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What does it mean to Build Back Fossil Free?
Year after year, fossil fuel companies get the subsidies and tax breaks they ask for. But what if this year, they didn’t?
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Have your say on the most significant budget of our lifetime: Tell Justin Trudeau to Build Back Fossil Free!
The time has come for the Trudeau government to prove that its great, green ambition is not just empty words. The 2021 federal budget is expected next month and we will learn whether the big promises of the Speech from the Throne last fall will be translated into concrete investments.
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Jason Kenney’s career funding foreign campaigns against climate action
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has spent much of his political career trying to change public policy in the U.S. and Europe, so it is odd that he should be so outraged by the idea of people outside Canada caring about the climate impacts of oil development.
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We won’t take no for an answer. Let’s make a wealth tax a reality.
A wealth tax would have been one stone in a citadel to protect us from the dangers that lie in wait. The $5.6 billion that could have been generated annually would help build a Green and Just Recovery.
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Why the Government’s Response to Our Amazon Petition is Just. Not. Good. Enough.
This week the federal government tabled a formal response to our demands. And it is… Just. Not. Good. Enough.
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4 reasons Canada needs a wealth tax to recover from COVID-19
While millions of Canadians continue to struggle due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic — with low-wage workers hit the hardest — the 20 wealthiest Canadians collectively got richer since the pandemic began. Here's why a wealth tax is a key component for Canada's economic recovery.
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Follow Biden’s Lead and Cancel TMX Say Large Collection of Groups Representing More Than 3.5 Million Canadians
A collection of labour, faith, health, science, youth, environmental, community, social justice and indigenous groups representing more than 3.5 million Canadians have sent a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and his entire cabinet asking for him to cancel the taxpayer-funded $12.6 billion and counting Trans Mountain pipeline project (TMX).
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The system isn’t broken, ‘Davos man’ built it this way. So let’s change it
There will not be the usual flood of private jets heading to Davos in Switzerland next week.
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Success! Nuclear weapons are illegal at last
Nuclear arms are the most destructive, indiscriminate and monstrous weapons ever produced – but today, we can all celebrate a major milestone in the long march towards peace: the Treaty…
