Letter to the City of Greater Sudbury Regarding the Keast Subdivision
The following is a letter that I provided to Greater Sudbury Council via the Clerk’s Office, related to a development proposal for a plan of subdivision in the South Point…
Sudbury Steve
Solar Project Proponents Digging Themselves a Hole in Greater Sudbury
I’ve just returned from one of the most disastrous public meetings that I’ve ever attended. Maybe it’s number 2 on my list of all-time examples of how not to hold…
Bill C-51 Chill in Northern Ontario Air? Mayors Accuse Greenpeace of Terrorism, Genocide
Is Greenpeace Canada engaged in terrorist activities, leading to genocide? That seems like a pretty over-the-top question for any sensible-minded person to ask themselves, but this week, a group of…
Hydro One Sale Bad For Fight Against Climate Change
Since the Ontario Liberal government announced that it would be selling Hydro One, much of the discussion has focused on whether the sale will lead to higher electricity prices. However,…
City Sent Back to Square One a Second Time on Second Avenue
What is going on? After again approving the Class B Environmental Assessment (EA) for Second Avenue on March 26, 2015, bump-up requests submitted to the Minister of Environment and Climate…
Climate Justice Provides a Moral Case for the Aggressive Switch to Renewable Energy
The future of fossil fuels looks grim. The popularity of coal, oil and natural gas is waning in the face of rising production and transport costs, along with a growing…
Taking a Closer Look at Maley Drive, Part 1: Costs
Although the project proposal has been around for over 20 years, lately the Maley Drive Extension has really begun to divide the Greater Sudbury community. On the one hand, there…
Why is the NDP Behaving Like Climate Change Deniers with Pipeline Proposals?
Of course New Democrats, generally speaking, aren’t climate change deniers. After all, this is the Party that introduced the Climate Change Accountability Act, which was adopted by our elected officials…
Premiers Headed in Wrong Direction on Energy, Climate
Canada’s 13 provincial and territorial premiers are gathering in Quebec City on April 14th to discuss a co-ordinated approach to take action on climate change. For those concerned about the…
Political & Economic Leaders Who Support Energy East are Acting Against Your Best Interests
TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline project will transport diluted bitumen from Saskatchewan to Ontario through a 40-year old converted natural gas pipeline, and then from Quebec to New Brunswick through a…
Registering Lobbyists Will Shine a Light on Back Room Deals
Shady backroom deal-makers love to operate under the cover of darkness. Openness and transparency are the friends of an engaged citizenry, while backroom deal-makers avoid accountability by scuttling away to…
Northern Ontarians Get a SLAPP in the Face from FONOM
Did you know that Northeastern Ontario’s municipal leaders are petitioning the government to enact legislation which will silence the participation of environmental organizations who oppose clear-cutting and bitumen pipelines? It…
Here’s How Liberal Party’s Lougheed & Sorbara Will be Vindicated over Alleged Elections Act Contraventions
What can we learn from the Ontario Chief Electoral Officer’s Report, made public earlier today, regarding the alleged contraventions made to the Elections Act by local Liberal Gerry Lougheed and…
Freeze Development Around Ramsey Lake Until Priority Ramsey Lake Watershed Study is Completed
The following is an open letter to the City of Greater Sudbury’s Finance and Administration Committee – a Council committee of the whole – regarding the 2015 capital budget for…
Alternative Transportation in Greater Sudbury – Past Time for Real Action
The following is an open letter to the City of Greater Sudbury’s Finance and Administration Committee – a Council committee of the whole – regarding the 2015 capital budget for…
Sustainability, Not Growth, Increasingly the Focus of Development
The idea that economic growth is good is one which has been embedded in our way of thinking now for several generations. In the 20th Century, both capitalist and communist…
Sudbury By-Election Shows the NDP in Eclipse
Wow. What the heck just happened here? Apparently – the unthinkable. Watching the #Sudbury hashtag on Twitter last night, which was trending nationally after the polls closed at 9 PM…
My Observations on the Sudbury Provincial By-Election – From January 26, 2015
It’s been a while since I’ve written. Things have been keeping me a little busy around here lately, and one of the things I’ve had to sacrifice has been writing…
Our Economic, Political Systems are Threatened by Global Warming
As the pages on our calendars are turned from one year to the next, we are reminded that the future can’t be held back. It’s going to come on its…
In Sudbury By-Election, the Only Vote for Change is a Vote for the Green Party
Sudbury has a chance to make history in 2015 – by electing the first Green Member of Provincial Parliament to the Ontario legislature in the upcoming by-election. Sending a Green…