Avi Lewis Quotes
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We're dealing with a crisis of inequality, of joblessness, of underemployment.
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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 than our present.
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So many people are on the front lines of this fossil fuel frenzy. It is infused with a sense of urgency.
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I think people are losing that sense of security pretty fast, frankly.
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One of the things that could be exciting about this next phase of Canadian politics is if we could maybe have co-leaders.
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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.
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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 a whole life of engagement. It could be a pretty exciting ride.
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I've always kind of hated films about climate change.
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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 in the centre. The Liberals are experts at co-opting left language and framings during campaigns, and historically, we know they don't govern like that.
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The book and the film This Changes Everything fed into each other in ways that were compounding and very exciting. The pain was shared.