Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 8:48PM As I have said before: if you ask people which is more important, their job, the economy or the environment, most will say their job or the economy. But if you ask the same people which is more important for their grandchildren, they will almost all say the environment is the most important.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 8:27PM This finishes up our series profiling the political parties in their attitude toward sustainability and environment. I’ve saved the Greens for last because, as well as the fact that the Greens are the fourth-place party in most ridings, this is also the most difficult column for me to write. First, because the Green stance on sustainability and environment seems like a given (what do you say about Greens being green?); and second, because I am a member of the Green Party, and I wanted to make sure I didn’t privilege my own party in this series. The goal of this series, after all, is not to sway you all to vote Green, but instead to show that all of the parties ultimately value environment and sustainability, and to enlist supporters of all parties to do their part to make the environment an election issue.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 7:32AM A couple of weeks ago, we watched a movie ‘we the tiny house people’ which looked at people living in small spaces by necessity or choice. There were those living small to get round building codes with 120 sq ft homes on trailers. There were people living in apartments the size of closets. And there were those who lived in converted chicken coops, tool sheds and garages. All were happy and seemed to have all they need.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 8:37PM In the past few weeks I’ve profiled the Conservatives and NDP to show that conservation, sustainability, and environment are all essential to their values. Now, with the by-election only a few weeks away, I’ll profile the Liberal Party.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 7:50PM In my last column in preparation for the upcoming by-election, I profiled the Conservative party and argued that conservation and sustainability are core Conservative values, and that a true Tory is a Green Tory. Today we’ll look at Canada’s Official Opposition party, the NDP.