Posts from ‘Campaigns’ - Page 66
Will the CRD step up and enforce its own plan?
On a rainy afternoon a couple of weeks ago I sat in the boardroom of the Capital Regional District (CRD), and listened intently as directors discussed whether to take ...
May 2nd was an important day in Canadian history
While the unexpected Conservative majority and NDP surge dominated news coverage in the wake of the recent federal election, a less publicized issue had a major impact in key ...
This is what we did
Expect amazing volunteers, hard work and an idea of what the election results mean for keeping oil tankers off our coast.
Why the CRD is broken (and how to fix it)
Nothing in the world is static. Biological forces such as natural selection and competition for scarce resources compel organisms to evolve, transform themselves or potentially die out. The same ...
Chocolate with a message
In 2009 chocolate-lovers received a special surprise when they opened their Denman Island Chocolate bars. As part of a creative collaboration between Dogwood Initiative and longtime supporter and Denman ...
Canada has more to offer the world than oil
Enbridge CEO Patrick Daniel has been getting a lot of attention lately while pushing his view that his Northern Gateway oil supertanker proposal for B.C.’s coast presents a profound ...
NDP leadership candidates support tanker ban
There are only two kinds of politicians in B.C.: those who support a legislated ban on oil tankers in northern B.C., and those who are willing to put our ...
Liberals, NDP and Greens committed to banning oil tankers on B.C.’s north coast
There was a flurry of speculation last week after Pat Daniel was quoted in the Globe and Mail questioning the Liberal’s commitment to banning oil tankers on B.C.’s north ...
The New Battle for Vancouver Island
Vancouver Islanders have a long and proud history of standing up for our home. The struggle to save Clayoquot Sound captured national attention and spawned dozens of other initiatives ...