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Andrea Horwath (NDP Leader) says that if her party is elected she will establish the Youth Climate Corps program.
Andrea Horwath, NDP Leader, is commemorating Earth Day by promising to create an initiative to give youth a voice in combating climate change if elected to office on June 2nd.
Horwath claims that the province’s first Youth Climate Corps, which will provide paid work experience for young Ontarians and climate activists, will offer them a chance to make an impact.
“The fires, floodwaters and intense storms are already here, and they’re getting worse. The climate crisis is affecting young people more than anyone else. They didn’t contribute to climate change – but they’re going to suffer the harshest consequences of this catastrophe,” said Horwath. “It’s easy to be cynical about where we are and our progress in fighting the climate crisis. But it absolutely doesn’t have to be this way.”
Youth will have the opportunity to learn and train through this paid program, which will also count towards post secondary school credits.
Participants will be involved in climate projects that improve the natural landscape of the province. This includes the NDP’s promise of planting one billion trees by 20230.
Horwath claims her plan is contrary to the actions of Premier Doug Ford.
“Doug Ford’s been keeping up an assault on the environment, so that his buddies can benefit” she notes. “He cancelled a program that would have planted 50 million trees in the Province. He ripped electric vehicle charging stations right out of the ground, and he’s spending hundreds of millions of dollars to bulldoze wind farms.”