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    The Elections Modernization Act

    Blog | Wednesday, 09 May 2018
    On Monday April 30, 2018, a new set of amendments to Canada’s Elections Act was tabled. It is to be known as the Elections Modernization Act, C-76. It could be called the “Undoing Stephen Harper’s...

    Brief Summary: New Elections Act Changes (C-76)

    Blog | Friday, 04 May 2018
    On Monday April 30, 2018, a new set of amendments to Canada’s Elections Act was tabled. It is to be known as the Elections Modernization Act, C-76. It could be called the “Undoing Stephen Harper’s...

    Happy New Year - Climate Change for 2018

    Blog | Tuesday, 02 Jan 2018
    Another year has passed and another opportunity has slipped away. Another 3 ppm CO2 has permanently found its way into the atmosphere boosting the current levels as of December 15, 2017, as measured...

    COP23 wraps up – without triumph or disaster

    Blog | Monday, 20 Nov 2017
    Late Sunday afternoon at Heathrow and changing planes en route home. I really should have written the wrap up blog on Saturday, but my mind played tricks on me.  I felt as though I had written it...

    Friday in Bonn – Not over yet…

    Blog | Friday, 17 Nov 2017
    It’s Friday in Bonn at COP23 and negotiations continue in back rooms to resolve issues of long-term financing and details of various funds to assist developing countries. Still, within a few hours,...

    COP23 Blog - Negotiations Continue

    Blog | Wednesday, 15 Nov 2017
    Every Conference of the Parties has a very similar schedule of work over a two week period.  Some have more work, more pressure and tougher issues to negotiate, but the pattern largely remains the...

    COP23 – Climate action as a technical slow motion process

    Blog | Tuesday, 14 Nov 2017
    This is an in between sort of COP.  I have said for years that there are “good cops and bad cops.”  This one is a pun waiting to happen, taken from the great Quebecois film “Bon Cop; Bad Cop.” This...

    Remembering Dr. Susan Roddy

    Blog | Friday, 27 Oct 2017
    On behalf of myself, and the members of the Green Party of Canada, I wish to convey our profound sadness and sense of loss upon learning of the death of Dr. Susan Roddy. As most are aware, Susan was...