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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 ...
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 ...
Fishy Business in the Hague
I recently returned from the land of windmills, wooden shoes, and Royal Dutch Shell. I was in The Hague, Shell’s international HQ, to draw attention at their annual shareholder ...
The Forestry Crisis, Government Inaction, and Community Solutions
The Forest Industry is in crisis and the BC government says there is nothing they can do about it. But with over 1000 layoffs in the last few weeks, ...
The Truth Hurts
Last week, a Globe and Mail story by Norvall Scott broke news of a “business-led lobbying effort to create a partial moratorium on oil sands development in order to ...
Aboriginal protest three years later
First Nations are protesting across Canada to draw attention to outstanding land claims and other issues plaguing native communities. Thousands rallied in cities across the country, including Vancouver. Hundreds of ...
Celebrate heroes – yesterday, today & tomorrow
(Text of speech given at Dogwood’s Sing for an Oil Free Coast celebration attended by 200 people on May 11, 2007 at the B.C. legislature) It’s amazing to be ...
Salvaging the integrity of our land and communities
It was recently pointed out to me that my days as a student have subtly morphed into that of “working class hero”. Life choices combined with a need for ...