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International teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is in Vancouver today to speak to a crowd of thousands at a post federal election climate strike.

The 16-year-old from Sweden delivered remarks from the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery following a march around the city’s downtown core.

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This demonstration is organized by Sustainabiliteens, the Vancouver youth group that has been staging Fridays for Future rallies inspired by Thunberg, who began going on strike from school on Fridays to protest government inaction to deal with the climate crisis.

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Greta Thunberg delivered a speech from the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery Friday afternoon, saying those in power must understand what they are doing to future generations, and that they must work to ensure their children have a safe future.

“But they are not doing that,” she told thousands of peopleattending a climate rally in Vancouver on Friday. “As it is now, itfeels like they are doing the opposite.”