Social Justice

: While turtles and teamsters have marched together in the past, it has usually been with a focus on social justice, against corporate globalization and trade deals, according to Rabble. This is not only the first time climate change is a focus in a march co-sponsored by the labour movement, it the first time that the links are being made to the struggles of Indigenous peoples, immigrants, and people of colour and the first time our cross-sector movement is not just saying what we are against but what we are for. To my knowledge it the first action in Canada that has linked jobs with the battle for climate change in a context of social justice. Check out the video promoting the march. A movement where Indigenous Peoples, the first defenders of the land, are in the lead. In May I attended a cross-country meeting called by Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis to begin the work of building a broad movement to fight climate change by presenting a new vision where reversing climate change can be done in the context of increasing social justice and good jobs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.