Archive for 2010 May

Last year, Adriana visited every door in the riding.  Often she would encounter language barriers.  This year, she’s visiting every door again, but this time she’s carry small flyers to help bridge the language gaps.  Here are the languages we have so far:     Read more »

Adriana’s Greek flyer text:     Read more »

Adriana’s Vietnamese flyer text:     Read more »

Adriana’s Urdu flyer text:     Read more »

Adriana’s Serbian flyer text:     Read more »

Adriana’s Macedonian flyer text:     Read more »

Adriana’s Italian flyer text:     Read more »

Adriana’s Hindi flyer text:     Read more »

Adriana’s Gujarati flyer text:     Read more »

Adriana’s Arabic flyer text:     Read more »

Adriana’s Amharic flyer text:     Read more »

I have been watching in horror as events have been unfolding in Thailand.  The world should have insisted that the Thai government exercise restraint as tensions escalated over the weekend.  It is outrageous to respond to a largely peaceful protest by sending in the army to break it up.  Instead we stood by as dozens of civilians were gunned down.     Read more »

Playing for Change
An Evening of Music and Words
Elizabeth May and Big Rude Jake
with guest Paula Terry-Lancaster
Wednesday, 2010 June 2, 7 pm
MacLaren Art Centre
37 Mulcaster St, Barrie

This event is hosted by Barrie Greens.

A cash bar will be available.  Buy tickets for $20 each:

• online at http://www.BarrieGreens.ca,
• or by calling 705-730-7591,
• or at BJ’s Records at 13 Clapperton St, Barrie.

Jim Harris will be speaking on “How cutting carbon can cut cost, raise revenue and mitigate risk of peak oil and rising gas prices” at the Post Carbon Toronto Annual General Meeting tonight.

Post Carbon Toronto AGM
Committee room 2 (on 2nd floor)
Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W
Suggested donation: $2

RSVP at MeetUp.com.  The description from that site:     Read more »

I’m off to meet people in the Pocket this morning, and I’ll have a family dinner tonight.  Be good to your moms today and I hope all the mothers out there have a wonderful day with their families.  Bundle up if you’re going out to the Spit because it’s a cold day.

However you start, loving animals or human rights, saving children from the ravages of war or poverty, we all find the same big picture: humans run the planet for better or worse. We must have a process that makes good decisions.     Read more »

It has been many years since I’ve had a moment of true pride in my government but yesterday I had such a moment.     Read more »