On Wednesday November 30th I was one of a number of people invited to a virtual meeting at which TransLink revealed its Climate Action Plan. The meeting began with an inspiring and motivating speech by TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn. He was firing on all cylinders. He clearly gets it. Mr. Quinn stressed TransLink’s commitment to…
Category: Vancouver
More “Hot Air” from COP27
COP27 is over, and I am devastated by the magnitude of its failure. If ever there was a need for decisive action by world leaders, it is now. That is because if we have not already passed the point of no return, we are perilously close. Yet COP27 produced no commitment to phase out oil…
Planet Earth Snatches Victory from the Jaws of Defeat in US Midterms
What great news for Planet Earth from south of the border! In the leadup to the U.S. midterm elections, all the pundits were predicting a Red Wave. (I have never quite understood why the Republicans are referred to as the red party.) The Red Wave was seen as so certain that the Republicans were drooling….
Criticism of Israel ≠ Antisemitism
I am opposed to antisemitism. I am opposed to antisemitism with every fibre of my body. I always have been opposed to antisemitism. I always will be opposed to antisemitism. Why then am I and so many others who are opposed to antisemitism so deeply concerned with the definition of antisemitism proposed by the International…
Go Lula Go!
I’m delighted to report that one of my Hopeful Predictions for 2022 has come true. Planet Earth breathed an enormous sigh of relief on October 30th, 2022 when Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – commonly referred to Lula — was elected President of Brazil. Had his opponent Jair Bolsonaro, who was running for re-election, been…
“Don’t waste any time mourning. Organize!” – Joe Hill
Well, the results are in. It was a landslide victory for Ken Sim and his ABC (A Better City) party in Vancouver’s municipal election, Saturday Oct. 15th. Only time will tell how far to the right mayor-elect Sim’s governing will be. For me, the takeaway is that anything in politics is possible — even the…
My Predictions for Vancouver’s Municipal Election
My Predictions – Written October 12, 2022 Electoral predictions are a mug’s game at the best of times. They are even more difficult in an at-large voting system, which is what we have here in Vancouver. With that having been said, here are my predictions for the Vancouver municipal election, Saturday October 15th. I’ve written…