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hen the largest demonstration in Canadian history happened, Montreal’s car traffic came to a standstill. It was predictable — hundreds of thousands of people were expected to descend on the downtown that day, conditions that aren’t exactly ripe for the free flow of cars.

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A just transition requires a planned economy. But whose plan?

12/10/19

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David Gray-Donald and Emily Eaton

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briarpatch magazine

The coal fired Keephills Power Station in Wabamun, Alberta. Photo by Amber Bracken.

Oct 10, 2019 12 min read

As enthusiasm for a Green New Deal for Canada grows, what type of planning will bring about a just transition to a low-carbon society?

Specifically, we turn to two questions.

First, how can plans for a just transition, from their very beginning, respect the principle of free, prior, and informed consent of Indigenous peoples?

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Extinction Rebellion Vancouver Oct. 7, 2019

09/10/19

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Extinction Rebellion Vancouver

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facebook.com

More videos from Extinction Rebellion in Vancouver Oct. 7, 2019:

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With 10 arrests on Burrard Bridge, Extinction Rebellion is just getting started in Vancouver

09/10/19

Author:

Charlie Smith

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Georgia Straight

The Burrard Bridge belonged to pedestrians, not cyclists, on October 7. CHARLIE SMITH

October 8th, 2019

Environmental protesters scored a major coup on October 7 in Vancouver. Their climate demonstration managed to lead all the late-night newscasts.

It’s because the Vancouver chapter of Extinction Rebellion peacefully blocked the Burrard Bridge to traffic all day and evening.

This was the group’s first major direct action in Vancouver and it was part of an “International Week of Rebellion” for the climate in more than 60 cities.

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Wet'suwet'en Herditary chiefs demand Coastal Gas Link cease work due to destruction of cultural sites. Take Action!

08/10/19

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First Nations Leaders

Oct. 7, 2019

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Canadian Unions and a Green New Deal

04/10/19

Author:

Chloe Rockarts

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Rank and File

October 1, 2019

On September 27, workers across the world went out on strike in the largest global climate strike in history, walking out of their classrooms and workplaces to protest government inaction on climate change. This comes following the September 20 ‘School Strike for Climate’, which saw millions of young people and students in over 150 countries walk-out three days before the U.N.’s Climate Summit.

Alberta’s climate

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The Global Rebellion Begins October 7

03/10/19

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Extinction Rebellion Vancouver

You are called on.

Something is happening. You know it is, you can feel it. You are called to be a part of it.

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'Incrementalism is the new denialism': The climate politics of Canadian youth

03/10/19

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CBC staff

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The Sunday Edition CBC Radio

Hundreds of thousands of young people took to the streets across Canada on Friday, September 27th, as part of a global climate strike. (Rachel Bergen/CBC)

Sep 27, 2019

Listen 27:33

Millions of young people around the world have been marching for climate action over the past two weeks, in what has become the largest climate protest movement in world history.

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