The Cost Of Living And The Cost Of Staying Alive: Climate Action Is All About Climate Justice
On August 16, 2023 Yellowknife faced the likelihood of evacuation from wildfires. On the same day Pierre Poilievre was in PEI making a speech against the carbon tax which he has done for quite some time. Yet only 11 months earlier 95% of PEI was without power from hurricane Fiona. As of Aug 9 Poilievre is gaining popularity in the polls (ahead of the governing Liberals by 10%). His strategy is to appeal to people’s concern about the rising cost of living. But what about the cost of staying alive in the face of climate catastrophe? Poilievre’s strategy is to make people think that they shouldn’t be the ones bearing “the burden” of doing climate action…despite the fact that the carbon tax offers rebates to most Canadians. (See 19:48 at this link ) Because of this situation, climate action is all about climate justice. If that is true then which party is most likely to deliver? Many times the Liberals have refused the federal NDP request for a wealth tax. But the federal NDP