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Imagining a Just Transition in 2025 (w/ 350.org & Divest McGill)

Apr 19, 202245 min
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Episode description

Live from the future, federal Minister of Just Transition Joy Ross-Jones explains how the Trudeau government's Ministry of Just Transition achieved it's ambitious climate targets at a 2025 press conference.

Then, 350.org's Kathleen Lund explains why March 2022's national Day of Action showed what’s possible if political leaders invest in a bold and urgent Just Transition plan.

And Divest McGill's Nathalie and Em describe the 2 week occupation of the McCall-McBain Arts Building and why their movement is calling for a complete overhaul of a university system built on white supremacy and settler-colonialism.

Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown connects the future of climate with worker's rights on a new 'Solitary Thoughts'.

Join the Ministry of Just Transition campaign at https://350.org/just-transition-day-of-action/

Find out more about Divest McGill at https://www.divestmcgill.ca/
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