Advocacy - Summer Camp 2021

In this time of uncertainty, advocacy for camps has become very important. The mandate for CCI/Canada around advocacy involves education, research, liaison with the Provincial Camping Associations, and informing camps of what they can do to help the process.
 
 
 
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR CAMP
Email your Premier, your MLA, your MP, your Health Minister and/or your Business Response Team that we need overnight camps open this summer.
CC your email to office@cci-canada.ca and to your Provincial Camping Association to indicate that we are all working together.

 

Who can help us advocate for the future of camp? Camp staff, summer staff, alumni, campers, parents, board members, camp volunteers, teachers, local businesses, ANYONE WHO LOVES CAMP!

 

WHAT YOU SHOULD INCLUDE IN YOUR EMAIL 

  1. Who you are and where you live
    • If you are a camper, add your age or where you go to school  If you are a parent, share the ages of your children.
  2. Why Camp Matters: Write why overnight camp is important to you.
    • Be to the point, firm and direct. Do not worry about it being lengthy, use your own words – this will come across as authentic. Speak from the heart.
  3. Ask: Asking our provincial governments to lift Public Health Orders restricting overnight camps from running.
    • Ask the government to provide summer overnight camps with the green light to run this summer and for guidelines so we can plan for the details.
    • Write with kindness and consideration.
  4. End with a request for followup: As you end your email, indicate "I look forward to hearing from you on this matter" or something that indicates you wish a response.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

MP's - Find your MP information https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search

PREMIER - Find your Premier's information https://www.canadaspremiers.ca/contact-a-premier/

MLA's - Find your MLA information

BC - https://www.leg.bc.ca/content-committees/Pages/MLA-Contact-Information.aspx
Alberta - https://www.assembly.ab.ca/members/members-of-the-legislative-assembly
Saskatchewan - https://www.legassembly.sk.ca/mlas/mla-contact-information/
Manitoba - https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/mla_list_alphabetical.html
Ontario - https://www.ola.org/en/members/current
Quebec - http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/index.html
Nova Scotia - https://nslegislature.ca/members/profiles/contact
New Brunswick - https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/contacts/MLAReport.html
Newfoundland - https://www.assembly.nl.ca/members/members.aspx
PEI - https://www.assembly.pe.ca/members
Yukon - https://yukonassembly.ca/mlas
Northwest Territories - https://www.ntassembly.ca/members
Nunavit - https://assembly.nu.ca/members/mla