A bold blueprint to retool our economy and transform our politics for a zero-carbon future. The IPCC's 2018 report told us in no uncertain terms that the world has just ten years to at least halve our greenhouse gas emissions if we are to have a hope of holding global warming to a 1.5ÀC increase. Canada is not on a path to meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets, and radical change to the way we live and work must happen at high speed, but how are we ever to do this? Well, we've actually done it before. During the Second World War, Canadians and their government completely remade the economy -- retooling factories, transforming the workforce, and creating common cause among Canadians for the war effort. In A Good War, author and activist Seth Klein looks at the Second World War strategies and shows how they can be repurposed today for a rapid transition. He demonstrates that this change can create jobs and reduce inequality while tackling our climate obligations. From enlisting broad public support to new economic models, and new job creation to investment in green infrastructure, Klein shows us a bold, practical policy plan for a zero-carbon Canada. In a coincidence almost too uncanny, COVID-19 has brought change upon our world that would have been unthinkable a few months ago, change very like what Klein presciently proposes in these pages. It turns out the world can turn on a dime if necessary. Now is the time to use the billions of dollars governments are spending to support their economies to invest in climate change and social infrastructure for a better future. And the blueprint is in your hands.--$cProvided by publisher.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2020.
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- 338.9/270971
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- 23
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- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
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- 9781773055923 1770415459
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- HC79.E5
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- K565 2020eb
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- 1 electronic text (xxvii, 434 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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Table of Contents
- Front Cover 8
- Advance Praise 2
- Title Page 8
- Copyright 9
- Dedication 10
- Table of Contents 14
- Preface 16
- Part One: Again at the Crossroads of History 30
- Chapter 1: Introduction: Confronting Existential Threats, Then and Now 32
- Chapter 2: What We’re Up Against: The New Climate Denialism in Canada 54
- Part Two: Galvanizing Public Suport and Social Solidarity 86
- Chapter 3: Ready to Rally: Marshalling Public Opinion, Then and Now 88
- Chapter 4: Making Common Cause: Inequality, Then and Now 128
- Chapter 5: Confederation Quagmire: Regional Differences, Then and Now 146
- Part Three: Mobilizing All Our Resources 170
- Chapter 6: Remaking the Economy, Then and Now 172
- Chapter 7: Mobilizing Labour: Just Transition, Then and Now 236
- Chapter 8: Paying for Mobilization, Then and Now 272
- Part Four: Bold Leadership —From the Grassroots and in Our Politics 294
- Chapter 9: Indigenous Leadership 296
- Chapter 10: Civil Society Leadership 324
- Chapter 11: Cautionary Tales: What Not to Do 340
- Chapter 12: Transforming Our Politics: Bold Leadership, Then, There and Now 362
- Conclusion: Forward to Victory! Or Making Peace with Our Planet 390
- Epilogue: The COVID-19 Pandemic and How a Recognized Emergency Makes the Impossible Possible 404
- Endnotes 412
- Acknowledgements 438
- Index 442
