Featured Blogs on Front Page of Web Site
Blog | Gareth Davies | Thursday, 22 Feb 2007It seems to me that our front page is very static. The so-called "Featured Blogs" just sit there, some for almost 2 months, the same 5. Of course, visitors to the site are going to click on them and...
The Anti Terrorism Act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Blog | Gareth Davies | Thursday, 22 Feb 2007Certain provisions in the Canada Anti Terrorism Act, passed in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, are due to expire in this coming March after being in force for 5 years. These provisions have never...
Peace & Security conference Feb. 17/07
Blog | Stephen LaFrenie | Wednesday, 21 Feb 2007These are my observations of the Peace and Security conference based on my notes taken during the presentations. Paul Heinbecker, former Canadian Ambassador to the UN, had some very intriguing and...
Corn, getting out of the trap
Blog | Donald Fletcher | Wednesday, 21 Feb 2007For several years farmers in Ontario have found corn prices too low to cover costs... this corn being the commodity not sweet corn. Right now corn prices have moved above USA price support levels,...
Traps to avoid #2 & #3
Blog | Stephen LaFrenie | Wednesday, 21 Feb 2007Taken from the article by Dr. Lakoff’s entitled "Thinking Points". I plan to address them one at a time in order to make each entry short and specific.http://www.policyalternatives.ca/MonitorIssues/...
Traps to avoid #5 & #6
Blog | Stephen LaFrenie | Wednesday, 21 Feb 2007Taken from the article by Dr. Lakoff’s entitled "Thinking Points". I plan to address them one at a time in order to make each entry short and specific.http://www.policyalternatives.ca/MonitorIssues/...
We have to change the way we think about power & energy
Blog | Stephen LaFrenie | Wednesday, 21 Feb 2007Alternative off-grid and non-grid reliant building methods using passive solar, thermal mass construction combined with solar/wind power and common sense conservation can greatly reduce the pressure...
Why I joined the Green Party
Blog | Stephen LaFrenie | Wednesday, 21 Feb 2007I joined the Green Party just prior to the 2006 election in December ‘05 and worked as a volunteer in Trinity-Spadina. I have recently joined the new executive here and sit as membership chair. I am...
A minority government represents diversity not indecision
Blog | Stephen LaFrenie | Wednesday, 21 Feb 2007Why do we need 'no confidence' votes in the first place? Why not allow a minority government to run its full course? Simply replace the no-confidence vote with a mandated law that requires the budget...
Kyoto in more than 1 minute: Kyoto, SBSTA, IPCC, the Stern Report, Al Gore, what does it all mean?
Blog | Gareth Davies | Wednesday, 21 Feb 2007global warming | climate change | preparedness KYOTO Kyoto, formerly the medieval Imperial capital of Japan, is a city with a population of some 1.5 million. It is a city renowned for its great charm...
