Year: 2018

Indian Cities

Indian Cities

In 2013, the small outport community of Little Bay Islands, Newfoundland, had to make a very emotional decision. The local economy had completely dried up. The crab processing plant had closed, and the community was far away from government public services. Looking at...

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Booting Beyak – Conform or Get Out!

Booting Beyak – Conform or Get Out!

Senator Lynn Beyak has been expelled from caucus by the Conservative Party. The reasons for her removal were that “she allowed” racist posts to be placed on her website and refused to remove them when ordered to do so. In fact, I am one of the people quoted on her...

The Changing World Energy Economy

The Changing World Energy Economy

Ingenuity and efficiency are reducing links between economic growth and energy consumption In recent years, particularly in Canada, we have seen substantial a change in public opinion regarding the production and distribution of energy, as well as its associated costs...

What’s in a school’s name?

What’s in a school’s name?

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its report in 2015 saying that that Canada and the Churches that managed the majority of Indian Residential Schools treated Indigenous people as if they were sub-human. If this is true, then why did many...

End the ‘War On Coal’

End the ‘War On Coal’

Far from being a threat, coal continues to bring health, welfare and prosperity to billions At the recent Environmental Protection Agency public hearing in Charleston, West Virginia, on withdrawing the “Clean Power Plan,” anti-coal activists were out in force: the...