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The most effective way to support oilpatch workers and their families is not by giving their former employers government handouts, but by supporting workers directly.
In the case of public health, private rights simply do not trump the common good. And people's lives and well-being should never be reduced exclusively to the parameters of a cost-benefit analysis.
Canada needs a concerted effort to support the clean tech sector during the COVID-19 crisis or companies will go bankrupt or be so delayed in getting their technology to market that our competitive advantage could be lost.
It took months, but North American health authorities are finally recommending we cover our faces when we leave the house. And that mask can be homemade.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Fridays for Future, the youth climate campaign, was seeing numbers of protesters decline and its calls for action falling short of its goals. Now, the movement is recalibrating its strategies to try to usher in the next phase of a global campaign.
