Alex Cosh is the news editor of The Maple.
"This process of neoliberalism needs to be confronted, wherever it rears its ugly head, and if we don't defend people who are faced with the impacts of our globalized trade system, we're going to end up fighting these things at our doorstep — and we are already."
We spoke to Green Party candidate Paul Manly about Fairy Creek, international climate solidarity and whether his party's infighting is damaging its ability to function as a force for climate justice.
“To be actively anti-ableist in (the federal party) platforms, and their policies, would address so many other issues.”
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"We need to really end big telecoms calling the shots at the CRTC and the government, and to put the power back in the hands of the people to guide the policies and regulations that will serve us."
“We need solutions that aren't like 10 years off of treatment, or attempts to go to recovery beds. We need solutions that will save somebody's life this afternoon.”
“The proposed Conservative policy is a rather toothless gesture ... requiring one lone worker representative on large corporate boards, and only applying to a relatively small number of federally regulated companies."
"We're living in an emergency. People know it. The question now is whether humans, all of us, and governments, all of them, are going to start acting like it's actually an emergency and start drastically cutting emissions with real regulations."
“If the hiring practices are still inherently racist, then hiring people of a different background doesn’t do anything. You have people from a diverse background within this racist culture still, and nothing has changed.”