Getting a lot of media requests to comment on the NDP grassroots Wet'suwet'en solidarity statement.
The story is getting framed in predictable/sensationalist ways, so I'll say what I have to say in this thread.
The story is getting framed in predictable/sensationalist ways, so I'll say what I have to say in this thread.
The story is not about a conflict in the NDP, or attacks on leaders (much as those headlines get clicks.)
This is a story about the conflict created by unneeded fossil fuel projects that are dividing communities and COOKING THE PLANET.
This is a story about the conflict created by unneeded fossil fuel projects that are dividing communities and COOKING THE PLANET.
In BC, we are reeling from fires (made worse by shitty logging practices) and heat (that killed 600 people) and floods (made worse by the fires) causing TENS OF BILLIONS in damage, lives and livestock and livelihoods swept away.
Climate breakdown. It's here. It's terrifying.
Climate breakdown. It's here. It's terrifying.
Can we stay focused on that?
We need all levels of government - and our entire political class - to be laser-focused on stopping the sources of conflict and climate breakdown, and acting at emergency speed to scale up solutions.
We need all levels of government - and our entire political class - to be laser-focused on stopping the sources of conflict and climate breakdown, and acting at emergency speed to scale up solutions.
That means NO NEW FOSSIL FUEL PROJECTS.
And more: a managed decline of the fossil fuel sector in Canada - one that takes care of workers, not subsidy-sucking corporations.
That means a #JustTransition for all affected workers and communities - First Nations first and foremost.
And more: a managed decline of the fossil fuel sector in Canada - one that takes care of workers, not subsidy-sucking corporations.
That means a #JustTransition for all affected workers and communities - First Nations first and foremost.
Because as long as extractive jobs are the only ones offered to Indigenous and resource communities, there will be life and death fights to prolong those industries.
In today's zero-sum game, Indigenous rights are trampled, communities are betrayed, and only corporations win.
In today's zero-sum game, Indigenous rights are trampled, communities are betrayed, and only corporations win.
As far as the NDP goes, yes - this statement is a call from the base for moral clarity and consistency in our positions.
If we're serious about climate and Indigenous rights, we're against fossil fuel expansion.
And we're for a climate justice plan at emergency scale and speed.
If we're serious about climate and Indigenous rights, we're against fossil fuel expansion.
And we're for a climate justice plan at emergency scale and speed.
So:
Tell the truth about the emergency.
Spend what it takes to win.
Do it with public investment and public ownership.
No more incentives: it's time to regulate, legislate.
As New Democrats, we call for a society-wide mobilization based on solidarity and justice.
Tell the truth about the emergency.
Spend what it takes to win.
Do it with public investment and public ownership.
No more incentives: it's time to regulate, legislate.
As New Democrats, we call for a society-wide mobilization based on solidarity and justice.
That means meeting the housing emergency with millions of units of non-market, zero emissions housing.
That means connecting communities with free, electrified mass transit.
That means hiring way more care workers (mostly women of colour) and paying them way more.
That means connecting communities with free, electrified mass transit.
That means hiring way more care workers (mostly women of colour) and paying them way more.
It all adds up to millions of family-supporting jobs across the economy, in the low carbon sectors that already exist.
An economy based on caring for the earth and one another.
A #GreenNewDeal for All. A Leap.
An economy based on caring for the earth and one another.
A #GreenNewDeal for All. A Leap.
And today of all days, we must say: confront the toxic drug supply claiming way more lives than Covid.
It's mass murder by complacency.
We need legal safe supply. NOW.
The connection? Stop sacrificing lives for politics!
Act like it's an emergency.
That's the story.
/end
It's mass murder by complacency.
We need legal safe supply. NOW.
The connection? Stop sacrificing lives for politics!
Act like it's an emergency.
That's the story.
/end
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