Leonard Cohen and Canada

Canada: What do Leonard Cohen and Black Lives Matter Toronto have in common What do some of the country most powerful labour leaders and most hard-core green groups agree on How about Ellen Page and the head of English Canada Jesuits All share a belief that it is possible for Canada to fight against climate change in a way that changes our country for the better -- delivering meaningful justice to First Nations, creating more and better jobs, restoring and expanding our social safety net, reducing economic and racial inequalities, and welcoming far more migrants and refugees, according to Rabble. That the message many of Canada most prominent artists, authors and musicians -- along with an unprecedented coalition of social and environmental justice organizations -- sent yesterday when they joined together in Toronto to launch The Leap Manifesto. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. The oil price crash and destabilized economy we find ourselves with is Stephen Harper legacy, a culmination of his entire approach to policy: recklessly betting everything on a single volatile commodity, the Alberta tar sands. The Manifesto, bolder than anything on offer from the major federal political parties, lays out an alternative vision that would get us to 100 per cent renewable electricity within two decades -- while building a fairer, more humane society in the process. Yet the plummeting price of oil is not merely a crisis, but a moment to reflect on what our country has become and to catalyze a shift in a different direction. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.