What is the future of Canada’s oil sands? How will shifts in US energy and environmental policies affect Canada’s fossil fuel industries and our economy as a whole? What is really happening with NAFTA? Has globalization left Canadian workers behind?

Join Jeff Rubin, a world-leading economist and energy expert, in conversation on Friday, October 5th at 7:30 PM at the Gulf Islands Secondary School.

Jeff Rubin was the Chief Economist at CIBC World Markets for twenty years. He specializes in energy and climate change and their impact on the Canadian and global economies.

A bestselling author, Rubin’s first book was Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller. He has also written The End of Growth and The Carbon Bubble.

Rubin is a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), an independent, non-partisan think-tank with global perspective. He is the recent author of the CIGI report An Ironic Outcome: The United States — Even under Trump — Is Closer to Meeting Its Emission Targets Than Canada.

Is the federal government’s $4.5 billion purchase of the Trans Mountain Pipeline a sound financial decision? Is Justin Trudeau’s planned carbon-tax the best way to fight climate change? Why is Canada helping US companies export coal to Asia?

Please join Jeff Rubin in a fascinating discussion about climate change, the future of fossil fuels and the implications for our economy.

Tickets available at Salt Spring Books and online. $15 – 2018 Forum Members; $20 – General. (Students and low-income residents e-mail forum@saltspringforum.com)