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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?
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Solving climate crisis requires more than a carbon tax: Checklist for a green and just recovery
Market evangelists aren’t going down without a fight. In today’s Globe and Mail (“Engineering a ‘green recovery’ is a terrible idea”), the former chair of the Ecofiscal Commission Chris Ragan…
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Day of Action for a Green and Just Recovery
We are inviting you to challenge these federal MPs to make sure we build back better. They have each shown in the past that they care about the environment and think climate action is a top priority. Let’s challenge them to speak up for a #JustRecovery.
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Put People First, Demand Over 150 Canadian Organizations with the Launch of Six Principles for a Just Recovery
As governments prepare recovery plans amidst the COVID-19 crisis, an informal alliance of over 150 civil society groups, representing collective memberships of millions in Canada, are demanding these plans move us toward a more equitable and sustainable future, with the release, today, of six Principles for a Just Recovery.United in support of the Principles, endorsing…
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Despite fossil fuel losses, CDPQ continues to invest in oil and gas
MONTRÉAL, May 21, 2020 — While the global health crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic is causing stock markets to plunge and bringing oil prices to historic lows, a new…
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Airline bailouts, COVID-19 and the climate crisis: 4 things to consider
How can we balance international mobility and climate action? Canada’s hard-hit airlines are still clamouring for a bailout even though their emissions are rising. Here are five things any planned bailout should consider.
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The boreal forest : our climate shield
Canada's forests are even more important for climate than we thought - according to a ground-breaking new piece of research. In 2017, Greenpeace set out to better understand the climate impacts of clearcut logging in Canada's boreal forest, commissioning scientist Jay Malcolm, from the University of Toronto, to research this further. Here’s what you NEED…
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The Good, the Bad, and the TBD in new federal bailout for big business
Reading between the lines of the federal government’s new loan package for big business, there is a sense that Justin Trudeau’s minority government (with some strong shoves from the NDP,…
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Norwegian oil fund finally divests from Suncor, CNRL, Cenovus and Imperial OIl
Toronto — In reaction to the exclusion decisions from Norges Bank, Greenpeace Canada Senior Energy Strategist Keith Stewart said:
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Acts of Resistance: Museum of Vancouver Exhibit on Indigenous Protest Art Goes Virtual
The Museum of Vancouver has a fantastic exhibit right now on Indigenous protest art called Acts of Resistance. It features seven Indigenous artists and the flags they designed for a…