Green Majority Radio

Stefan is away this week so instead it is our pleasure to have the co-host chair filled by the one and only Rob Shirkey, The Executive Director from Our Horizon. Rob and Daryn spend the first part of the program talking about the breaking news this week that Trudeau has flashed the green light for a massive liquid natural gas pipeline through British Columbia that the local liberal government has been fighting for as an election promise. The real question is, how do we square this approval with the election promises of Trudeau himself with regards to climate and First Nations sovereignty which are at best in conflict and at worst reveal dishonesty with this project from the outset.

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Inherent flaws in our corporate regulation, and the fake outrage from the US Congress about excessive profits by companies like Mylan (Epipen Manufacturer) and Turing Pharmaceuticals (Martin Shkreli) despite the fact that this is precisely the behaviour our corporate laws are designed to incentivize. We discuss this with reference to the increasing coverage and litigation of and against Exxon.

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Barbora Grochalova an Environmental Lawyer in Ontario joins us to talk about the joining of Ontario to the Western Climate Initiate that already includes California and Quebec to participate on climate credit trading.

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Daryn and Stefan dig into the ongoing National Energy Board scandals, with completely legitimate mistrust and skepticism about their independence and unbiased perspective on pipeline issues.

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Stefan leads us in a game of 'Pope or Marxist.com' with new statements by the Pope on the social ills of greed and the moral obligation to care for the environment. Stefan also provides a brief update on the Dakota Pipeline story and the indigenous people from all over the country coming to join the resistance to the 'Keystone XL 2.0'.

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We begin the show with an update on the Nestle water controversy, which could see Ontario sell it's water to the private corp for a pathetic $3.71 per MILLION litres. Atiya Jaffar, Digital Organizer for 350 Canada takes the lead to discuss the ongoing story of the Husky Energy disaster in Saskatchewan, and an update on the ongoing protests in the USA with the Dakota First Nations over the Dakota Access Pipeline. Daryn hosts a review of the criticism surrounding BC's new 'Carbon Plan' which was immediately and entirely blasted by scientists and ENGO's for doing basically nothing to achieve meaningful policy or goals for future policy.

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The Green Party may soon be having to reinvent itself with Elizabeth May possibly stepping down as leader next week over a party vote on the Boycott Israel campaign. Digging into the Israel boycott issue itself is outside the scope of our program, but the May angle is very important for politics in Canada. Whether it was her intention or not many people would argue that Ms. May has been more than just the leader of the Greens but rather their sole political product since she took over. Despite the undeniably positive effect of her advocacy in parliament, has she ended up being a liability to the Green Party itself? Guest host Bethany Koughan, local activist and occasional Green Party volunteer discusses.

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We start close to home this week with a conversation about energy efficiency standards and the reason we don't have nice things. We then spend a min talking about the pathetic attempts by oil company funded astroturf groups to garner support by trying to sell it with sex to straight males.

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We start with a critique of conservative ideology and credibility on the issue of climate change and cap and trade.

Follows is Rosemary Frei talking about her decision to retire and become a full time activist. Rosemary tells us about her experience walking Gaspe to protest fracking projects in Quebec.

Finally the team discusses some alarming news of Anthrax and secret military bases full of radiation and toxic waste being unearthed by melting permafrost.

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