Today, two supporters of Last Generation Canada disrupted Montreal’s Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau International Airport by  throwing washable pink paint at the departures area and got arrested.  The action followed yesterday’s disruption at the airport, where  supporters blocked access to the departures area and glued their hands  to the road.

The actions are part of Oil Kills, an international uprising in support of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, with simultaneous actions happening across North America and Europe. This morning,  supporters of Letzte Generation gained access to the airfield at  Frankfurt Airport and suspended air traffic, while supporters of Folk  Mot Fossilmakta and Scientist Rebellion Norway blocked a check-in lane at Oslo’s airport.

Last Generation Canada is  demanding that the government sign a legally binding treaty to stop  extracting and burning oil, gas and coal by 2030, as well as supporting  and financing other countries to make a fast, fair, and just transition.  They’re also calling on the government to create a permanent national  firefighting agency that employs 50,000 full-time firefighters and a  citizens’ assembly with legally binding power to decide how to tackle  the climate and ecological crisis.

Starting at around 6pm ET, two  supporters of Last Generation Canada painted the windows and the doors  into Montreal’s international airport departures area pink, and then  were arrested.

Last Generation Canada uses  non-destructive, non-violent civil disobedience tactics. As a result, no  passengers or airport property were put at risk during the action.

When asked what compelled them  to take action today, Seph Marshall, 25, a graduate student at McGill  University, and Amalie Frehner, 29, a programmer, had this to say:

As I sit here, the town and park of Jasper are burning to the ground. I'm  taking action because I can no longer wait, hoping for our government to  act in the best interest of its people. The continued extraction of oil  and gas for profit is not compatible with a livable future. We need to  listen to the science, beginning with an endorsement of a fossil fuel  non-proliferation treaty that phases out fossil fuels and ensures a fair  and just transition. - Seph Marshall

We  need to take the climate crisis seriously. I can't sit idly by and wait  for the next election to convey the urgency of the matter. -Amalie Frehner

The action comes as Jasper  burns, and there are hundreds of active wildfires across British  Columbia and Alberta. It also follows major flooding last week in  Toronto, which caused widespread disruption, and confirmation that  Sunday and Monday were the two hottest days in recorded history. Experts  say continuing to pump fossil fuels into the atmosphere ensures extreme, unnatural weather events like these will increase in severity  and frequency.

It’s clear – governments and  fossil fuel companies are waging war on humanity. Continuing to extract  and burn oil, gas and coal will kill millions of innocent people and  destroy whole nations. We have to stop them. Join the international  uprising taking nonviolent collective action to defend humanity. We  refuse to die for fossil fuels and we refuse to stand by while millions  are murdered. Our governments must sign a Fossil Fuel Treaty. We ask  everyone to join us in the resistance. We have a plan. Are you in? Sign  up for action/ Donate link here.