More Elon Musks will not save the planet, but will keep us following false solutions while the planet burns, writes Paris Marx. Image by Canadian Dimension. Thomas Friedman is at it again. Yesterday, the longtime New York Times opinion columnist published his latest in a long line of horribly wrong
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Canadian Dimension: Justin Trudeau’s smoke and mirrors climate policy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault hold a press conference at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland on November 2, 2021. Photo from Twitter. In November 2015, at the peak of the post-Harper honeymoon, Justin Trudeau jetted off to the Paris climate conference. “Canada is
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Joe Biden and the new climate denialism
US presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at an event with voters in the gymnasium at McKinley Elementary School in Des Moines, Iowa, January 4, 2020. Photo by Phil Roeder/Flickr. The climate change debate has shifted. For years, climate denial was just that: people who didn’t believe the science which decisively
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Jean Chrétien’s austerity made Canada less prepared for COVID-19
Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien speaks at an event in 2013. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. The history of the Liberal government of Jean Chrétien and his finance minister Paul Martin is often framed as one of rescuing the Canadian economy from a growing government debt load. It consciously forgets the
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: We Need a Robust CBC Now More Than Ever
CBC logo under magnifying glass. Photo by Marco Verch/Flickr. The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused a surge of web traffic from people stuck at home and eager to keep up with the latest news. However, that doesn’t mean the media is thriving. By shutting down much of the rest of
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: A Canadian Green New Deal is Alberta’s best hope for the future
A Green New Deal sign is held up in front of the sculpture “The Crier” by artist Gerhard Marcks near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Sept. 20. Photo by John MacDougall/AFP. Canadians might not like to admit it, but what happens in the United States can have a significant
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Aaron Bastani’s ‘luxury communism’ is a false future
Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto Aaron Bastani Verso, 2019 Fully Automated Luxury Communism is Novara Media co-founder Aaron Bastani’s attempt to turn a popular meme into a political manifesto. Back in 2014, he uploaded a video positioning ‘luxury communism’ as a real left political persuasion, which he continued in
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