Today, I was in Montreal East with Valérie Fortier to announce some of the policies of the Green Party of Quebec in the fight against the oil industry.
We propose :
A carbon tax of 200 $ per tonne of CO2 (0.46 $ per liter of gasoline)
Free public transit and several projects...
Alex Tyrrell takes part in a demonstration outside the offices of Quebec's public pension fund, calling on the institution to divest from fossil fuels, the tar sands and other extractive and unethical industries.
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- Last day on the west coast -
To mark the end of our visit, we decided to stop by the British Columbia Supreme Court and attend the sentencing hearing of Ms. Jones, a 63-year-old mother who was arrested and charged...
We arrived in Edmonton and I had time to reflect on what we saw during our three-day tour of the Alberta oil sands; they're disgusting.
For far too long, we have allowed this massive industrial project to develop unchecked. We...
The Trudeau government has just lost all environmental credibility by supporting the #TransMountain pipeline, the tar sands and the Harper government's extractive policies. Fighting climate change is incompatible with continued tar sands extraction.
I'll be in front of Justin Trudeau's office...
Excellente mobilisation aujourd'hui contre le port pétrolier à Cacouna!
Nous, sommes devant un gouvernement radical qui est prêt à saccager notre environnement et mettre nos écosystèmes en péril pour générer des profits pour quelques entreprises bien connectées.
Ensemble nous allons réussir à bloquer ce projet, prendre un virage majeur, et délaisser...
I was on CKUT 90.3 FM earlier this week to talk about the Alberta tar sands, proportional representation in Quebec and climate change!
Thanks to Ryan N. Young for inviting me on his Ecolibrium show!
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Right now, at the climate summit in Paris, the new federal environment minister, representing Canadians, is strongly opposed to any legally binding climate treaty. She has no figures to present on our national reduction targets, and is unwilling to restrict...
Today, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall officially began making the case for a multi-billion dollar subsidy for the fossil fuel industry.
Not only does the oil industry already receive billions of dollars each year in taxpayer subsidies, but it's also becoming more...