From injured workers to racialized communities, women to LGBTQ+ groups, protest has historically driven government action and policy towards social change. For many, protest is the only means by which they have access to key decision-makers.
Climate appears to be a non-issue in this federal campaign. However, the U.S. President's trade war with Canada drives the need to build a distinctive and resilient economy. The climate crisis and its domino effects compromise this resilience. It costs communities millions of dollars in damage from floods, fires and droughts. Will climate finance be forthcoming? What can adaptation and climate mitigation project owners expect?
Charities nationwide are helping mining exploration companies raise more money by promoting and accepting flow-through share donations. Some say this is good for all. Others say it’s making charities complicit in the exploration industry’s harm to First Nations and the environment.
Canada is not on target to reduce its carbon emissions to an agreed-upon level by 2030, and shareholder pressure is an underused strategy to enact change.
All candidates for Canada's PM job have vowed to end the carbon tax but the details are fuzzy. What is each candidate referring to: the consumer carbon pricing on fossil fuels or the industry carbon pricing on pollution? Keeping the end goal of stopping climate change, what is the best strategy for environmental advocates: keep lobbying for the tax or move on?
