Jessica Carradine

Political economist focused on climate policy, sustainable finance, just transitions.

[DT Cochrane @DTCochrane]

Neither Carney nor Poilievre will name the root cause of inflation: corporations with pricing power boosting markups to claim higher profits.

[Ricardo Tranjan @ricardo_tranjan]

Ontario lost nearly 1,300 residential construction jobs last year - the worst in Canada - due to declining housing starts.

Ont gov must stop deferring to private developers and take the lead on rental housing development.

#onpoli

https://t.co/Fju6bDVeke

[Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health @ActionShift]

1/ In spite of the hype, hydrogen faces intractable financial, physical, and technical barriers. Shift's new report details why phasing out gas is required to meet climate obligations, and why hydrogen is unable to replace it. https://t.co/elahGKjwHW

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

All the takes are correct and yet they also miss the point.

Yes, it was insane for the Democrats to think they could win by running a soulless candidate, without a shred of progressive policy vision, pursuing endorsements from neocon war-hawks everybody hates, while arming and funding a genocide, and belittling and crushing those who have enough morality to protest it.  It is enraging that the Democrats are so smug and blind to this.

But these are all just symptoms.  The deeper reality is that liberalism has failed, liberalism is dead, and people urgently need to wake up to this fact and respond accordingly. It is a defunct ideology that cannot offer any meaningful solutions to our social and ecological crises and it must be abandoned.

Democrats have proven over and over again that they cannot accept even *basic* steps like public healthcare, affordable housing, and a public job guarantee - things that would dramatically improve the material, social and political conditions of the working classes. And they cannot accept a public finance strategy that would steer production away from fossil fuels and toward green transition to give us a shot at a liveable future.

Why? Because these things run against the objectives of capital accumulation. And for liberals capital is sacrosanct. They will do whatever it takes to ensure elite accumulation, it is their only consistent commitment.  At home, they suppress and demonize progressive and socialist tendencies. Abroad, they engage in endless wars and violence to suppress input prices in the global South and prevent any possibility of sovereign economic development.

The Democrats have done all this purposefully and knowingly, for my whole life, not as some kind of "mistake" but in full consciousness that it is in the interests of capital.

And because liberalism cannot address our crises, and because it crushes socialist alternatives, it inevitably paves the way for right-wing populism.  They know this pattern, and yet they risk it every time - this election being only the most recent example. They did it in 2016, when they actively crushed the Sanders campaign and sent Trump to the White House. They do it because ultimately they (and I mean the liberal ruling class here) don't really mind if fascists take power, so long as the latter too ensure the conditions for capital accumulation. They 100% prefer this to the possibility of a socialist alternative.

So, progressives have to face reality. The dream of "converting" the Democratic party is dead. This is now a fact and it must be accepted. The only option is to build a mass-based movement that can reclaim the working classes and mobilize a political vehicle that can integrate disparate progressive struggles into a unified and formidable political force and achieve substantive transformation. This will take real work, actual organizing, but it must be done and that process must begin now.

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

Addressing climate change is too expensive, they said.

[Corporate Knights @corporateknight]

Should investors #divest or engage? Can you responsibly invest in #AI?

The latest takeaways and key obstacles for the responsible investment community, from Corporate Knights researcher @Jess_Carradine. ⬇️

@PRI_News
https://t.co/5Vopc6JZNR

[Allie @AlienorR2]

Unprecedented and under-predicted growth in solar energy reminds us of one thing: the energy transition is happening now and it's going to be fast.

Canada is not ready to make the most of it, because it keeps getting distracted by short-term profits in oil and gas.

[Jessica Carradine @Jess_Carradine]

@DavidMacCdn @ccpa Congrats!

[David Macdonald @DavidMacCdn]

Its finally done! 4 months worth of work, 100 contributors, 27 issues areas, 190 costed policy proposals. Our 31st annual Alternative Federal Budget #AFB2025 is up (right in time for the next sitting of parliament) https://t.co/tVEo0jfceG @ccpa

[Daniela Gabor @DanielaGabor]

Mexican women are already building the Big Green State, from the ground up.
Utopias of luxury public infrastructure.

[Marc Lee @MarcLeeYVR]

Our recent tax study finds that the top 1% pay less tax as a share of income than EVERYBODY else. This has to change. And despite what your conservative uncle thinks no one pays half their income in taxes.

[Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health @ActionShift]

BREAKING: Yesterday, @cppinvestments marked Earth Day by committing US$300 million to fracking expansion in Ohio, making a mockery of CPPIB’s net-zero emissions commitment.

#cdnpoli #fossilfuels #climaterisk

Read our statement for the full story. https://t.co/nSKvyOR5tf

[Corporate Knights @corporateknight]

Climate was the biggest winner in the federal government's 2024 budget, but the climate funding gap persists, write @tobyheaps @Jess_Carradine

#Budget2024 #cdnpoli #climatecrisis

https://t.co/8qoDg85baq

[Toby Heaps @tobyheaps]

A lively debate yesterday in the House referencing recent @corporateknight report on climate funding gap.
https://t.co/8cLP3HkWHK
2 points to make:
1. The current liberal government is doing much more than any previous government on climate funding (as is the case for most countries), but it falls short of its commitments and way short of what is required.
2. While federal public investment is a critical catalyst to address the climate funding gap, other levels of government and the private sector must also step up to the plate.

[CCPA— on Bluesky @policyalternatives.ca @ccpa]

The federal budget will be revealed on April 16. We’ve reached into our Alternative Federal Budget with good ideas to address the challenges of our time. #cdnpoli #Budget2024
https://t.co/j3dq9oduOK 🧵⤵️

[Corporate Knights @corporateknight]

Since 2015, the feds have talked a big game when it comes to investing on climate. But our inaugural Climate Dollars report shows there was a 30% shortfall between what the government committed to spending on climate and what it actually has. #cdnpoli https://t.co/sypvmZGrYb

[Alex Ballingall 🫨 @aballinga]

Justin Trudeau's government is $14.3 billion behind in climate change spending, report says https://t.co/omISkayt62 via @torontostar

[Corporate Knights @corporateknight]

Most Canadians want their investments to align with climate action

a new op-ed from @JulieESegal of @envirodefence and @MelanieAnnSnow of @ecojustice_ca

#cdnpoli #SustainableFinance

https://t.co/yGTmvd3Nw2

[Corporate Knights @corporateknight]

A note from our publisher @tobyheaps from our fall magazine: Slow and steady will not win the climate race.

"The name of the game on #climateaction is speed. We need to go faster and we can," writes Heaps.

https://t.co/sefiIG5hwJ

[Canadians for Tax Fairness @FairTaxCanada]

In the last 2 decades Suncor dispersed $42.8B to shareholders, while receiving tax breaks for investing in "business as usual". Our new report shows tax credits alone reduced O&G sector taxes by 40%. It's time to tax these companies properly. #cdnpoli https://t.co/ahWHJJ6Lod