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- Democracy, Our Constitution & Voting
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- Economics
- Education
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- Health & Healthcare
- Homelessness
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Climate Crisis
5 Major Climate Tipping Points could be triggered within a Decade, Report warns – Ecowatch https://www.ecowatch.com/earth-climate-tipping-points-science-2.html
Canada’s 2023 wildfires produced nearly a decade’s worth of blaze emissions – The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/13/canada-2023-wildfires-nearly-decade-worth-blaze-emissions
Covering 2024’s Many Climate Elections – Covering Climate Now https://coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-story/covering-2024s-many-climate-elections/
Environment Canada says it can rapidly link high heat events to climate change – Weather Network https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/climate/impacts/environment-canada-says-it-can-rapidly-link-high-heat-events-to-climate-change
Guide to a Good Climate Target – The Climate Action Tracker https://climateactiontracker.org/publications/the-cat-ndc-guide/
How classroom learning can shape new stories about climate change – The Conversation https://theconversation.com/how-classroom-learning-can-help-students-shape-new-stories-about-climate-change-231154
Interactive Climate Dashboard – CBC https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2023/climate-dashboard/
Ontario Provincial Climate Change Impact Assessment – MECP Ontario, January 2023 https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-provincial-climate-change-impact-assessment
Regional Data Reveal Differences in Climate Support – The Energy Mix https://www.theenergymix.com/regional-data-reveal-differences-in-climate-support
Significant Environmental and Climate Impacts Are Impinging on Human Rights in Every Country, a New Report Finds – Inside Climate News https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21052024/amnesty-international-climate-impacts-human-rights/?ref=theissue.io
[Zero] Carbon – Canada’s National Observer – A collection of articles https://mailchi.mp/nationalobserver/6o4mw7fe1x?e=2c21ded0cb
Collapse
Collapse of Civilization Possible & We Must Respect Earth’s Limits – No-Till Farmer (blog for Farmers and those who care about farming) https://www.no-tillfarmer.com/blogs/1-covering-no-till/post/13377-collapse-of-civilization-possible-and-we-must-respect-earths-limits
Ecological collapse – Global Challenges Foundation https://globalchallenges.org/global-risks/ecological-collapse/
The Strategic Framing of Planetary Collapse – Joe Brewer, Medium https://medium.com/@joe_brewer/the-strategic-framing-of-planetary-collapse-b0d246488f7a
What does collapse look like? – David Moscrop https://www.davidmoscrop.com/p/what-does-collapse-look-like
Democracy, Our Constitution & Voting
Aiding and Abetting Constitutional Vandalism – Emmett Macfarlane https://emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/aiding-and-abetting-constitutional
Canada’s Class War Pantomime – The Breach https://breachmedia.ca/canadas-class-war-pantomime/
Doug Ford’s Conservatives polling comfortably as spring’s legislative sitting concludes – Charlie Pinkerton, The Trillium https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/politics/doug-fords-pcs-polling-comfortably-as-springs-legislative-sitting-concludes-9006261
France Shows How to Defeat Poilievre’s Conservatives – Jeremy Appel, The Tyee https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/15/France-Shows-How-Defeat-Poilievre-Conservatives/
Here’s how progressive, collaborative electoral alternatives can beat the far right – Ajay Parasram, The Conversation https://theconversation.com/heres-how-progressive-collaborative-electoral-alternatives-can-beat-the-far-right-234234
Here’s how to beat Doug Ford in the next election – Steve Paikin, TVO Today https://www.tvo.org/article/heres-how-to-beat-doug-ford-in-the-next-election
Here’s why electoral reform isn’t dead in Canada – Anita Nickerson, Gisela Ruckert, The Tyee https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/02/02/Electoral-Reform-Not-Dead-Canada/
Is it time for a Liberal-NDP merger? – Max Fawcett, National Observer https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/04/04/opinion/it-time-liberal-ndp-merger
July 7, 2024 (Coalitions, cooperation, protecting democracy) – Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-7-2024
Our Constitutional Rights are at Risk: Why the Notwithstanding Clause is Cause for Concern – Tim Gray, Environmental Defence https://environmentaldefence.ca/2024/06/04/our-constitutional-rights-are-at-risk-why-the-notwithstanding-clause-is-cause-for-concern/
The Motivation to Vote – David Coletto https://open.substack.com/pub/davidcoletto/p/the-motivation-to-vote
These Elections are Like None Before – The Tyee https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2024/05/27/These-Elections-Are-Like-None-Before/
Disinformation & Misinformation
Federal panel lists 35 ‘plausible’ future threats to Canada and the world. Topping the list is the threat to society posed by disinformation and artificial intelligence. Peter Zimonjic, CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/next-disruptions-on-the-horizon-1.7207915
Flame Wars: Misinformation and Wildfire in Canada’s Climate Conversation 2024 – Re.Climate; Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy; Climate Action Against Disinformation https://reclimate.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Re.Climate-Report-Wildfire-Misinformation-2024.pdf
Reality Check: Pierre Poilievre says Justin Trudeau legalized hard drugs in British Columbia. Is that true? – Raisa Patel, Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/reality-check-pierre-poilievre-says-justin-trudeau-legalized-hard-drugs-in-british-columbia-is-that/article_95c91332-1785-11ef-8c25-8bc7629d458a.html See also: Pierre Poilievre is Spreading Bullsh!t. Does Anyone Care? – David Moscrop, Substack https://substack.com/home/post/p-145032139
