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A Canadian manifesto for the planet and one another
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of The Globe and Mail (One of Canada's leading newspapers)


The Globe and Mail (One of Canada's leading newspapers), September 15, 2015
Posted: September 20th, 2015
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/a-canadian-manif...

We could live in a country powered entirely by renewable energy, woven together by accessible public transit. Caring for one another and caring for the planet could be the economys fastest growing sectors. Many more people could have higher-wage jobs with fewer work hours. Canada is not this place today but it can be. Climate scientists have told us this is the decade to take decisive action to prevent catastrophic global warming. That means small steps will no longer suffice. So we need to leap. There is no longer an excuse for building new infrastructure projects that lock us into increased extraction decades into the future. That applies equally to oil and gas pipelines; fracking in New Brunswick, Quebec and British Columbia; increased tanker traffic off our coasts; and to Canadian-owned mining projects the world over. Since this leap is beginning late, we need to invest in our decaying public infrastructure so it can withstand increasingly frequent extreme weather events. Moving to a far more localized and ecologically based agricultural system would reduce reliance on fossil fuels, capture carbon in the soil and absorb sudden shocks in the global supply as well as produce healthier and more affordable food for everyone. Austerity which has systematically attacked low-carbon sectors such as education and health care is a fossilized form of thinking that has become a threat. One thing is clear: Public scarcity in times of unprecedented private wealth is a manufactured crisis, designed to extinguish our dreams.

Note: The esteemed authors of this essay are Naomi Klein, David Suzuki, Leonard Cohen, Donald Sutherland and Ellen Page. For more, read the complete essay, and see concise summaries of deeply revealing global warming news articles from reliable major media sources.


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