First-Ever Seniors’ Climate Witness Caravan🚐🚙🚗

Dear Friends you are invited to please make some time in your morning on September 11th to come out and show your support for this inspiring journey across Canada. If Alberta can give them a strong send off, the caravan will surely gain momentum as they drive across Canada. See you there! Rob The Caravan gets ready to leave the Confluence at 9:00 am Sept. 11, 2026 to continue the journey to Ottawa
WHO: The first-ever electric vehicle caravan of seniors, the Seniors’ Climate Witness Caravan, is travelling to Ottawa to send the message to government that we need to take action on the climate crisis now. Fund our future, not pipelines!
WHAT: There is a public send off by Calgarians for the six electric vehicles that left Mile Zero in Victoria on September 8, beginning the 11-day trek across the country. The gathering at the confluence will be a chance for the seniors on the caravan to listen to Albertans’ stories about how they have been impacted by the changing climate. These stories will be part of the Seniors Climate Witness presentation to government. The caravan will be joined by others from cities and towns as they travel across Canada, with stops in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. People from Quebec and the Maritimes will join the Seniors Climate Witness in Ottawa.
WHERE: The Confluence Park 750 9 Avenue SE Calgary,
WHEN: Friday September 11th 9:00 am
We are still looking for a few people to billet our caravan members on Thursday 10th Sept! If you can help, please contact Bill Darnell at [billygdarnell@gmail.com](mailto:billygdarnell@gmail.com)
WHY: Seniors’ Climate Witness is bringing together seniors, people of faith and allies from across Canada to call on the federal government to invest in clean energy
and climate resilience — not new fossil-fuel pipelines — and respect Indigenous rights. Caravans from the east and west coasts will converge on Ottawa September 19th for a week of public witness and nonviolent action as Parliament reconvenes.
For more information, including the caravan itinerary, go to: Seniors Climate Witness
To get more involved, go to: Information sign-up form / Formulaire d'inscription: Seniors' Climate Witness (Ottawa, September 19-24, 2026) / Les Aînés, Témoins du Climat (Ottawa, 19-24 Septembre 2026)
To donate, go to: Fundraiser by SCW Seniors' Climate Witness : Seniors' Climate Witness and Caravan Contact: Michael Polanyi, 416 712- 6573, [michaelfdpolanyi@gmail.com](mailto:michaelfdpolanyi@gmail.com)
Quotes from caravan participants:
Michael Polanyi (Seniors’ Climate Witness): “We’re travelling across Canada in the first-
ever seniors’ climate caravan because our generation has a responsibility to leave our
children and grand-children a safer world—not more pipelines and a hotter planet. We’re
asking our leaders to invest in good jobs and a safe future—not in the burning of fossil
fuels that will cause even more devastating heat and wildfires.”[michaelfdpolanyi@gmail.com](mailto:michaelfdpolanyi@gmail.com)
Amalia Schelhorn (Red Rebels Victoria, Seniors for Climate Victoria): “These pipelines,
subsidized to the tune of $80B, represent the biggest wealth transfer in our history from
ordinary citizens to the already wealthy.” 250-508-8855 [redrebelsvictoria@gmail.com](mailto:redrebelsvictoria@gmail.com)
**Richard Demontigny (**Seniors for Climate Victoria, Oak Bay United Church): “We need to reverse growing inequity and building pipelines does the opposite of that” 236-882-3753
[rp.demontigny@gmail.com](mailto:rp.demontigny@gmail.com)