SOSC 1510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Sticky Wicket, Canadian Labour Congress, Global Warming
25 Jul 2016
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Global warming at work: how climate change affects the economy and labour. Still, experts at a climate change and labour conference say environmental protection needn"t come at the expense of the economy. By: raveena aulakh, environment, toronto star, dec 01 2013. It is a sticky wicket and hassan yussuff knows it. The secretary-treasurer of the canadian labour congress is talking about the labour force and its role in the environment, and alberta"s oilsands crop up the much-disparaged oilsands that also provide employment to tens of thousands of people. We have been consistent in saying that we need to slow down the pace of development there because of its incredible impact on the environment locally and nationally. If workers can be assured that by slowing the pace of development, technology can be improved to limit the effect on the environment, he says, they will recognize that change needs to happen.
