for Palestine
  • Student Christian Movement of Canada
  • Students for Good Jobs
  • Students for Migrant Justice
  • Sudbury Saturdays 4 Palestine
  • Sue Big Oil
  • SurDelRock4Palestine
  • SWAP Hamilton
  • Technologists for Democracy
  • The Canadian Palestinian Social Association (CPSA)
  • The United Church of Canada
  • Toronto Association for Peace and Solidarity
  • Toronto Centre for Palestine
  • Toronto East End Climate Collective (TEECC)
  • Toronto East Residents for Renewable Energy (TERRE)
  • Toronto Families 4 Palestine
  • Toronto Indigenous Harm Reduction
  • Toronto Jewish Families
  • Toronto Palestinian Families
  • Toronto350
  • Touch Grass Club
  • Transition Écologique Coalition for a Green New Deal
  • Transition Écologique La Pêche Coalition for a Green New Deal
  • TTCriders
  • UBC Graduate Student Society
  • United Steelworkers Toronto Area Council
  • University-Rosedale for Palestine
  • Unitarian Universalists of the Salish Sea
  • Vancouver Committee for Domestic Workers and Caregivers Rights (CDWCR)
  • Vancouver Tenants Union
  • Victoria Coolkit
  • Victoria Peace Coalition
  • Victoria Transit Riders Union
  • Vines Art Society
  • Vivimos Juntxs, Comemos Juntxs
  • Waste Free Edmonton
  • Welcome Collective / Le Collectif Bienvenue
  • West Coast Environmental Law Association
  • Weston 4 Palestine
  • Wilderness Committee
  • Wildseed Centre for Art & Activism
  • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom-Canada
  • Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network
  • Worker Solidarity Network
  • Workers' Action Centre
  • World Beyond War
  • Youth Climate Corps BC
  • Youth Climate Corps campaign, Montreal chapter

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This world is ours

Draw the Line is part of a wider series of global mobilizations to reclaim our world and demand system change that is taking place from June through to November: This World is Ours. Globally, peoples and communities are coming together to demand justice in the face of economic turmoil, ecological and climate catastrophe, political instability, vicious attacks on fundamental human rights, militarization, and, in places like Palestine and Sudan - genocide.

Find out more at thisworldisours.org

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