Van Jones is a CNN commentator, green jobs advocate, and former advisor to US President Barack Obama. His keynote at the Good Jobs Summit began with an oveview of the Harper government agenda. He commented that the left has become very good at saying what they oppose – but that we are challenged to speak to what we believe in. Saying “Propostion, not just opposition”, Van Jones challenges us to speak to the vision we want, ending his talk with the call for “Green for all”. Listen to the full, exciting and inspiriing raw audio from his talk here.
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