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The Green Economy Network is a coalition of labour unions and civil society organizations fighting for a just transition. greeneconomynet.ca

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Stephen Thomas @stephenjwt.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The Green Economy Network is hiring a new National Convenor. @greeneconnet.bsky.social (GEN) is a coalition of labour, environmental, and social justice organizations working to build a green economy in Canada. Full posting: broadbentinstitute.ca/work-with-us/ Applications by August 21, 2025
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
🎙New Class & Climate episode: @avansi.bsky.social‬ + Vijay Kolinjivadi join‪ @greeneconnet.bsky.social's Nick Pearce to take on the “sustainability class” and show why green consumption isn’t enough. Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/the-sustaina...
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
“Build, build, build” needs workers — and a budget
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“Build, build, build” needs workers — and a budget
If Prime Minister Mark Carney wishes to turn the page on past governments and stand up to US President Donald Trump, a green industrial strategy is serious forward-looking leadership.
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A green economy runs on clean transit—and good jobs. 🚊🌱 Blandine Sebileau (@equiterre.bsky.social) joins Class & Climate's Nick Pearce (@greeneconnet.bsky.social) to talk climate, cost of living & why better transit matters. 🎧 perspectivesjournal.ca/climate-mobility-equiterre/
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 01/05/2025
"Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained." — Helen Keller
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Coalition Sortons le gaz! @sortonslegaz.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
🛠️🔥 #1ermai | Journée internationale des travailleurs et travailleuses 💬 Pas de justice climatique sans justice sociale. Sortir du gaz, oui — mais pas sans les travailleurs et travailleuses ! Pour une transition juste : ✅ Reconversions accompagnées ✅ Emplois durables ✅ Fin de l’écoblanchiment
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The energy transition runs on union power. On the latest podcast episode of 'Class & Climate: Perspectives on a Green Economy' (w/ @broadbent.bsky.social), we learn how energy workers experience the climate crisis firsthand. LISTEN: perspectivesjournal.ca/union-power-...
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Class & Climate: Union Power with Brandon Dyck - IBEW | Perspectives Journal
The energy transition runs on union power. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is one of the labour unions that will generate the electricity needed to seize the potential and j...
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The energy transition runs on union power. On the latest podcast episode of 'Class & Climate: Perspectives on a Green Economy' (w/ @broadbent.bsky.social), we learn how energy workers experience the climate crisis firsthand. LISTEN: perspectivesjournal.ca/union-power-...
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Class & Climate: Union Power with Brandon Dyck - IBEW | Perspectives Journal
The energy transition runs on union power. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is one of the labour unions that will generate the electricity needed to seize the potential and j...
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The energy transition runs on union power. On the latest podcast episode of 'Class & Climate: Perspectives on a Green Economy' (w/ @greeneconnet.bsky.social) how do electrical workers experience climate change firsthand? LISTEN: perspectivesjournal.ca/union-power-ibew
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Canadian Labour @canadianlabour.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Canada just saw the worst March for full-time job losses, outside of the pandemic. Our senior economist, @dtcochrane.bsky.social, breaks down why Trump’s tariffs are driving job precarity and why the federal government must act now. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: Tariffs are already changing Canada’s job market, and workers are paying the price
Canada lost 62,000 full-time jobs in March. Excluding the first year of the pandemic, this is the worst March on record for full-time job losses
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
New episode: Lindsay Amundsen of Canada's Building Trades Unions joins Nick Pearce on @greeneconnet.bsky.social's Class & Climate to talk building trades, training, and what a real just transition looks like for Canadian workers. 🎙️ perspectivesjournal.ca/building-a-green-workforce-lindsay-amundsen/
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The April Broadbent Bulletin is out! 🚨 @hassum.bsky.social on Trump’s tariffs, key updates on #Broadbent2025 Progress Summit, and the launch of 'Class & Climate: Perspectives on a Green Economy' a new podcast with @greeneconnet.bsky.social. Check your inbox or read it now: broadbentinstitute.ca
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The first episode of GEN and @broadbent.bsky.social's new podcast miniseries on green industrial policy, Class & Climate, is out now! Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3miMCZq...
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
​​New podcast alert! Class & Climate: Perspectives on a Green Economy from Perspectives Journal and @greeneconnet.bsky.social Ep 1 ft. @jimbostanford.bsky.social & Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood on green industrial policy vs Trump’s tariffs & carbon market failure. perspectivesjournal.ca/green-indust...
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Class & Climate: Green Industrial Policy with Jim Stanford and Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood | Perspectives Journal
Our new podcast series maps how climate action can deliver jobs and long-term affordability for workers.
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The first episode of GEN and @broadbent.bsky.social's new podcast miniseries on green industrial policy, Class & Climate, is out now! Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3miMCZq...
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Read our @nationalobserver.com op-ed arguing for a green industrial strategy to fight the world's dumbest trade war: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/21/o...
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The world’s dumbest trade war makes going green a matter of survival
Putting up thousands of wind turbines and hundreds of solar farms, means more jobs, less global warming and less reliance on the boom and bust oil and gas sector that handcuffs us to the U.S.
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The Trump tariffs are a wake up call to bet big on big a green industrial strategy that protects jobs. Read our op-ed making the case for a pro-worker energy transition: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/21/o...
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The world’s dumbest trade war makes going green a matter of survival
Putting up thousands of wind turbines and hundreds of solar farms, means more jobs, less global warming and less reliance on the boom and bust oil and gas sector that handcuffs us to the U.S.
