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Virtually everywhere, these jobs are underpaid, undervalued and underprotected. Most workers in low-wage, low-carbon jobs are women, racialized workers, migrants and newcomers.
Alisdair McLean is not looking for directions. The map marks off a three-kilometre radius around his Ottawa home. If his destination is in that circle, he leaves his car in the driveway and walks.
Now, the question is whether his bet on the social media company will pay off for him — and what it will mean for the rest of us, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
In the face of a climate emergency, our approach to energy security today must be consistent with a responsible approach to climate change and the need to reduce our carbon emissions.
Web3 has the potential to disrupt existing institutions because it can accelerate change more quickly, creating new models rather than working through existing layers of process and governance.
The newspaper recently appointed Marina Glogovac as CEO, and a series of her recent tweets seem to point to a worldview that's at odds with the paper’s long-standing principles.