DiscoverAt IssueDavid Suzuki warns Carney, too, is ‘trapped by the system’ (via Front Burner)
David Suzuki warns Carney, too, is ‘trapped by the system’ (via Front Burner)

David Suzuki warns Carney, too, is ‘trapped by the system’ (via Front Burner)

Update: 2025-07-18
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Mark Carney’s Canada-first political plan still puts the Earth last, argues David Suzuki, and that’s “moral and economic madness.” After more than four decades of activism and advocacy, Suzuki is one of the most renowned and respected voices in the environmental movement. So when he says it's too late to stop climate change, people take notice. And that's now exactly what he's saying.


He's delivering this message as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government focuses on fast-tracking major projects it deems to be of national interest, which could include a new pipeline for fossil fuels from Alberta. Suzuki says that, despite his understanding of the climate crisis, Carney — like all of us — is trapped by the economic and political systems we've created. And for Suzuki, our only hope for survival is to scrap those systems entirely.


In this special episode from our colleagues at Front Burner, David Suzuki joins Jayme Poisson for a wide-ranging discussion from what a world of irreversible climate change looks like, to what he describes as the "madness" of continued investment in fossil fuels, to the lessons environmentalists of the future can take from the past.


Front Burner is CBC’s daily news podcast that takes listeners deep into the stories shaping Canada and the world. To stay up-to-date on the day’s biggest stories, find Front Burner wherever you get your podcasts, and here: https://link.mgln.ai/fb-ai

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David Suzuki warns Carney, too, is ‘trapped by the system’ (via Front Burner)

David Suzuki warns Carney, too, is ‘trapped by the system’ (via Front Burner)