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Possible justice for the villagers of Ecuador, victims of extreme environmental contamination by the oil company Chevron. Around the world, Canadian mining companies practice a form of colonialism that aims to extract natural resources as quickly as possible without any concern for the environmental or social impacts of their controversial...
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Having a great time volunteering in the Manitoba provincial election in Winnipeg with star candidate Dave Nickarz and his team in the Wolsley district! In the last election, Dave came within 400 votes of becoming the first Green MLA in the prairies! This time he is back with a bigger team, more...
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As Canada marks 150 years since confederation there are still many problems with the country we call home. Canada is a colonial state built on unceded native land. Since the arrival of europeans in the 1500s our legacy towards the indigenous population has been shameful. We have stolen land. We...
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Canada has no business in Iraq. Harper was in favour of the 2003 invasion. This is not a UN mission, and as Canadians we should return to our traditional role of peacekeeping. 158 Canadians died in Afghanistan, many of them were in their early twenties. Canadian involvement in Iraq is...
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As Manitoba's Premier has just launched an advertising campaign to attract Quebec's religious minorities to Manitoba. Quebec should be ashamed of the image we project across Canada and around the world. Bill 21 is racist and discriminatory. This is a populist bill introduced by a right-wing government that seeks to...
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Excellent presentation at Concordia this evening by members of the Elsipogtog Mi'kMaq first nation. In 2013 members of the Mi'kMaq nation successfully put an end to hydraulic fracturing in New Brunswick after months of direct action, roadblocks and pressure tactics. They were brutalized by members of the RCMP on several...
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The Trudeau government has just lost all credibility on the environment by supporting the #TransMountain pipeline, the tar sands and the Harper government's extractivist policies. Fighting climate change is incompatible with continued tar sands extraction. I will be outside Justin Trudeau's Montréal office bright and early Wednesday morning to protest...
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- Great News! Canada’s Sub Arctic is Getting Its First University! - Last week the Yukon Legislature passed a bill ordering the establishment of Yukon University which will become the first University in Canada's North. To make things even better, indigenous nations will have a meaningful role in elaborating the content...
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Since Ricochet Media published some of Elizabeth May’s leaked emails last week, several people have asked me to comment on the particular quote where she incorrectly states that I “without regard to the Quebec green constitution, removed elected members.” Although I have already made the following facts clear to both...
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