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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...
Now is the time for proportional representation!
Blog | Wednesday, 22 Apr 2009The British Columbia electorate has a chance to help all Canadians. I try to make the case in my new book. Here are some key points from the book: “The first-past-the-post (FPTP) system hails...
European Greens: fragments and notes from an inspiring gathering!
Blog | Monday, 30 Mar 2009When over 1,000 Greens from all across Europe gathered for their 3rd European Union Congress, meeting in the EU Parliament itself, the mood was electrifying -- a renewable, green kind of electricity...
Earth Hour - One million acts of Green II
Blog | Saturday, 28 Mar 2009It is Saturday March 28th and around the world, lights are going out. Here in Brussels, the EU Parliament will be in candlelight at the dinner gathering of over one thousand Greens, including the 70...