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Taking the back roads to Clinton
Blog | Sunday, 27 Apr 2008On Friday I woke up at a friend’s place in Owen Sound after one of the more spectacular Green Party events I have attended. We had a successful fundraising “meet and greet” (50 people at $100 each)...
$1.40/L gas this summer; $2.25/L by 2012, according to CIBC World Markets chief economist
Blog | Thursday, 24 Apr 2008Oil will hit $150 a barrel by 2010; $225 a barrel by 2012; and gas will exceed $1.40 a litre this summer and $2.25 a litre by 2012, according to Jeff Rubin, chief economist at CIBC World Markets. In...
Earth Day 2008
Blog | Tuesday, 22 Apr 2008Earth Day started on April 22, 1970 by Gaylord Nelson and Dennis Hayes. It had the 1960s spirit of "teach-ins."Earth Day is 38 years old today. Started on April 22, 1970 by Gaylord Nelson and...
Greens 9X more efficient than NDP per $; 7X Cons & 6X Libs in Ontario
Blog | Friday, 11 Apr 2008The Green Party outstrips all the old-line parties in terms of efficiency, according to figures just released on the Ontario provincial election, held on October 10, 2007. Taking the total central...
Filibuster
Blog | Thursday, 10 Apr 2008There was a dramatic flourish as Conservative MP Jeff Watson pulled his McDonald’s meal from its Golden Arches paper bag. He grinned like the Cheshire Cat when asked how long his intervention might...
Greens 5% ahead of NDP in Ontario: Conservative & NDP support waning, Green support firming, according to new Harris Decima poll
Blog | Friday, 04 Apr 2008A new Harris Decima poll shows the Green Party 5% ahead of the NDP vote rich Ontario. Ontario contains almost 40% of Canadian electors -- so this province has a disproportionate effect on elections...
Conservatives Oppose water as basic human right
Blog | Wednesday, 02 Apr 2008When I woke up this morning and read the Toronto Star I was deeply disappointed to learn that the Harper Conservative government had undermined international consensus at the United Nations Human...
Congratulations to new Leader of Parti Vert du Quebec
Blog | Sunday, 30 Mar 2008Felicitation au nouveau Chef du Parti vert du Quebec! Le vice-president du Parti vert du Quebec, Guy Rainville, a cree la surprise samedi en battant le chef sortant Scott McKay a l'occasion du...
Nuclear power: Expensive, Irresponsible & Unnecessary
Blog | Tuesday, 25 Mar 2008The Ontario Liberal Government is committed to wasting $40 billion of taxpayers dollars on nuclear power. The GPO’s response: nuclear power is horrifically expensive, irresponsible and unnecessary....
Cooperation in politics...
Blog | Tuesday, 25 Mar 2008It is not easy to chart a new course. Unquestionably it is far easier to do the same old things over and over. In Canadian political terms, the old and safe route is to beat up on all the other...