Other Voices

SUZUKI – Govt must do more to address First Nations’ water issues

February 15, 2017 // 3 Comments

NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION in Ontario has had to boil water since 1995. “We’re over 20 years already where our people haven’t been able to get the water they need to drink [Continue]

TRAVIS – Election campaigns are like living in a cross between a parallel universe and Groundhog Day

February 10, 2017 // 1 Comment

SPLAT. It would seem British Columbia’s 41st general election is well underway. The uproar this week over news that someone may have hacked the B.C. Liberal [Continue]

SUZUKI – Understanding climate change: reading beyond headlines

February 10, 2017 // 1 Comment

SEEING TERMS like “post-truth” and “alternative facts” gain traction in the news convinces me that politicians, media workers and readers could benefit from a [Continue]

TRAVIS – Stipend affair not exactly a shining moment for B.C.’s Liberals

February 4, 2017 // 1 Comment

“WHEN DID our moral standards become so complicated?” It was a question left hanging in a recent email to me from Linda Kayfish, the sister of Roderick MacIssac. MacIssac [Continue]

SUZUKI – Indigenous people are fighting for us all

February 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

IN THE 1990s, the David Suzuki Foundation embarked on a program to develop community economic projects with coastal First Nations. Between 1998 and 2003, my wife and [Continue]

SUZUKI – Work less, live better

January 25, 2017 // 2 Comments

SINCE THE 1950s, almost everything about work in the developed world has changed dramatically. Rapid technological advances continue to render many jobs obsolete. [Continue]