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While miles apart in their responses to the Trump administration, Canada and Australia are in lock-step on expanding fossil fuel production.
On this episode of After America, Québécoise senator and pollution control expert Dr Rosa Galvez joins Dr Emma Shortis to discuss the Carney government’s response to the Trump administration, climate policy failures in Australia and Canada, and the opportunities for a better future for both countries.
This episode was recorded on Thursday 17 September.
Guest: The Hon Senator Dr Rosa Galvez, Independent Senator for Québec (Bedford), Canada // @senrosagalvez
Host: Emma Shortis, Director, International & Security Affairs, the Australia Institute // @emmashortis
Show notes:
Australia and Canada can learn from each other on climate if we separate action from declaration by Rosa Galvez, Guardian Australia (September 2026)
Climate Integrity Summit 2026, the Australia Institute on YouTube
Davos 2026: Special address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, World Economic Forum (January 2026)
Mark Carney is saving Canada… but for whom? by Jim Stanford, The Point (September 2026)
Shorter America: Oh my god these men (cont.); Rethinking national security; Speaking truth to pain by Emma Shortis, The Point (October 2026)
American exceptionalism: the poison that cannot protect its children from violent death by Emma Shortis, The Conversation (May 2022)
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