Economics
2025: A Civilizational Tipping Point – B, Medium https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21052024/amnesty-international-climate-impacts-human-rights/
Armine Yalnizyan talks care economy, economic theory, and walking with giants (accepting the Galbraith Prize in Economics, an award for lifetime achievement in advancing progressive economics in service of building a fairer economy) – The Monitor, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives https://monitormag.ca/articles/armine-yalnizyan-talks-care-economy-economic-theory-and-walking-with-giants
Economic Termites are Everywhere – Matt Stoller, The Big Newsletter https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/economic-termites-are-everywhere
International Monetary Fund (IMF) paints a rosy picture of Canada, maybe the country isn’t broken after all – David Olive, Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/international-monetary-fund-paints-a-rosy-picture-of-canada-maybe-the-country-isnt-broken-after/article_dadfec38-28c0-11ef-8d49-13f67bc54dc3.html
- Canada Staff Concluding Statement of the 2024 Article IV Mission International Monetary Fund (IMF report referenced in Star article, above): https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2024/06/10/61024-canada-staff-concluding-statement-of-the-2024-article-iv-mission
Education
Defining a Right to Education in Canada – People for Education https://peopleforeducation.ca/our-work/defining-a-right-to-education-in-canada
Lower Education – #2 of 8 Key Issues for Indigenous People in Canada – ICTCinc.ca https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/lower-education-2-of-8-key-issues
Fossil Fuels/Oil & Gas
Big Oil’s ‘Grossly Insufficient’ Climate Plans Risk Global Devastation: Report – Sierra Club Canada https://scc.theenergymix.com/big-oils-grossly-insufficient-climate-plans-risk-global-devastation-report/ (references report from Oil Change International: https://www.oilchange.org/borc/ )
Canadian Oil and Gas Industry and Climate Policy: A report on climate and energy policy advocacy by the Canadian oil and gas sector – Influence Map https://influencemap.org/briefing/The-Canadian-Oil-and-Gas-Industry-and-Climate-Policy-14696
Greenwashing, net-zero, and the oil sands in Canada: The case of Pathways Alliance – Science Direct https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629624000938
Greenwashing practices from Big Oil and Gas harming health, climate and affordability – Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) & Greenpeace Canada
https://cape.ca/press_release/report-highlights-greenwashing-practices-from-big-oil-and-gas-harming-health-climate-and-affordability/
Phaseout Pathways for Fossil Fuel Production Within Paris-Compliant Carbon Budgets – International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/phaseout-pathways-fossil-fuel-production-within-paris-compliant-carbon-budgets
Health & Healthcare
Alberta’s reproductive rights are under threat. Here’s why. Nick Tsergas (The Maple Leaf Brief) https://themapleleafbrief.substack.com/p/albertans-reproductive-rights-are
CAPE Resources (extensive library on topics including Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Healthy Solutions, Nature, Sustainable Healthcare, Toxics and a Toolkit for Health Professionals) https://cape.ca/resources-by-issue-area/
Code Red for Climate – a special, summer-long initiative from CAPE highlighting a health response to the climate crisis – watch the launch webinar . The following are resources provided by the guest speakers:
- Adaptation to Extreme Heat – Sehjal Bhargava (UOttawa Family Medicine & Public Health and Preventive Medicine Resident Physician, CAPE Board Member, CAPE-ON Co-Chair) https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Code-Red-for-Climate.pdf
- Re.Climate: Communicating for Change – Centre for Climate Communication and Engagement, Carleton University https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CAPE-Segmentation-Focus-Groups-Testing-of-CAPE-Ads.pdf
- Essential Elements of a National Adaptation Strategy – Climate Proof Canada https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Essential-Elements-of-a-National-Adaptation-Strategy-ANNEX-to-Media-Release-September-8-20228.pdf
- Extreme Heat and Human Mortality: A Review of Heat-Related Deaths in B.C. in Summer 2021 – British Columbia Coroners Service, https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/extreme_heat_death_review_panel_report.pdf
- Irreversible Extreme Heat: Protecting Canadians and Communities from a Lethal Future – J. L. Eyquem and B. Feltmate (Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, University of Waterloo) https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/UoW_ICCA_2022_04-Irreversible-Extreme-Heat.pdf
Environmental justice is a health issue – celebrating the passage of Bill 226 – CAPE https://cape.ca/environmental-justice-is-a-health-issue/ References this article: Canada just pledged to tackle environmental racism. What does that mean? The Narwhal – https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-environmental-racism-bill-c-226/
Nancy Krieger wrote the book on epidemiology. Here’s what’s changed since. – Harvard Public Health https://harvardpublichealth.org/policy-practice/new-sdoh-ideas-from-nancy-krieger-social-epidemiologist
Homelessness
Prevention Matters – Canadian Observatory on Homelessness https://preventhomelessness.ca/prevention-matters/
Housing Affordability
Housing Statistics and Reports for Canada – Statistics Canada https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/housing
Human Rights
The United Nations system of human rights is outlined in the following three documents. Canada is signatory to both of the Covenants, and has adopted the Declaration, however the promise of all three remains unfulfilled.
1. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – United Nations https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-covenant-civil-and-political-rights
2. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – United Nations https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-covenant-economic-social-and-cultural-rights
3. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) – https://social.desa.un.org/issues/indigenous-peoples/united-nations-declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples
Global body reviewing allegations of discrimination by Canadian Human Rights Commission – Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/global-body-reviewing-allegations-discrimination-by-canadian-human-rights-2024-06-10
Indigenous Treaties, Rights, Truth and Reconciliaton
Truth and Reconciliation Week 2024 – Sept 23-27 – National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: Free virtual public and educational programming: https://trw-svr.nctr.ca/
Supreme Court Decision July 26, 2024: The Ontario and Canadian governments had a mandatory obligation under the Robinson Treaties to raise the annual payment amount paid when economic circumstances warranted. The two treaties were signed in 1850, ceding a large swath of land in Ontario to the Crown in return for annual payments to the Anishinaabe of lakes Huron and Superior. The ruling stated the Crown dishonourably breached the Robinson Treaties and must negotiate a settlement with one of the groups, the Robinson Superior plaintiffs, and if a deal cannot be reached the Crown must set a remedy on its own. The second group, the Robinson Huron plaintiffs, had already reached a negotiated settlement of $10 billion. https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/crown-must-settle-with-first-nations-for-breaching-robinson-treaties-supreme-court/
Labour
A Future That Works – Canadian Labour Congress – a worker-powered plan to secure the jobs needed to tackle climate change head-on and lead the way to a sustainable tomorrow. https://futurethatworks.ca/
Political Party Perspectives
Conservative Quotes – Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship – https://www.conservativestewards.org/conservative-quotes/
Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) – Twitter/ X post by @JaroGiesbrecht Pierre Poilievre commenting on his/CPC priorities:
Pierre Poilievre’s vision for Canada: Heaven for the very rich and squat for everyone else – Linda McQuaig, Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/pierre-poilievres-vision-for-canada-heaven-for-the-very-rich-and-squat-for-everyone-else/article_2d384c42-28d4-11ef-afe0-cf2037e1b27d.html
PM ‘an extremist’, according to Pierre Poilievre – Jenny Lamothe, Sudbury.com (A one-to-one interview with Pierre Poilievre) https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/pm-an-extremist-according-to-pierre-poilievre-9306660
Policy Resolutions, Liberal National Convention 2021 https://liberal.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2021/04/2021-Liberal-National-Convention-Policies.pdf
Principles for Social Democracy – Broadbent Institute (New Democratic Party of Canada, NDP) https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/principles
Politics
Don’t get played by Pierre – 350.org Canada campaign https://dontgetplayed.ca
How to Defeat Poilievre’s Politics of Abandonment – The Tyee https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/09/08/Defeat-Poilievre-Politics-Abandonment/
Is it time for a Liberal-NDP merger? – Canada’s National Observer https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/04/04/opinion/it-time-liberal-ndp-merger
Our toxic politics claims its latest victim – Canada’s National Observer https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/06/13/opinion/shannon-phillips-toxic-politics-alberta
Today’s Conservatives not fit to lead in an emergency – Canada’s National Observer https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/04/19/opinion/conservatives-lead-emergency
What We Risk Normalizing Poilievre’s Politics – The Tyee https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/26/What-We-Risk-Normalizing-Poilievre-Politics/
Population & Immigration (Canada)
How We Got to 41 Million – Macleans https://macleans.ca/society/how-we-got-to-41-million/
Relationships
How Shared Values Can Help Bring Jewish and Palestinian Canadians Together – The Tyee https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/10/Shared-Values-Jewish-Palestinian-Canadians
Taxes
Taxes and the Path to a Green Economy – Canadians for Tax Fairness https://www.taxfairness.ca/en/taxes-and-climate