Why we need a green economy today, and for tomorrow

'The former Conservative government reversed most of the progress made over the last decades, taking us back to a time before we knew the impacts of pollution and environmental degradation on our health, biodiversity, and economy. Unfortunately, though promising to reverse those changes, the current government talks a great game, but has forfeited progress by not showing up.'

'In the same way that unsustainable environmental policies hurt the long-term health of our ecosystem, they can damage the short- and medium-term health of our economy as well,' writes NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice.The Hill Times photograph by Marco Vigliotti

Opinion

BY NDP MP ALEXANDRE BOULERICE

March 19, 2018

In a seminal 1987 report, Our Common Future, the Brundtland Commission advanced the understanding of global interdependence and the relationship between economics and the environment. The report wove together social, economic, cultural and environmental issues towards global solutions. It found, for...

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