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About Laurel Collins

Laurel Collins is the NDP critic for the environment and climate change and the Member of Parliament for Victoria. Previously, Collins was an instructor in political sociology and social justice studies at the University of Victoria. Her research focused on violence and non-violence in social movements and education. She worked with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on issues of displacement. Collins was involved in campaigns for environmental justice, post-secondary education, protecting civil liberties, and ending violence against women.

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Dear Liberals: We need action on the climate file

The federal government has given 14 times more support to the oil and gas industry than to renewable energy. Let that sink in.
Opinion | May 5th 2022
Wind-powered generators

Canada's climate bill isn't the bill we would have written. But it must go through

Bill C-12 is a better bill today because of our efforts, write NDP MPs Laurel Collins and Taylor Bachrach. But let’s be clear: this isn’t the climate plan we would have written.
Opinion, Politics | June 14th 2021

Comment: The Curious Case of Minister Monsef’s Consultations on Electoral Reform

It did not seem to occur to Minister Monsef that the majority of Canadians might not be clamoring for electoral reform precisely because the Liberal party already vowed to carry it out.
Opinion, Politics | November 2nd 2016

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