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If I were King of the World, I’m sure I’d set everything straight.  But I’m not, and neither are you.  But this news item shows how a non-majority Green Party in a non-superpower country can make an international difference in the response to a global crisis.     Read more »

For the first time, the Green Party is the third party nationally.  In a Strategic Counsel poll commissioned by the Globe and Mail and CTV, the Green Party is polling at 13% nationally, above both the NDP at 12% and the Bloc at 11%.  With this news, Deputy Leader Adriane Carr has asked all Canadians to sign on to the petition demanding that Elizabeth be allowed into the televised Leader’s debates during the next federal election.  I’m asking everyone to do that now.     Read more »

The National Energy Board has recently announced that natural gas deliverability will drop in Canada by 7-15% over the next 2 years.  As always they are eternally hopeful for the future.

This opens up the question of what Premier McGuinty is thinking as he builds up natural gas power plants across the province.  Power plants like the Portlands Energy Centre could contribute to a growing threat to our ability to heat our homes in the future.

Well, it looks like Elizabeth May has found a way to chat with Jack Layton.

A BBC poll of people in 21 countries reveals that most are ready to make significant lifestyle changes to combat global warming.

Four out of five people indicated they were prepared to change their lifestyle – even in the US and China, the world’s two biggest emitters of carbon dioxide.

Also, most favor the Green Party policy of tax shifting: increasing taxes on climate-changing carbon while reducing personal taxes by the same amount.

And when those opposed to higher taxes were asked whether they would change their minds if other taxes were reduced in order to keep their total tax burden the same, the survey again discovered large majorities in every country in favoured of higher green taxes.