“This action demonstrates personal responsibility - and calls on our political leaders to help us take responsibility as Canadians together - to meet the defining moral challenge of our generation."
Mardi Tindal, Immediate Past Moderator, The United Church of Canada
"Climate change is preeminently a moral issue, and this fast is a noble response to that challenge; let us hope that it will move the Canadian government, since they are in a key position in this fight."
Bill McKibben 350.org
Author and filmmaker Bonnie Sher Klein has endorsed the fast
Ronald Wright the author of ‘A Short History of Progress’
Michael Byers has added his support
Judy Rebick urges her contacts to pledge on-line support
Singer-songwiter Raffi Cool It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqGp_Bd0tsE "Come governments & CEOs, hear the peoples call don’t leave your engines idle, there’s no time to stall, we need to cool it, cool this planet down”.
Endorsing organizations include Lead Now, Ottawa Raging Grannies, and Physicians for Global Survival, Sierra Club, Council of Canadians, and Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
NDP MPs Megan Leslie and Linda Duncan stopped by on day four to lend their support to the fasters
"May this fast and witness by dedicated grassroots activists on Parliament Hill inspire real political leadership for climate justice in this country by making the essential transition from our dependence on big oil to a renewable energy future for our children and grandchildren." Tony Clarke --- author, activist and director of the Polaris Institute.
"Keep it up, guys!" - Paul Beckwith
Maude Barlow of the Council of Canadians
"There is a willful blindness on the part of our government that deliberately ignores the threat of climate change for all Canadians. Canada, of all industrialized nations, is at greatest risk of climate change's catastrophic consequences for our melting Arctic regions, rising marine waters along our coasts, climate dependent resources like agriculture, forestry, fisheries, tourism and winter sports, and our economic future. Thank you for putting yourselves on the line to call for action of our government." David Suzuki