Episode 3: Nov 11

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IN THIS EPISODE:

1. Can Canada's conservatives get serious about climate change?
Conservatives in Canada have had a mixed relationship with climate change. How can they re-claim the climate issue? Can they win on climate change? And what does an ambitious but conservative climate agenda look like?

• [min 2: 30]  Mitch Davidson – Executive Director, Strategy Corp Institute of Public Policy and Economics
• [min 6:55]  Ken Boessenkool – Professor, Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University
• [min 11:47]  Melissa Lantsman – Vice President, Enterprise Canada

Links:

• Article: “To win the next election, Conservatives need a credible climate plan” (Boessenkool)
• Speech: Brian Mulroney warns politicians not to ignore climate change
• Video: Preston Manning on carbon pricing
• Article: “The CPC can win the 905 if it embraces a carbon tax” (Boessenkool)

2. Adventures in eliminating subsidies for the fossil fuel sector
In 2009, Canada joined its G20 peers in committing to eliminate subsidies for the fossil fuel sector. A new report scores Canada's performance.

• [min 17:10]  Vanessa Corkal – Policy Analyst, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Links:

• Report: “Doubling Back and Doubling Down: G20 scorecard on fossil fuel funding” 

3. 60-Second Report: "Reassessment of Need for the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project"

• [min 21:17]  J David Hughes – Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Links:

• Check out the report

4. “Five Other Things Happening in the Clean Economy This Week”

• [min. 23:18] Mike Moffatt – Senior Director, Smart Prosperity Institute

Links:

• Read Mike’s blog on the “5 Other Things Happening in the Clean Economy This Week”

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Episode 3 includes music from Eric Campbell and Audio Jungle.

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