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And Now to Discuss Those Hacked Emails
Blog | Thursday, 03 Dec 2009Strange, isn’t it that media are not wondering about who hacked into the computers and who paid them? Or why Dr. Andrew Weaver’s office in Victoria has been broken into twice. My guess is that all...
The Rebuttal I Never Got to Give…..
Blog | Wednesday, 02 Dec 2009The Munk Debates still have me wondering how so many good folks (CBC “Ideas,” Munk centre, etc) got it so wrong. I hate being part of a side-show circus and that’s what any “debate” with Lomborg and...
Green Energy Jobs Report
Blog | Tuesday, 01 Dec 2009Millions of Green Energy jobs will be created in North America. More than $US1 trillion will be invested in wind energy globally by 2020 creating 1.75 million jobs. The question is -- will Canada get...
We have seen this movie....
Blog | Friday, 20 Nov 2009Rarely does the news of the government’s failures and abuses have such impact as to make one feel physically ill. But the looming possibility that Canadian soldiers routinely arrested civilians...
Countdown to Copenhagen Rally
Blog | Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009I am just back from a climate change “indoor rally.” I am still over-whelmed by the outpouring of energy and people who mobilized on a rainy Tuesday night in Victoria. Over 1,000 people gathered in...
New Green Party of Ontario Leader
Statement | Monday, 16 Nov 2009The Green Party of Canada congratulates the Green Party of Ontario, after electing their new leader Mike Schreiner at their convention this past weekend. "I whole-heartedly support Mike's leadership...
Green Party Statement on Remembrance Day
Statement | Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009November 11th is a day to remember that soldiers die believing they were sent for a reason, a noble cause, to defend, to liberate. Women and men of the military are willing to make the ultimate...
Time to get new targets? A short history of failed targets.
Blog | Saturday, 07 Nov 2009The Globe and Mail ran an editorial the other day denouncing the excellent report commissioned by the TD Bank, run under Mark Jaccard and Associates modelling and prepared by the Pembina Institute...
Trade as Relationship
Blog | Friday, 06 Nov 2009I only drink Fair trade, organic certified coffee. It is not part of the 100 mile diet. It is what keeps me awake. And I have been happy to know that the coffee I buy is certified. Today I toured...
Old and Grumpy
Blog | Tuesday, 03 Nov 2009It’s easy to be pessimistic about life when we get older. Our eyes don’t see as well as we used to, our joints creak and ache, our reflexes are slower, and our hearing is not what it used to be. Some...