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How every vote is a vote for Harper
Our current electoral system is broken and needs fixing -the way in which this federal election is rolling out has confirmed this for most Canadians. Over the last few ...
All Parties Debate, The Environment
Filmed by James Falcon Debate Sponsored by Dogwood Initiative, Polis Project, Sierra Club, Conservation Voters of BC and BCSEA.
Lunn Slippery on Oil Tanker Issue
VICTORIA -On CBC Radio One program, “On the Island”, this past Wednesday morning, Gary Lunn, Natural Resources Minister, and the Conservative incumbent for the federal riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands, ...
Let’s Get to Work in Saanich/Gulf Islands
Tomorrow, Saturday Sept 20th 2008 is a big day. It’s a big day for me, everybody at Dogwood Initiative, our allies, our supporters, and for those who have fought ...
No Tankers: The Straight Goods
One of Plato’s major rants in writing The Republic is targeted at the Sophists, who represented a school of thought that emphasized rhetoric as the primary and most essential ...
How to Tackle Tar Sands Dogma: More Beer
Sometimes it’s difficult to break through messaging, poor media coverage, and casual opinions (i.e. collectively known as bullsh*t) on an issue to the extent that you can productively talk ...
Oil Industry Injustice
These days, two things keep me up at night, and probably will continue to do so for a long time to come. The first is climate change. It seems ...
Robert Bateman defaces painting
Concept: Rethink Communications Director and Editor: Bill Weaver, Across Borders Media; Cinematography: David Malysheff, Gamut Productions / Bill Weaver; Music: Niels Petersen, Lebeau-Petersen Productions; And, many thanks to ...
Following The Money in Privatization Scandal
To get to the bottom of the Watergate scandal Deep Throat advised investigative journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein to “follow the money”. Anyone trying to understand the scandal ...