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.

I've always kind of hated films about climate change.

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.

So many people are on the front lines of this fossil fuel frenzy. It is infused with a sense of urgency.

I think people are losing that sense of security pretty fast, frankly.

Once you feel the desire to engage, think about what you're good at and what you can contribute. It's about breaking down the idea that there are activists and ordinary people.

What we face in Canada are multiple overlapping crises. We have the climate crisis, which is screaming down on us - all of the predictions are coming true even faster than the scientists thought. We have the inequality crisis, where the Panama Papers are a great reminder that the one per cent have actually created their own economy. We still have the crisis of child poverty, which has never been dealt with despite decades of concerned words from politicians.