Winnipeg Free Press By: Norman Brandson
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on as Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivers the federal budget in the House of Commons on April 19.
Our federal government has tabled its long-awaited budget, which some are calling the climate budget or perhaps the feminist-climate budget.
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Our federal government has tabled its long-awaited budget, which some are calling the climate budget or perhaps the feminist-climate budget.
There is no question that this latest spending and taxing plan goes much, much further than any previous budget in addressing climate change. It provides the juice to operationalize the various climate-change pronouncements from Ottawa over the past several months. These include: a commitment that Canada will be carbon neutral by 2050; the introduction of a Net Zero Emissions Accountability Act; agreement to work clos
This past winter, COVID-19 outbreaks at two Coastal GasLink work camps in northern British Columbia spilled over into neighbouring Wet’suwet’en communities, according to media reports. The spread of disease to Indigenous communities through industrial projects is an example of environmental racism when government policies discriminate against racialized communities by disproportionately exposing them to harms from industrial and other toxic activities.
Bill C-230, a private member’s bill that aims to address environmental racism, has passed second reading in a 182-153 vote, and is now under discussion with the environment parliamentary committee before it returns to the House of Commons. If the bill is passed, Canada would become one of the first countries in the world to require the government to develop a national strategy to tackle environmental racism.
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Like all mothers, Brianne Whyte wants a safe climate for her son, Eli. Photo by Sam Novak
The climate is changing. As parents, we know the window to ensure our children’s future is one where they can thrive instead of merely survive closes at the end of this decade. The climate policies enacted now will decide the fate of our kids, and the Canadian government is not doing enough to keep them safe. So far, Canada has missed every single target it has ever set to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
We are not on track to meet our Paris Agreement commitment, either. This is why members of For Our Kids a national network of concerned parents working to drive urgent climate action want a strengthened Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act (Bill C-12), one that s in line with climate science. We are calling on every parent and grandparent to tell our government to strengthen Bill C-12 so our kids will have a better chance at a livable future.