The Youth Climate Corps meets party platforms (w/ Seth Klein, Alex Cool-Fergus and Juan Vargas Alba)

With less than a week before the federal election, Alex Cool-Fergus from Climate Action Network Canada joins Seth Klein, Juan Vargas Alba and Doug Hamilton-Evans from the Climate Emergency Unit to break down the climate commitments in each of the major political parties' platforms. We pay special attention to what the Liberals, NDP and Greens have said about implementing a Youth Climate Corps, which could create thousands of good green jobs for young people to address the climate emergency and other crises we face.

Links and references

• Liberal party platform
• Conservative party platform
• NDP platform
• Green platform
• Bloc Quebecois platform
• This Earth Day, the NDP commits to Empowering Young People to Take Action to Fight Climate Change (Statement from Laurel Collins, NDP candidate in the riding of Victoria)
• Youth Climate Corps campaign 
• The Climate Emergency Unit’s analysis and response to the YCC in Liberal, NDP and Green platforms
• Analysis: Conservative election win could add 800m tonnes to Canada’s emissions by 2035 - Carbon Brief

This episode aired on Thursday, April 24.

Credits: Produced by Doug Hamilton-Evans and Anjali Appadurai. Hosted by Doug Hamilton-Evans with guests Juan Vargas Alba and Seth Klein from the Climate Emergency Unit and Alex Cool-Fergus from Climate Action Network Canada. Music and audio editing by Anjali Appadurai. Artwork by Geoff Smith.