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A Green New Deal for all will ensure that transformation is carried out equitably, that it is rooted in climate justice principles, that it centres the rights of Indigenous Peoples, and that it creates over a million jobs in the process. Read more.

5 myths about the ‘fracking jobs versus environment’ debate

5 myths about the ‘fracking jobs versus environment’ debate

So often we hear governments and the oil and gas industry promoting fracking as a way to create jobs. Job ...
Comments on #Bdgt14, Harper's trade policy and jobs

Comments on #Bdgt14, Harper’s trade policy and jobs

4:45 p.m. - The 2014 budget will create a Made-in-Canada branding campaign but the government is signing a trade deal ...
Keeping green energy local and public

Keeping green energy local and public

The Ontario Green Energy Act was a creative effort to reduce the impacts of climate change and revitalize a faltering ...
Ontario scraps local content rules for green energy after WTO ruling

Ontario scraps local content rules for green energy after WTO ruling

The Toronto Star reports, "Ontario will no longer require renewable energy developers to use local suppliers, says energy minister Bob ...
Canadian, US responses to WTO decision in Green Energy Act case

Canadian, US responses to WTO decision in Green Energy Act case

As expected, people aren't very happy with the WTO decision this week reaffirming the illegality (under global trade rules) of ...
Canada, EU, Japan make first arguments in appeal of WTO decision against Green Energy Act

Canada, EU, Japan make first arguments in appeal of WTO decision against Green Energy Act

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne with outgoing leader Dalton McGuinty: Green (and not just gas) power will continue to haunt Liberal ...
NEWS: Harper should appeal WTO ruling against green jobs, says Trew

NEWS: Harper should appeal WTO ruling against green jobs, says Trew

The Globe and Mail reports, "Ontario has apparently lost a key trade challenge to its green energy policies that force ...
Trade ruling could hurt green jobs

Trade ruling could hurt green jobs

Written by Angelo DiCaron and Stuart Trew for The Windsor Star, October 15, 2012. The embattled Green Energy Act is ...