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Podcast: Culture At A Crossroads
Episode: Chris Ragan on Climate Change, Carbon Pricing and helping the Economy and Environment
Description: Climate change was one of the most contentious issues in the 2019 federal election. Canadians are clearly concerned about the carbon footprint that weβre leaving.However, our response has by no means been united. The federal government has a carbon tax effective across the country, but several Premiers have scoffed at this, including Doug Ford and Jason Kenney.Β βChris Ragan is a McGill professor, an economist by trade, and after spending a brief term working for Finance Canada, his eyes were opened to how inefficiently and ineffectively our country's was combating pollution...Read more...