BC Government Unrepentant Undertakers For Remaining Old Growth Forests
Dear Mr. Horgan, Ms. James, and Mr. Donaldson, I am aware of the incredible old growth at Fairy Creek. Now I am aware that only 2.7% of the big trees…
September 2020
Green Party Leadership Race: Views on the Monarchy
Elizabeth May The Green Party is holding the second leadership race this year. It is to choose a successor to Elizabeth May who has been a longtime champion of Canada’s…
Jack Layton is the NDP’s third rail
Former NDP leader Jack Layton at a rally in Saskatoon, April 9, 2011. Photo by Matt Jiggins/Flickr. The NDP is in the midst of a quiet crisis. The party has…
Change Is In the Air
The Liberals are proposing sweeping changes to the way Canada works. If you’re looking for historical analogues, David Olive suggests that you look at John A. Macdonald’s National Policy or…
Talking the Return of Schools in Ontario & Statues with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison & Gabriela Gonzales on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the imminent return of schools in…
Being There: What Presence Means in a Digital World.
This is an unedited automated transcript produced by my Pixel 4 from this presentation: https://www.downes.ca/presentation/526 Hi everyone. I’m Stephen Downs and I bring you greetings from my home office in…
If you cannot honour our past…
How can we expect you to honour our future? Just get your Goddamn hands off John A. Macdonald. Nobody has the right to damage or deface a statue of an…
Order saying Alberta schools won’t have to enforce social distancing lands like a sucker punch
Whoever it was in the Alberta Government that decided it would be a good idea to risk springing the news on the public that COVID-19 social distancing rules won’t apply…
What’s good for the goose (students) is not good for the gander (politicians)
All indications are B.C. politicians will continue to avoid the B.C. Legislature by conducting meetings remotely, while also sending children and teachers into classrooms with no physical distancing among cohorts…
Cannabis Offers a Path away from Opioids, BC Studies Find
A safe supply of cannabis could reduce other drug use and ease challenges for marginalized youth, according to research. Moira Wyton 27 Aug 2020 | TheTyee.ca Moira Wyton is The…
It’s Time for Greens to Reinvent Themselves
A BC Green Party co-founder urges a radical new path. Pursuing electoral power hasn’t paid off, and the planet can’t wait. Michael M’Gonigle Today | TheTyee.ca Michael M’Gonigle was eco-research…
I’m with Kenney on this one
Our premier and I come at politics from such different angles, it always comes as a surprise to me when I find myself agreeing with him. But sometimes I do.…