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The Environment in Canada PodcastYour Community Can Drive the Transition to Renewables - Don’t Wait for the State!Without you taking action in your community - mapping out what you want - the market may not create the outcomes we want when it comes to switching over to renewables. So don't wait for provincial or federal governments to act. Conor talks with Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood about examples of action in places like Edmonton, Alberta. Hadrian is with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), you can read their full report Don’t wait for the state: A blueprint for grassroots climate transitions in Canada here: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/dont-wait-for-the-state-2/Be sure to...2025-07-0127 min
PullbackPeople-Centred Just Transition with Hadrian Mertins-KirkwoodThe transition off of fossil fuels is important and needs to happen, but it will affect the livelihoods of oil and gas workers and those in fossil fuel dependent communities. How can we make sure the transition is just and people-centred?
We spoke with Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, a senior researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Hadrian’s work focuses on the social and economic dimensions of Canada’s shift toward a zero-carbon economy, including the necessity of a just transition for vulnerable workers and communities across the country. He is a contributor to the CCPA's Trade and...2025-04-2246 min
Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social DemocracyClass & Climate: Green Industrial Policy with Jim Stanford and Hadrian Mertins-KirkwoodThe climate crisis overlaps with the cost-of-living crisis, amid the US tariff threat. As our fossil fuel dependence exposes us to inflation and trade threats from the US, the labour and climate movements are uniting to demand more for working-class Canadians. Jim Stanford, economist and director of the Centre for Future Work and Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives senior researcher Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood argue that green industrial strategy can make life more affordable in the long-term, and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels while charting an independent economic course for Canada. This is the first episode of Class & C...2025-03-2837 min
Just AskingYour questions about the trade warIt seems like the trade war is here to stay for the foreseeable future. That was the message from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after another week of threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. What do you want to know about tariffs and how this all affects your personal finances? We put your questions to Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, a political economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and Bruce Sellery, an expert on personal finances.2025-03-0855 min
Mornings with SimiFull Show: Does Trump Hate Canada?, Tariff retaliation & Who solves puzzles the best?What really drove Trump to impose tariffs on Canada?Guest: Ian Austen, Ottawa-Based Reporter on Canada for The New York Times TimesShould Canada sanction Trump’s inner circle?Guest: Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, Senior Researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy AlternativesWho solves puzzles better: Ants or humans?Guest: Dr. Ofer Feinerman, Professor in the Department of Physics of Complex Systems at the Weizmann Institute of Science in IsraelHow are Trump’s tariffs impacting BC businesses?Guest: Bridgitte Anderson, President and CEO of the Grea...2025-03-0444 minMornings with SimiShould Canada sanction Trump’s inner circle?Should Canada sanction Trump’s inner circle?Guest: Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, Senior Researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-03-0407 min
RedeyeCanada needs an east-west electricity grid, not another oil pipelineDonald Trump’s tariff threats and insistence that Canada become the 51st state have put the issue of national sovereignty firmly on the agenda. It seems obvious that one of the clearest routes to protect Canada now and in the future is to reduce our economic dependence on the United States. One idea that’s been floated is a plan to build an oil pipeline from Alberta to Atlantic Canada. We speak with Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, senior researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, who says what Canada needs is an east-west electricity grid.2025-02-2514 min
Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social DemocracyIndustrial Policy after Neoliberalism with D.T. CochraneFor decades, social democrats have championed industrial policy, prioritizing the governance of the economy and market regulation as a way to build a more just and democratic society. But as a new era of neoliberalism — or post-neoliberalism — dawns, economist D.T. Cochrane sees Canada at a crossroads, in urgent need of a renewed vision of industrial policy.The Canadian Labour Congress’s senior economist points to the shortcomings of Canada’s carbon tax and tells us what the future of the Canadian economy could look like as Donald Trump takes office in the US, answering the ultimate question...2025-01-2435 min
Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social DemocracyIs Canada Falling Behind on Green Industrial Policy? with Hadrian Mertins-KirkwoodTo help make Canada into a “good society,” Ed Broadbent was a major proponent of “industrial strategy” throughout the 1970s and 80s as leader of Canada’s NDP, to use this policy vision for social democratic change and challenge the dominance of market mechanisms, ultimately to the working-class the tools to build a just and equal economic democracy.Today, comprehensive policy plans in the United States, Europe and China have taken the form of industrial strategy to guide their economic transformation and development in the face of economic and climate crises. Canada, on the other hand, seems to have lag...2024-05-1313 min
Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social DemocracyGreen Industrial Policy in CanadaOn October 17th, 2023 the Green Economy Network, a coalition of labour, environmental, and social justice organizations working to build a green economy in Canada, held a workshop in Ottawa at the Canadian Labour Congress to present its updated “Common Platform”, an action plan for investments in job creation and emissions reductions in key economic sectors.To accompany the Common Platform, the Green Economy Network hosted a discussion on “Green Industrial Policy in Canada”--a crucial framework to build on public policy that can spur an economic transformation based on justice and equality.But before getting into the...2023-11-2835 min
Green Majority RadioThe Sustainable Jobs Controversy (871)Lauren speaks with Amara Possian of 350.org, Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and Aliénor Rougeot of Environmental Defence about Canada’s “Sustainable Jobs Act.”2023-06-2354 min
Green Majority RadioCanada's Dull Mind (857)Environmental Defence's Allie Rougeot gives us a comprehensive picture of Imperial Oil's wastewater spill. Stefan also interviews policy researcher Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood about Canada's Sustainable Jobs Plan.2023-03-1758 min
Unpacked with the Canadian Centre for Policy AlternativesBlueprint for A Green FutureA Green Future is possible, but what does it look like in Canada? What do we need to consider as we transition to a net-zero economy? And how do we do it without leaving anyone behind? Join Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, CCPA Senior Researcher, and Environmental Defence’s program manager for climate and energy, Allie Rougeot, as they discuss the movement across Canada to push for inclusive climate action for a hopeful future.2021-08-0538 min
The BackbenchEp. 76 - Biden's Clean BreakU.S. President-elect Joe Biden's climate plan may seem at odds with Canada's energy sector — but there's more to consider than just pipeline politics. Senior Researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood unpacks Biden's climate plan and what it means for Canada.This episode is brought to you by Paradigm.Support the show: https://backbench.supercast.tech/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-11-1734 min
Podcasts – Beyond the HeadlinesThe Weekly: Canada’s Carbon TaxOn October 23, 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada’s federal carbon tax. Our weekly team breaks down how pollution pricing will affect Canadians with David McLaughlin from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) Guests: David McLaughlin, Director of Climate Change Canada, International Institute forContinue reading "The Weekly: Canada’s Carbon Tax"2018-10-2600 min