The ’soundbite machine’ is at it yet again. On November 21, 2023, federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre ordered his Conservative Members of Parliament to vote against a bill modernizing the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement. Why? Because the Agreement endorses cooperation between both countries to “promote carbon pricing and measures to mitigate carbon leakage risks,” Never…
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5 Broken Cameras – Fireside Film Night
Despite worldwide calls for a ceasefire, the Israeli-Hamas war persists and all of us continue to be terribly distraught about Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza’s unarmed civilians. While this violence will come to an end sooner or later, it is bound to be repeated if we do not address the underlying reason for this conflict…
Kryptonite Will Save Us
Will Mark Carney, former Governor of Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, be Pierre Poilievre’s kryptonite? Let’s hope with all our might that he is! Don’t get me wrong – I have not, am not, and never will be a capital-L Liberal. Nevertheless, the stronger the federal Liberals are, the greater the possibility…
A Way to Make a Bad Situation Worse
While planet earth is on fire Pierre Poilievre pours more fuel on the fire. 2023 has been the most devastating year on record for fires in British Columbia, with over 22,500 square kilometres (sq.km.) of our forest destroyed as of early September. This compares with the previous record of 13,543 sq.km. burned in 2018. As…
Will He or Won’t He?
They say that in politics a day is an eternity, so what might be inconceivable today may be reality tomorrow. Let me tell you where I am going, but first a few of the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle I am offering you: The first piece of the puzzle is Jagmeet Singh, leader of the…
Battle Between Bureaucracy and Batteries
Thursday, August 17th was another beautiful, sunny day. So beautiful that as I waited outside after a medical appointment for a HandyDART to drive me home, I reclined in my wheelchair to soak up the rays of the sun. I love the fact that I have a battery-powered wheelchair that I can make recline as…
Not Much Has Changed (except the climate)
Greta Thunberg graduated from high school on June 9, 2023. It’s hard to believe that she began her weekly Friday school walkouts five years ago. Sadly, during this time period we have not taken the decisive action she has called for to avert a climate collapse. Wildfires are burning as never before all across Canada….