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    4 facts about Keystone XL:

    Blog | Monday, 17 Mar 2014
    Last week I wrote to US Secretary of State John Kerry to urge him to reject the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.  In the letter I was clear about four Keystone XL facts:- Keystone hurts the...

    Places you will never find Stephen Harper…

    Blog | Saturday, 22 Feb 2014
    The title might suggest I am about to point out you’ll never find him at the Saturday Farmer’s Market on Salt Spring Island or the Galiano Island Literary Festival, where I happen to be at the moment...

    Why no MP should vote for the budget

    Blog | Saturday, 15 Feb 2014
    On second thought, this blog should be titled, “Why no self-respecting MP should vote for the budget.” And it’s not because it’s a “do nothing budget,” as the approved NDP messaging has it.  Nor...

    Canada: Arms Control or Arms Sales?

    Blog | Friday, 14 Feb 2014
    Once a world leader in Human Rights, Canada is now reluctant to ratify the international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). “Canada should take leadership and stop catering to gun lobbies and ratify the treaty...

    Real threat to Arctic sovereignty is Canada

    Blog | Monday, 27 Jan 2014
    Conservative Arctic policy has recently come to the forefront, as Canada took over the two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Council last year. To no one’s surprise, Prime Minister Stephen Harper...

    The globalization of the work force

    Blog | Friday, 24 Jan 2014
    It used to be understood that a healthy economy included low unemployment and available jobs right across the country. Pockets of persistently high unemployment would receive help in stimulus...

    Climate change also a security threat

    Blog | Monday, 20 Jan 2014
    By Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, Green MP Bruce Hyer We deserve an energy plan, a climate plan, and the new industrial revolution of clean-tech and renewables. The first step is for Harper to get...