Canada environmentalist David Suzuki: “The environment and climate would benefit substantially if more people gave up or at least cut down on meat and animal products”.
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The Canadian Progressive: David Suzuki: Divest from damage and invest in a healthier future
Environmentalist David Suzuki on why fossil fuels are a bad investment for Canada. If we’re genuine about meeting the 2015 Paris Agreement climate change commitments, now is the time to divest.
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The Canadian Progressive: Whistleblowers and leak activists face powerful elites in struggle to control information
The Panama Papers leak proves, once again, that whistleblowers and leak activists’ role of exposing hidden information is very much alive.
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The Canadian Progressive: Michael Geist: The TPP is a Canadian Digital Policy Failure
University of Ottawa prof and Internet law expert Michael Geist explains why the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is one of Canada’s worst-ever policy moves.
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The Canadian Progressive: David Suzuki: B.C. must heed Mount Polley disaster’s lessons
“We need stronger environmental assessments,” says award-winning Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki, reflecting on last year’s Mount Polley disaster in British Columbia. The post David Suzuki:
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: David Suzuki: Cecil the lion’s killing shines spotlight on barbaric trophy hunting
The killing of famous Zimbabwe lion Cecil highlights an ongoing and worldwide practice that also takes place in Canada, says environmentalist David Suzuki. The post
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: David Suzuki: Welcome to an extreme, warming world
Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki explains why extreme weather is being experienced more frequently around the world now than in the past. The post David Suzuki:
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: David Suzuki: The values of hope and happiness
David Suzuki on how our tendency to seek solace in material things as a reaction to threats such as terrorism and climate change causes more
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: What the Vancouver transit plebiscite means for millennials
The Vancouver transit plebiscite offers the opportunity to build the ideal city for millennials, argues freelance writer and photographer, Rhi Myfanwy Kirkland. The post What
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: WikiLeaks reveals TPP proposal empowering corporations to sue nations
WikiLeaks says the “Investment Chapter” of the secret TPP agreement is “an unaccountable supranational court for multinationals to sue states.” The post WikiLeaks reveals TPP
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: David Suzuki: Let’s not sacrifice freedom out of fear
Harper government can’t silence activists by labeling them “extremists”, creating police-state legislation such as Bill C-51, argues renowned scientist David Suzuki. The post David Suzuki:
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: RCMP stonewalled requests for subscriber data collected
U of Ottawa professor and Internet law expert, Michael Geist, on the RCMP’s “inaccurate and incomplete” response to requests for telecom subscriber data collected. The
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Open letter to RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson on climate change and national security
In this open letter to RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson, Ben West challenges the RCMP’s labeling of environmentalists as a threat to Canada’s national security. The
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: How the people can stop the tide of police militarization
Norm Stamper, a 34-year veteran police officer and retired Seattle chief of police, suggests 5 ways to stop the burgeoning trend of police militarization. The
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: David Suzuki: Digging out of Canada’s mining dilemma
World-renowned environmentalist David Suzuki wonders whether Canadian mining and fossil fuel profiteers and their government promoters believe in the future. The post David Suzuki: Digging
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Anonymous Targets Montreal Police For Attacking The Homeless
Online hacktivist collective Anonymous has declared war on the Montreal Police after the force bulldozed a homeless shelter in Viger Square. The post Anonymous Targets
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: David Suzuki: Energy shift requires shift in conversation
The infrastructure already developed to accommodate cheap fossil fuels creates a psychological barrier to rational discourse on energy issues, says David Suzuki. The post David
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Online Freedom of Speech Under Seige In “Democracies” Too
Legal suppression of online freedom of speech increasing in both repressive regimes and western democracies, writes Jillian York of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The post
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: David Suzuki: The Movement For Environmental Rights Is Building
In Canada, the idea of citizens’ right to live in a healthy environment is getting traction at both the grassroots and highest political levels, says
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: David Suzuki: Clean drinking water should be a human right in Canada
The lack of access to clean drinking water for hundreds of First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities across Canada, is a national shame, says environmentalist
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