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Wet’suwet’en vs. Conservatives

Kyle Wierks — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 18:06:19 +0000

The real fight is not with Canadians; it is with the people in power who have created a system whereby they can exploit our country at the expense of those who live here and claim the moral high ground because the law is supposedly on their side.

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Social justice starts with us

Kyle Wierks — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 01:39:24 +0000

We are all of us responsible, but, greater than that, we are all empowered; the world can't change without us.

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Exporting economic costs

Kyle Wierks — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 23:47:16 +0000

An economy that strives for the lowest cost possible by any means possible necessarily shifts the burden of cost to another, and invariably in the Western economy, that cost is shifted to low-income countries that do not participate in the Western economy.

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The price of competition: environmental exploitation

Kyle Wierks — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 08:51:59 +0000

If we want our planet to outlive our children, our economy will need to prioritize sustainability over cheap consumer products.

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