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On the same day Greta Thunberg made landfall in New York City after a 15-day, emissions-free, trans-Atlantic voyage on a solar-powered racing yacht, Montreal climate activists revealed they have already extended an official invitation to the teenage environmental icon to participate in a major protest here on Sept. 27.

La Planète s’invite au parlement issued a press release announcing the possibility while the Facebook page of the Quebec chapter of Extinction Rebellion, a group that espouses peaceful civil disobedience, expressed the same hope.

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Thunberg is a Swedish schoolgirl who ignited a youth-driven global movement demanding urgent action to fight the climate crisis — a phenomenon that has resonated strongly in Montreal.

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“She’s very conscious that Montreal is a major hotbed of activity in the fight against climate change,” said François Geoffroy, co-founder and spokesperson for La Planète s’invite au parlement, one of the groups planning the march.