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    Why we need a national Lyme disease strategy

    Blog | Sunday, 06 Oct 2013
    I know a health policy briefing should touch on all areas of health policy. We have critical issues ahead as we work to protect universal access to top-notch health care, reduce wait-times and drug...

    Taking Town Halls on the Road

    Blog | Wednesday, 25 Sep 2013
    From September 4-13, I held the fall 2013 round of Town Halls in Saanich-Gulf Islands.  The Town Hall meeting is my favourite way to connect directly with voters between elections.  And the fact that...

    Doing Enbridge’s homework

    Blog | Thursday, 12 Sep 2013
    The very idea that the federal government, having slashed scientific research into climate change, freshwater science, ozone depletion and contamination of marine mammals (to provide an incomplete...

    Reality Check: Northern Gateway Project

    Blog | Friday, 06 Sep 2013
    We were anticipating that the Conservative response to our press conference about the internal government activity, labeled "Northern Gateway Project," consuming $78 million this year and $42 million...

    What’s in those pipelines?

    Blog | Tuesday, 20 Aug 2013
    Canadians now have a dizzying array of pipeline proposals dominating news coverage. They are presented as though they are alternative options. Problems getting pipelines to the US approved? Show...

    Canada is missing out on global clean-tech revolution

    Blog | Sunday, 11 Aug 2013
    Remember the 2008 Speech from the Throne? I may be the only one who does. In the context of “Securing our energy future by developing our rich energy resources and pursuing new cleaner energy...

    Harper’s enemies list

    Blog | Wednesday, 31 Jul 2013
    The political news of the summer was supposed to be the Cabinet shuffle.  It had been hyped well in advance. Unexpectedly, it was the leak of the compilation of an “enemies list” that distracted us...

    Canada Day prescription

    Blog | Thursday, 18 Jul 2013
    On my Canada Day travels, I was asked what I would change about democracy in Canada. There is so much wrong in the current state of politics that people might think there is no available remedy. The...