Elizabeth May on developments in Egypt
Elizabeth May calls on the Canadian Government to urge Hosni Mubarak to resign as President of Egypt.
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Carbon capture looks even dumber
Our government’s focus on carbon capture as a way of reducing emissions was always expensive. Now it looks like it might not even work at all. Read more »
Making transit dollars go a long way
There is a lot of noise being made today about the Pembina Institute’s comparison of the Metrolinx and Mayor Rob Ford’s transit expansion plans. The Toronto Star reported on it and the Toronto Environmental Alliance has been alerting its members to it as well. Whether you prefer subways or light rail, you still have to conclude that Mayor Ford’s plan is inconsistent with his stand on reducing waste. If you want subways to deliver anywhere close to the kind of service you can get from surface transit, you better be prepared for substantially higher taxes.
Meanwhile, George Monbiot in the United Kingdom is facing the identical nonsensical rhetoric of “ending the war against the car”, and writes as only he can: Read more »
We need to address senior poverty
In visiting with people door-to-door, one of the most common grievances I hear is the worry from seniors about increasing difficulty just to make ends meet. Often, seniors worry not only for themselves, but also about the burden they put on other family members. Just before I left for Cancun and a month of worries about climate change followed by Christmas, Joe Friesen reported in the Globe and Mail that senior poverty in Canada had jumped 25% during the economic crisis. The picture he paints is exactly in line with the experiences I hear about. We need to address senior poverty. Working towards the Green Party’s visions for valuing seniors and eliminating poverty would be a start.
UPDATE — While the number of seniors who slipped into poverty increased by 25%, it turns out CEOs were making more than ever – more in just a day’s worth of work than most Canadians make all year.
Jeffrey Simpson nails the Canadian stance on climate change
Jeffrey Simpson explains very well what the Canadian government strategy on climate change is – say something that sounds good to Canadians and stay very quiet in international negotiations, where everyone knows that we have no leg to stand on. We have arguably the worst record of fighting climate change, or even taking it seriously, on the planet. Read more »
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