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It was clear to me from day one that getting northern indigenous communities off-diesel had to be a priority of the Climate Leadership Plan.
Today, the largest off-grid solar and storage in Canada is now reality in Fort Chipewyan, with community ownership.
Today, the largest off-grid solar and storage in Canada is now reality in Fort Chipewyan, with community ownership.
New economic initiatives, like renewables, clean tech and efficiency, are important in and of themselves if we think climate change is real and we want AB to be competitive and diversified.
But more than that, the new economy cannot - must not - replicate the social exclusions, inequalities or racism of the past. That is why our Climate Plan put such an emphasis on indigenous investments.
When Jason Kenney says he wants to cancel the made-in-Alberta Climate Plan, ask him: what will happen to these investments? Many of them are multi-year initiatives.
Kenney will skate around this question, but we shouldn’t let him off the hook. He’s already dismissed indigenous consultation on public lands issues with a wave of his arrogant hand. One of his MLAs said straight-up that he doesn’t bother with his indigenous constituents.
The climate plan contains millions of dollars worth of training programs, retrofits, community energy plans, renewables investments and JOBS for Alberta’s First Nations and Métis. They’re all at risk if Jason Kenney gets his way.
