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Three Indigenous MPs appointed to cabinet – what will this mean for Indigenous Peoples? | APTN News
Mark Carney unveiled his first cabinet as elected prime minister on Tuesday.For more on the cabinet appointments, APTN News spoke with Cody Groat, a Mohawk a...
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Calls to establish national day for missing and murdered Indigenous men and boys | APTN News
In Winnipeg, members of the Indigenous community gathered to draw attention to missing and murdered Indigenous men and boys.They are calling on Indigenous le...
Renewable Energy, Good Jobs
To achieve a net-zero energy economy, Canada must do more to de-carbonize its electricity profile. To do so, significant public investments in renewable energy and grid integration will be required. We call on the federal government to inves
Profit, not price, is why we keep burning fossil fuels
Canadian governments could take advantage of their access to cheaper borrowing and patient capital to bring power generation back into the democratic control. Public ownership of generation and transmission would accelerate deployment of low carbon energy sources according to social and ecological need, not private profit.
Europe is in the middle of a ‘greenlash.’ If Canada doesn’t put workers first in its green transition, we could be next
The European far right’s pivot to attacking green policies shows why Canada needs a climate change approach that centres the interests of working people.
Profits, Inflation and Survival in an Age of Emergencies: Why We Need a New Paradigm – 2024 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture
The 2024 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture was delivered by economist Isabella Weber, demonstrating how economic shocks and corporate profits have affected our affordability crisis. From gas to groceries, this lecture provides valuable context and a policy toolkit for helping ordinary Canadians through economic crisis.
Is Canada Falling Behind on Green Industrial Policy? with Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
Why is Canada lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to industrial policy, and how can industrial strategy help Canada take serious climate action? Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, senior researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives focusing on international trade and climate change policy in Canada, sat down with the Perspectives Journal Podcast at the 2024 Progress Summit in April to discuss Canada’s industrial policy vision.
Is Market-based Climate Action Working for Canadians? with Brendan Haley
After a long summer break for the Perspectives Journal Podcast, we’re back and with the problematic Temporary Foreign Workers Program in the news, as well as growing anti-immigrant sentiment across Canada and other Western countries, we kicked off this season asking what’s behind this narrative, who’s to blame, and what the working-class is doing to fix this problem.
Democracy, Participation and Capitalist Crisis: An Interview with Nancy Fraser | Perspectives Journal
Fraser has argued that much scholarship in political science and democratic theory on these issues is hampered by “politicism”: an inclination to view the political in separation from other social spheres, which fails to appreciate the structural nature of contemporary crises. Fraser argues that the political arena is important because it is here that collective regulatory powers are exercised, however it needs to be situated within a broader understanding of the social totality to understand how it is affected by crisis dynamics in other spheres and how it might contribute to attenuating, or resolving, these.
Capitalism Is Eating the Planet, Democracy, and You - Nancy Fraser Blows the Lid Off the System
Why are so many people turning to right-wing leaders? Why is the planet burning while jobs disappear and families struggle? In this explosive UpFront intervi...
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Grassy Narrows First Nation Welcome To Asupbeeschoseewagong Anishabek A Nation of Ojibway with traditional roots in Northwestern Ontario celebrating and preserving traditions in Indigenous culture and living. Read More Rooted in Culture, United in Strength Grassy Narrows First Nation is grounded in the wisdom of our Elders, language, and traditions. Our strength comes from unity
How to Abandon Capitalism | Sofa Gradin | TEDxQMUL
Is Capitalism the only choice for modern society? Sofa Gradin doesn't think so and she has some alternatives she wants to tell you about.Sofa Gradin research...
It's time to shift from relief to gratitude as Carney helps steer the climate transition
Danielle Smith's agitations and the insatiable fossil fuel industry's demands will make climate action difficult, but Canada's new prime minister brings the right qualifications — and will have plenty of help in the House.
In the tariff war, Canada forgetting about Indigenous nations – Canadian Dimension
Ignoring Indigenous nations and rights as Canada enters a new economic chapter would shred Canada’s reputation, much as ignoring the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement shreds America’s. Ignoring us is contrary to the last decade of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation work and is a risk to both the legitimacy of political elites and the profitability of Canadian industries.