Build The Future

“The Sustainable Jobs Act represents a decent framework to create and maintain good, green, union jobs in Canada. We must remain vigilant to ensure that the plan’s implementation lives up to its promise. Blue Green Canada will continue to demand a solid commitment to both jobs and climate action. We will advocate for increased union participation at all levels, stronger support for affected workers and communities, and for the needed funding and financing to achieve climate goals while creating good, union jobs.”

“The Sustainable Jobs Act is the latest milestone in ongoing efforts to protect workers as the economy transitions to net-zero. Unifor, as a member of Blue Green Canada, is ready to provide the federal government with the guidance necessary to ensure this legislation adequately addresses workers’ concerns.”

“The legislation introduced today steers clear of the important conversations needed on how today’s workers will be impacted, negatively or positively, by the ongoing transition to a net-zero economy. Workers and communities deserve a transparent accounting of not only how the federal government proposes to create sustainable jobs, but how to ensure today’s workforce has a meaningful place in tomorrow’s net-zero economy.”

“Blue Green Canada is eager for legislation that will increase access to good jobs and secure a healthy environment, for now and the future, by addressing our contributions to the global climate crisis. To be impactful, today’s legislation must require Canada’s elected leaders to develop plans in collaboration with impacted workers, employers, Indigenous nations, local and provincial governments, and other stakeholders, to keep Canadians working, eliminate fossil fuel emissions, and develop Green Industrial Policy that gets us to the future we all want.”

“The legislation fails to meet the urgency of the climate crisis, at a time when communities across Canada are experiencing its devastating impacts. Although the proposed legislation is a positive step towards including affected workers and communities in the energy transition, it needs to be strengthened to avoid pitfalls like greenwashing and ignoring obligations towards Indigenous peoples.”