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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...
Toronto 2010
Blog | Thursday, 22 Oct 2009The Green Party of Canada has never had a convention in Toronto. All that's changing. The Fedreal Council has voted to hold the next general meeting in Toronto and Toronto Greens are already hard at...
What are you doing on Saturday?
Blog | Thursday, 22 Oct 2009I know you have joined marches before. You have turned out the lights for Earth Hour, changed your light bulbs, taken the bus, and signed petitions. So, another “day of action” may not be on your...
Young Greens Web Site
Blog | Thursday, 15 Oct 2009I am proud of the youth active in the Young Greens. For that matter I am proud of youth engaged in any political party and in work in social movements --- whether Amnesty International, Engineers...
Trauma Farm
Blog | Tuesday, 06 Oct 2009I first met Brian Brett back in 1993 when he and Bill Deverell co-organized a brilliant fundraising event for Clayoquot Sound. It was in Vancouver and was MC’d by Pierre Berton with...
Climate Science on the Hill
Blog | Wednesday, 30 Sep 2009I was grateful for the invitation. Denise Savoie, NDP MP from Victoria, is now Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole – an archaic title that essentially means she has a non-partisan beat...
STV Lessons Learned
Blog | Wednesday, 13 May 2009It is a very sad day for democracy. The vote in BC was not a surprise after the slinging of misinformation over the last few months. The No to STV used scare tactics, clever television ads in which...