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Darker Politics: Democracies, Labour Rights and Climate Change - Video

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2017-05-26

Authors

Brown, Larry
Chorostecki, Jim
Lipsig-Mummé, Carla
Burman, Tony
Bernard, Elaine

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Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW)

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This video, available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im0Cv53fV_Y is a recording of an ACW public event on Friday, May 26 2017, held at Innis Town Hall Theatre, University of Toronto, Toronto. Speakers consider the impact of the election of U.S. President Donald Trump on Canada and climate change policy. Specifically, this recording shows: Larry Brown, President, National Union of Public and General Employees, moderator, introducing the event | Starts 4:01 Presentations by: Tony Burman, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism at Ryerson University, “Democracy Under Threat” | Starting 14:34 Dr. Elaine Bernard, Senior Research Associate at the Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School, “Trump’s War on Workers and the Environment” | Starts 40:33 and Jim Chorostecki, Executive Director at B.C. Federation of Labour, “The Softwood Lumber Dispute is the Hatfields vs. McCoys Feud Without the Guns, So Far.” | Starts 1:12:30.

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Climate change, Labour, Climate change policy, Canada, United States of America, Forestry industry, Labour unions

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