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Linda McQuaig is Right: Keep the Tar Sands in the Ground!
September 29, 2015
At the beginning of the federal election campaign, Toronto Centre NDP candidate and respected author Linda McQuaig stated a simple fact: "a lot of people recognize that a lot of the oil sands oil may need to stay in the ground if we're going to meet our climate change targets." This sparked a corporate media backlash, accusing her of being ideologically-driven, anti-Alberta and anti-jobs.
The science is clear: if Canada continues to extract the tar sands, it will be game over for the climate. To avoid climate catastrophe we need to keep the vast majority of tar sands in the ground.
Speakers:
* Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning investigative journalist who has been writing about the oil and gas industry, energy, and economics for more than two decades.
* Justin Podur is a writer and a professor of Environmental Studies at York University in Toronto. He is the author of Haiti's New Dictatorship and has contributed chapters to Empire's Ally: Canada and the War in Afghanistan
* Carolyn Egan is the president of the United Steelworkers Toronto Area Council and Co-Chair of the Good Jobs for All Coalition.
Sponsored by:Toronto East End Against Line 9, Toronto West End Against Line 9, Toronto 350, Centre for Social Justice, Rising Tide Toronto
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: United Steelworkers' Hall
Location: 25 Cecil Street Toronto, ON
Categories: Environment
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