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Seven principles to align COVID-19 recovery with Canada’s climate commitments–new report shown to key federal ministers
OTTAWA - As the federal government works out its COVID-19 economic recovery, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) today released seven principles outlining a roadmap for meeting Canada's 2050 climate commitments while spurring economic resilience and creating good jobs. Canada's leading environmental groups, who represent close to two million people, have signed on to…
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Call these MPs to support a green and just recovery in Canada!
Get excited: It’s time for our second Day of Action for a Green and Just Recovery from covid-19!
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Get Out of the Way Endangered Caribou…BC Wants a New Coal Mine!
BC government is considering a climate change-accelerating coal mine at a time of climate crisis. in an endangered caribou habitat, and against the wishes of the local Indigenous Nation.
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Migrant justice is climate justice: Greenpeace Canada supports #StatusForAll
Over the past few weeks we’ve all been stunned to see another outbreak of COVID-19 impacting hundreds of essential migrant workers, this time in southern Ontario. The total is now…
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Top Five Reasons Your MP Should Support a Green and Just Recovery
Elected officials are getting an earful from polluting corporations looking for bailouts and environmental rollbacks, so we need you to help balance the scales. Here are five reasons to support…
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3 anti-racist policies that should be part of the COVID-19 economic recovery
COVID-19 recovery plans must be anti-racist. Here’s a look at just 3 (of the many) options on the table proposed by the movement for Black lives, including defunding the police, social programs, and free transit.
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Report of the National Inquiry on MMIWG: One year later, where’s the action?
A year ago this week, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls launched its report. Where are we now?
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White supremacy is destroying the environment, but that’s not why we fight it
As we mourn the countless Black lives lost at the hands of police, I feel compelled to speak up about white supremacy and police violence against Black and Indigenous communities here in Canada.
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What is a green and just recovery? 5 actions to make it happen
A green and just recovery is the opportunity for the federal government to kickstart a new economy that helps solve the climate emergency and biodiversity crises, while ensuring fair wages, employment protections and social safety nets for all people living in Canada.
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Make the rich pay… The much needed wealth tax on multimillionaires.
When looking at the numbers and at the world around us, can we afford not to take immediate and urgent action to combat income inequality?