{"id":1244,"date":"2018-01-29T17:48:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T17:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2018-02-02T17:49:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T17:49:01","slug":"feb-3rd-day-of-action-to-standupforparks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/feb-3rd-day-of-action-to-standupforparks\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb 3rd &#8211; Day of Action to #StandUpForParks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/26685262_1574951912542326_6076596100026184729_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1245 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/26685262_1574951912542326_6076596100026184729_o-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/26685262_1574951912542326_6076596100026184729_o-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/26685262_1574951912542326_6076596100026184729_o-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/26685262_1574951912542326_6076596100026184729_o-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/26685262_1574951912542326_6076596100026184729_o.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With British Columbia\u2019s Budget 2018 just around the corner, it\u2019s once again time to put our provincial parks in the spotlight. That\u2019s why the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.cyberimpact.com\/click-tracking?ct=RtuMNtUcUw4zMUx7csH5CIoQYDGhZi8EO93E7BFPGLxO-TVJtocIlxSburX5x58HrSafUCsW7mY1uHw007v7tg~~\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society &#8211; BC Chapter (CPAWS BC)<\/a> is organizing a province-wide day of action to stand up for BC Parks. On Feb 3rd, join CPAWS and countless others from around the province and call on the government to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Increase base funding for BC Parks to $60 million per year<\/li>\n<li>Continue annual increases to eventually match levels of leading Canadian parks agencies, like Parks Canada and Alberta Parks<\/li>\n<li>Increase the number of Park Rangers to match pre-2000 staffing levels, at a minimum<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There are many ways to get involved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sign the online petition<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/app.cyberimpact.com\/click-tracking?ct=iI4MoNW2Y-fBmP8FqFmzmRiAP74OQ7ehklJtuX5sVe0ipnaPPS7Vvfea3OJ0qDArgRrqxv_0FVI-tjQaxdP64Q~~\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Show your support<\/a> for increased funding with just a few clicks<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spread the word<\/strong> &#8211; Whether you\u2019re sharing photos, videos, or words of support, don\u2019t forget to tag your posts with #StandUpForParks<\/li>\n<li><strong>Join or host an event<\/strong> &#8211; Join the #StandUpForParks <a href=\"https:\/\/app.cyberimpact.com\/click-tracking?ct=p02KlYB18vMhAJwHYMlAQF_HE1MFA9YtsbOAmv2lHWMPWNkCOqpCv91FYT98h9QpyZN2wv0lXsn51H3oi51MHQ~~\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook page<\/a> to learn about planned events around the province, or <a href=\"https:\/\/app.cyberimpact.com\/click-tracking?ct=li7UGxAp_mOzodFHFM3qyWDq-c_3HusujeAOKaolX3FKYjgzlmIyl2WOCNtemaMrLY7w5RK0kXj2PljHvJTUvg~~\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">create one of your own<\/a>. If you\u2019re in the Vancouver area, you can join the CPAWS BC team in Cypress Provincial Park.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get in touch with your local government representative or other key decision makers<\/strong> &#8211; Call, tweet, or write them a letter that shows why you support BC\u2019s Parks (and why they should too!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more details on how to help #StandUpForParks, check out CPAWS BC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/app.cyberimpact.com\/click-tracking?ct=M_bwcRtj7dHUlxS6DIG1UzAGGirCJ9MMcGGsU0YAr4WufXK1a_TLP4mDYYmQnjymYgRo9cPvPkgesdab1iOl_Q~~\">handy toolkit<\/a>. Thanks for your support!<\/p>\n<p>You can take action and sign the petition to support BC Parks by clicking on the following link:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/e-activist.com\/ea-action\/action?ea.client.id=1996&amp;ea.campaign.id=72666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/e-activist.com\/ea-action\/action?ea.client.id=1996&amp;ea.campaign.id=72666<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With British Columbia\u2019s Budget 2018 just around the corner, it\u2019s once again time to put our provincial parks in the spotlight. That\u2019s why the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society &#8211; BC Chapter (CPAWS BC) is organizing a province-wide day of action to stand up for BC Parks. On Feb 3rd, join CPAWS and countless others from around the province and call on the government to:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[412],"tags":[485,486,484,487],"class_list":["post-1244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-events","tag-do-your-part","tag-explore-bc","tag-stand-up-for-bc-parks","tag-tourism-bc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1247,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions\/1247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownrealestate.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}