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Simon Enoch @simonenoch.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
High SP3ed Rail? To ensure the public interest, Canada’s HSR should be in public hands www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Canada’s proposed high speed rail shouldn’t be a public private partnership - CCPA
The federal government’s announcement on February 19 that it will pursue an electrified high speed rail (HSR) project from Toronto to Quebec City is welcome news. A national infrastructure project of ...
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Investing in an east-west transmission is a key plank of the Green Economy Network's Common Platform. Read GEN member @hadrianmk.bsky.social's analysis for the @policyalternatives.ca make the case for it here: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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An east-west oil pipeline is a trap—Canada needs an east-west electricity grid - CCPA
Trump’s economic warfare and threats of annexation have triggered a rare moment of political agreement in Canada. We desperately need to reduce our economic dependence on the United States, our leader...
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Read our @nationalobserver.com op-ed arguing for a green industrial strategy to fight the world's dumbest trade war: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/21/o...
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The world’s dumbest trade war makes going green a matter of survival
Putting up thousands of wind turbines and hundreds of solar farms, means more jobs, less global warming and less reliance on the boom and bust oil and gas sector that handcuffs us to the U.S.
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The end of the month sometimes creeps up faster than the end of the world. A pro-worker, public-led green industrial strategy is the best way to protect jobs without backsliding on emissions Read GEN's op-ed:
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The world’s dumbest trade war makes going green a matter of survival
Putting up thousands of wind turbines and hundreds of solar farms, means more jobs, less global warming and less reliance on the boom and bust oil and gas sector that handcuffs us to the U.S.
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
From GEN member @policyalternatives.bsky.social: "...(I)ncome inequality—especially the share of income held by the top five and 10 per cent of income earners—is a significant driver of carbon emissions across Canada." www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Income inequality is driving carbon emissions in Canada | CCPA
Income inequality in Canada is difficult to ignore. Over the past few decades, the share of income controlled by the very few has grown significantly, leaving the rest of the population struggling wit...
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Hadrian @hadrianmk.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Canada must be prepared for four years of unpredictable, vindictive and destabilizing American policy. My initial take on Trump's opening salvo with @whosestreets.bsky.social and @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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What Trump’s Executive Orders mean for Canada | CCPA
Donald Trump stood in front of a crowd of fans inside the Capital One arena in Washington D.C. on inauguration day. Having just taken the oath of office and been sworn in as President of the United St...
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
🚨 Global economy faces a 50% GDP loss between 2070-90 without immediate policy action on climate. We must act now, to protect people’s living standards today, and tomorrow’s future generations. If we don’t, disruption and devastation are guaranteed.
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
"But how do we pay for it???" 👇 www.iisd.org/articles/ins...
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The Cost of Fossil Fuel Reliance: Governments provided USD 1.5 trillion from public coffers in 2023
Government support for fossil fuels reached at least USD 1.5 trillion in 2023, new data shows.
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
These regulations are welcome, but the only way they'll be effective is with workers at the table, substantial investments in skills and training, and a total commitment to creating good unionized jobs. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Ottawa releases final version of clean electricity rules
The final regulations have been softened from the government’s original proposal, but the added flexibility does not go as far industry and provinces wanted
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Former CCPA Executive Director pays tribute to GEN founder Tony Clarke:
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The Green Economy Network (GEN) is mourning the loss of its founder Tony Clarke, 80, a renowned advocate for social and environmental justice who leaves a foundational legacy in the Canadian climate movement. greeneconomynet.ca/gen-founder-...
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GEN founder Tony Clarke dies at 80
The Green Economy Network (GEN) is mourning the loss of its founder Tony Clarke, 80,  a renowned advocate for social and environmental justice who leaves a foundational legacy in the Canadian climate ...
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
It's time for Canada to deliver worker-focused green industrial policy. "Alliances between labour and climate movements offer our greatest hope," writes Nick Pearce, National Convenor for the Green Economy Network (@greeneconnet.bsky.social). Full article: www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/28/o...
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Political headwinds means death to some climate policies. Others may survive.
An electorally-vulnerable climate policy must recognize it is easier to build political coalitions around concrete, specific projects that provide more jobs, more public goods and a lower cost of livi...
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Hadrian @hadrianmk.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
No politician or government in Canada can “save” the oil sands in the long term. For all the finger-pointing within Canada, the real spectre hanging over the industry is the global clean energy transition. My latest in the @calgaryherald.bsky.social: calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Opinion: Alberta should prepare for the worst when it comes to long-term oil demand
What happens when the world stops buying our oil? It’s a question Canadian governments, communities, workers and industry aren’t asking.
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Want a durable climate coalition? Green public goods in transit, energy and housing lower the cost of living, create jobs and give people a direct stake in a just transition. Read our op-ed in @nationalobserver.bsky.social, out today www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/28/o...
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Political headwinds means death to some climate policies. Others may survive.
An electorally-vulnerable climate policy must recognize it is easier to build political coalitions around concrete, specific projects that provide more jobs, more public goods and a lower cost of livi...
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Unifor @unifor.org · 27/11/2024
ICYMI - Yesterday Unifor's @lanapayne.bsky.social joined Andrew Bell on BNN Bloomberg to discuss the effects of Trump tariffs on Canadian workers. #canlab #cdnpoli www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/shows/...
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Lana Payne, national president of Unifor, talks about the impact of Trump's tariffs on workers in Canada.
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greeneconnet.bsky.social @greeneconnet.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Sky-high youth unemployment is kneecapping the climate fight. It's time for an ambitious public investment and a Youth Climate Corps to create jobs and cut emissions.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Check out this great 2-minute video call for a Canadian Youth Climate Corps: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVct...
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Canada Needs a Youth Climate Corps 🤝
YouTube video by Climate Emergency Unit
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