South of the border, any time high profile politicians such as Bernie Saunders or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez even gently criticize Israel for breaking international law, they are labelled by President Trump and others as antisemitic. Over the last number of years, the pro-Israel lobby has been very successful at getting governments, both in the US and…
Category: Green Party
Poll Tracker: A great way to keep tabs on the election
As a self-confessed political junkie, I follow polls with great interest. However, not all polls are created equal. Polling is a very difficult science and now it’s becoming moreso as people disconnect their land lines. This makes it increasingly difficult to contact participants because you need a random sampling that’s also representative. Polling is becoming…
A Made-in-Canada Green New Deal
We’ve heard a lot in the news lately about the Green New Deal being brought forward in the States by people like the popular Democrat Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Now there’s also a Green New Deal for Canada. But what exactly does this mean? To start, we’re all pretty clear about what needs to be done…
Saving the world with science, one leader at a time
The federal Green Party under Elizabeth May made history last week when they scored a major victory in the Nanaimo by-election with the election of Paul Manly. This was great news for all of us, but especially Green supporters as it effectively doubles the number of Green MPs in Ottawa to two! Finally, Elizabeth May…
No quick fixes to sky-high property taxes
Vancouver’s commercial businesses — big and small — will soon get a break on their property taxes. City council has passed a motion to shift 2% of property taxes from commercial businesses and onto residential properties over the next three years. It will see a shift of 1% in year one, followed by 0.5% in…
PEI proves we need a war effort backing the Greens
It was an historic breakthrough Tuesday for the Green Party of Prince Edward Island — they elected eight members to the provincial legislature, the most Greens ever elected to one body in Canada. (Vancouver is lucky to have seven Greens elected, but they’re split among city council, parks board and school board.) In fact, the…
Prince Edward Island could light the way
On Tuesday, the writ was dropped for a provincial election April 23 in Prince Edward Island. I don’t normally pay a lot of attention to elections in PEI, but this time I sure will be! The Green Party of PEI is currently polling in first place. This is unheard of in Canada! We may be…