The Leap Manifesto
A Call for a Canada Based on Caring for the Earth and One Another
http://leapmanifesto.org/en/the-leap-manifesto/
Date Written: 2015-09-16
Year Published: 2015
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX17856
We start from the premise that Canada is facing the deepest crisis in recent memory. so we need to Leap.
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The money we need to pay for this great transformation is available -- we just need the right policies to release it. Like an end to fossil fuel subsidies. Financial transaction taxes. Increased resource royalties. Higher income taxes on corporations and wealthy people. A progressive carbon tax. Cuts to military spending. All of these are based on a simple "polluter pays" principle and hold enormous promise.
One thing is clear: public scarcity in times of unprecedented private wealth is a manufactured crisis, designed to extinguish our dreams before they have a chance to be born.
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