Taking a Closer Look at Maley Drive, Part 3: Expectations for Growth
If you’ve read a few of my blogposts in the past, you may have the idea that I’m not particularly enamoured with the idea that growth = prosperity. I have…
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Trudeau’s Liberals Behaving Badly On the Day Obama Kills Keystone
On the day that U.S. President Obama nixes the Keystone XL pipeline because of concerns related to climate change, Canada’s new Liberal government is falling all over itself to tell…
The Incredible Shrinking Road: Staff Pulls a Fast One on Council with Shorter Maley Drive
It’s been a big week in Greater Sudbury for Maley Drive watchers like me. Back in September, our municipal Council asked staff if it could review certain documentation which had…
Some Initial Observations on the New Cost / Benefit Analysis for the Maley Drive Extension
A new report was tabled at Greater Sudbury Council tonight – an economic cost/benefit analysis for the Maley Drive Extension, prepared by AECOM. The report looks at the costs (capital…
2015 Election Aftermath: Hard Lessons for Greens
Last Monday’s election results were a disaster for the Green Party of Canada. Not only did the Green Party lose seats (2 incumbents at dissolution with only 1 returned), but…
Trudeau No Climate Champion
Monday’s election, which saw Justin Trudeau’s Liberals swept into power, has given rise to optimism that Canada will play a more positive role at December’s Paris climate summit. Success in…
Can we Finally Retire Useless Poll-Based Seat Projections?
Another election, another problematic night for Canada’s pollsters. Although national polling picked up the late election Liberal surge (some say the polls themselves were responsible for that surge – but…
If the Green Party Can’t Count on Environmentalists…
What the hell? The CBC reported yesterday that anti-Kinder Morgan pipeline protest uber-group, Forces of Nature, has decided to throw its support behind the Liberals and the NDP – and…
On Climate, the Times Are a-Changing
Three stories out of the United States this week offer hope to those concerned about the climate crisis. Pope Francis visited the United States, where he interjected himself firmly into…
Nickel Belt MPP France Gelinas Sides with Bigots to Score Cheap Political Points
Whether one thinks that there may be problems with Ontario’s proposed sex-ed curriculum or not, what is clear is that there are many who oppose the curriculum based on bigoted,…
Leadership Needed to Reverse Sixth Great Extinction
Late last month, the world went crazy when it came to light that Cecil the lion was shot by American dentist Walter Palmer. Cecil was the popular black-maned lion at…
Sudbury Council’s Fiscally Foolish Move to Cancel LED Streetlight Program
Well, we’re starting to get a better picture now about regressive our current municipal Council is. First, Council slavishly decided to adhere to the Mayor’s election promise to prioritize a…
Elizabeth May: the Hanging Chad of the Maclean’s Leaders Debate
It’s the day after the debate, and everyone (well, those paying attention to a 11-week long federal election campaign in August – which probably isn’t everyone), just everyone, wants to…
The Future of Local Food in a Warming World
Locally produced food can be healthier and tastier than mass-produced food products that sometimes travel across oceans and continents before reaching our plates. The production and distribution of local food…
Kelowna – Lake Country Greens Defy Grassroots Green Party Members
I don’t often praise my own Party enough for all of the good things that the people in my parth have been doing. Usually, when I write a post about…
Taking a Closer Look at Maley Drive, Part 2: Project Suburbia
In Part 1 of this blogseries, I indicated that I would follow-up with a second part of the series – one focusing on the Maley Drive Extension and the expectations…
Orange Sleaze: The NDP’s Fact-Free Smears of the Green Party
There used to be a time when New Democrats wouldn’t lower themselves to uttering the name of the “Green Party” or its leader, out of fear that acknowledging its existence…
My Comments on Solar Energy Proposals in the City of Greater Sudbury
The following is my submission to Greater Sudbury’s Planning Committee regarding a number of solar energy proposals which are seeking municipal endorsement at the July 6, 2015 Planning Committee Meeting,…
Renewable Energy Strategies Needed in Northern Ontario
Earlier this month at the G-7 meeting of nations, Prime Minister Stephen Harper committed Canada to a decarbonized economy by the year 2100 (see: “The G7 and its 85-year carbon…
My Comments on Greater Sudbury’s Draft Transportation Master Plan
I attended the recent public information session for the Draft Transportation Master Plan (2015) held on June 24, 2015, and made a presentation there, which included asking a question of…