What do we mean when we say we want a “Green New Deal for Canada?”

Last December, 350.org launched something we called the Good Work Guarantee. It laid out what, at the time, our team saw as key pieces of a Green New Deal of Canada. Since then, the conversation around what a Green New Deal for Canada looks like has evolved, with more movements and groups bringing their visions, hopes and energy to the conversation.

With that, our own vision of a Green New Deal for Canada has also evolved and grown. So, what do we mean when we talk about a “made-in-Canada” Green New Deal?

First, we think that a Green New Deal for Canada needs to achieve four goals:

  1. It meets the scale and urgency of the climate crisis, listening to and basing it’s prescriptions for climate action on the best available science.

To meet these goals, we have four specific policy ideas that we think should be in a Green New Deal for Canada.

  1. A freeze on fossil fuel expansion. We can’t solve the climate crisis and keep making it worse at the same time.

We also know that these goals and policies do not make up the entirety of a Green New Deal for Canada. That’s why we’re working with allies from across different communities, causes and movements to fight for a broad, transformative vision for a massive economic and social mobilization to tackle the climate crisis. As the movement for this grows, we look forward to building this visions together. Here’s two ways to learn more:

  1. Watch this panel from PowerShift:Young and Rising where leaders from across movements in Canada talk about a Green New Deal for Canada.

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Pushing Canada to take real #climate leadership by freezing #tarsands and keeping fossil fuels in the ground. We're part of a global climate justice movement.