Monthly Archives: July 2006

Canada in the Middle (East)

It’s hard to know where to begin. It’s hard to know where this began. Last night, watching Canada’s bungled evacuation attempt on TV was frustrating. Despite what Peter MacKay says, we’ve done a much worse job of evacuating our citizens … Continue reading

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Canada Changing

If you haven’t heard of WorldChanging, you should check it out. It’s a positive, solutions-based blog, primarily about environmental and other issues regarding our collective survival. I mention it today because they’ve just started a short series called CanadaChanging, where … Continue reading

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Please Stop Keeping Your Promises

As a form of entertainment, I subscribe to the e-newsletters of the status quo parties. Seriously, it can actually be funny. Like this week, when the NDP Conservative parties swapped election slogans. (The NDP sent out an email promising to … Continue reading

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No Water For Oil!

Ok, so it doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as “no blood for oil,” but it’s becoming the rallying cry for a cause that’s very serious and very close to home. If you’ve got Insider Edition access to … Continue reading

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