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The extraordinary power to make change
A Dogwood volunteer, Raza Mirza, explains why he is voting in Vancouver’s October 14 by-election, and every election for that matter That night there was a special excitement in ...
Podcast for October 2017: Knocktober
Happy Knocktober! This month Dogwood’s remote organizer, Anna Barford, takes over the podcast to talk about the month-long push to gather support for a Corruption Inquiry. Anna talks to ...
Closed door climate policy
B.C.’s Climate Leadership Plan came from more than Big Oil — Big Money was in the room, too Imagine the B.C. government launches a new anti-tobacco campaign to discourage ...
Report Cards are in!
How do you think the new Ban Big Money bills stack up against the gold standard? Here are our assessments: Find out more about what the gold standard ...
Survey says: This is the gold standard
Dogwood launched our Ban Big Money campaign in April 2016. Since then, we have been demanding changes in campaign finance laws and holding B.C.’s governing parties to account. We ...
Knock, knock – It’s your climate
Summer of 2017 brings climate debts home to roost “To discuss the cause and effect of these storms, there’s the… place (and time) to do that, it’s not now.” ...
Podcast for September 2017: B.C. Throne Speech, third time’s a charm
After a roller coaster of a year in politics, this week British Columbians are preparing for our third throne speech of the year. What does the new government have ...
Calling Kinder Morgan’s bluff
The Texas pipeline giant still doesn’t have authorization for their pipeline and tanker project — from any level of government As Labour Day rolls around, young people across B.C. ...
B.C.’s ‘Wild West’: Where loyalty comes to die
Corporate donors cover all political bases when it comes to getting what they want Political campaigns approach elections believing that 20 per cent of voters will not change their ...