Let’s be clear: the climate crisis is real, and in Canada, it’s workers who are paying the price.
From record wildfires and the current floods in British Columbia, to devastating floods in Quebec, to infrastructure failures that have cut communities off from the rest of the country, extreme weather is no longer a future threat. It is a lived reality for workers and families across communities.
People are worried about their jobs, their communities, and the future their kids and grandkids will inherit.
None of this is an accident. These crises came from decisions made in boardrooms by people who will never pay the price.
Bosses and shareholders squeezed every last dollar out of this country, and they don’t care if your home is flooded, burns, your job disappears, or your commute gets more expensive.
As long as they make a buck, workers are disposable.
And now Mark Carney — with his backroom deal with Danielle Smith — wants to divide this country even further.
He talks about climate action but brings us backwards and refuses to take on the people causing the damage.
He tells workers to sacrifice while CEOs cash in.
That’s not leadership.
A leader’s job is to unite people — because when the working class is united, we win.
Working people aren’t the problem — we’re the solution.
Rob Ashton plans is to build projects that unite Canada, cut emissions, create good union jobs, and lower everyday costs all at the same time.
Build Together. Win Together.
Canada can fight climate change without punishing and dividing workers or communities. The path forward is simple: invest in projects that work for people.
That means projects that:
- Create good-paying, unionized jobs across the country
- Lower electricity and transportation costs for families
- Use Canadian materials and Canadian manufacturing
- Strengthen energy security and economic resilience
- Cut emissions in ways people can see and feel
This approach rejects elite, investor-driven models and recommits to public, worker-led nation-building.
A Real East–West Clean Energy Grid
Public power. Canadian materials. Good union jobs.
A national clean energy grid is the single biggest project Canada can build to cut emissions, create jobs, and lower bills.
Canada already has the resources. What we lack is federal leadership willing to build at scale for the public good.
A public East–West clean power corridor will:
- Lower electricity costs for families and businesses
- Provide reliable, affordable clean power for Canadian industry
- Create thousands of union jobs in construction, transmission, and manufacturing
- Use Canadian steel, Canadian aluminum, and Canadian-made components
- Connect hydro-rich provinces with regions transitioning off fossil fuels
- Cut emissions without sacrificing jobs or communities
This is climate action that strengthens our economy instead of outsourcing benefits to private investors.
A Public East–West High-Speed Rail Corridor
Affordable travel. Fewer emissions. A connected country.
Transportation is one of Canada’s largest sources of emissions — and one of the biggest costs facing working families.
A publicly owned, publicly built high-speed rail corridor, starting in the Quebec–Windsor region and expanding east and west, will:
- Cut travel times and reduce emissions from cars and short-haul flights
- Create tens of thousands of skilled, unionized jobs
- Be built with Canadian steel, Canadian engineering, and Canadian rail manufacturing
- Make travel more affordable and accessible
- Connect rural and urban communities
- Boost local economies and inter-provincial tourism
- Reduce congestion on highways and at airports
We can build a safer, more affordable, united Canada. But only if we stand together — and stop letting people like Carney pit us against each other.