Occupation: Filmmaker Birth: 1968
If we could get proportional representation and open up roles for smaller parties in coalition governments, we could start intentionally breaking dow….
One of the things that could be exciting about this next phase of Canadian politics is if we could maybe have co-leaders..
I'm really changed by my research. This book ["This Changes Everything" ]is very different from what I set out to write..
I think that kind of urgency is what makes this stage of the climate movement really different from what it was even a few years ago when it was much….
Catastrophic damage from climate-driven extreme weather is now an annual reality. The cost of not dealing with it will be much greater than if we try….
I think Canada deserves a forthrightly left electoral alternative. I don't see the advantage for our democracy in having a number of parties crowded ….
I personally feel very strongly that what it will take is not more disasters, it's that what it will take is a vision of the future that is better th….
I've always kind of hated films about climate change..
The thing that our system is designed to do is keep us alone and isolated in our little consumer bubble. And the most revolutionary act of all might ….
What we face in Canada are multiple overlapping crises. We have the climate crisis, which is screaming down on us - all of the predictions are coming….
The book and the film [This Changes Everything] fed into each other in ways that were compounding and very exciting. The pain was shared..
If you have a culture based on hunting and fishing and all the animals are disappearing and the fish are sick, then you can't live traditionally. The….
So many people are on the front lines of this fossil fuel frenzy. It is infused with a sense of urgency..
We're dealing with a crisis of inequality, of joblessness, of underemployment..
Film 'This Changes Everything' is not a sad story. It's not a slit-your-wrists climate film. It's a story about people who are making change happen..
Find an organization, shoot them an email, call them up, find them on Facebook and say "Hey, I want to volunteer." And that first step could lead to ….
The United States had eight years of Barack Obama. He made it incredibly clear that he was a right-wing Democrat. He cited Ronald Reagan lovingly in ….
I think people are losing that sense of security pretty fast, frankly..
Once you feel the desire to engage, think about what you're good at and what you can contribute. It's about breaking down the idea that there are act….
If you spend a lot of time with activists, as I have, they're just ordinary people who instead of Netflix are getting together in church basements an….