TRAVIS – A few resolutions for B.C. politicians as we close out 2016
2016 IS ALMOST a wrap and – safe to say – one for the books. In keeping with the spirit of the season, though, it’s time for a few New Year’s resolutions for [Continue]
Other Voices
TRAVIS – BC Liberals scraping bottom of the barrel for press releases
IT’S OFFICIAL. After hitting send to more than 2,680 news releases this year, the B.C. government’s Communications and Public Engagement Office is now scraping [Continue]
SUZUKI – Tread lightly and lift the weight of the world’s ‘technosphere’
HOW MUCH STUFF will you give and receive this holiday season? Add it to the growing pile — the 30-trillion-tonne pile. That’s how much technology and goods humans have [Continue]
SUZUKI – Indigenous people hold the key to caribou survival
WHEN GOVERNMENT biologists in Canada want to learn where caribou are, they put radio-tracking collars on some animals and monitor their movements. This gives them a rough [Continue]
SUZUKI – Reconciliation requires recognizing rights-based fishing
FISHING IS as emblematic to Canada as ice hockey. It’s also a way of life with a long tradition in coastal Indigenous communities. But since European contact, it’s been [Continue]
TRAVIS – A look at numbers shows affordable housing plan falls short
HATE TO BE one of those folk that B.C. Housing minister Rich Coleman believes has nothing better to do than get up and whine every day, but the B.C. government’s [Continue]
SUZUKI – Now what? Trump can’t stop the wave of environmental progress
NOW WHAT? Many people in the United States and around the world are dismayed that a bigoted, misogynistic, climate change denier has been elected to the highest office in [Continue]
TRAVIS – B.C. government like Maple Leafs when it comes to losing in court
IF WINNING CASES before the Supreme Court of Canada could be likened to the National Hockey League, the B.C. government would be the Toronto Maple Leafs of litigants. Perhaps [Continue]
SUZUKI – Extinction crisis signals that it’s time for us to change course
CLEAN AIR, water and soil to grow food are necessities of life. So are diverse plant and animal populations. But as the human [Continue]
SUZUKI – ‘World class’ may not mean much when it comes to fuel spills
IN JULY, a pipeline leak near Maidstone, Saskatchewan, spilled about 250,000 litres of diluted oil sands bitumen into the North Saskatchewan River, killing wildlife and [Continue]
SUZUKI – Heated U.S. presidential debates ignore an overheating planet
SCIENTISTS WORLDWIDE accept that Earth is warming at an unusually rapid rate, that humans are primarily responsible, mainly by burning fossil fuels, and that the consequences [Continue]
SUZUKI – Food security is important for humans and other animals
AS LEAVES change colour and drop from trees, and a chill in the air signals the approach of winter, many of us are thinking of the fall harvest and hearty soups and dishes [Continue]
TRAVIS – B.C. govt’s back-patting ad campaign of seismic proportions
MUTE THEM, channel surf, hide them all you want but there’s no escaping them. The B.C. government is in the midst of saturating television shows and social media in the [Continue]
SUZUKI – We can’t dig our way out of the fossil fuels pit
I’VE OFTEN thought politicians inhabit a parallel universe. Maybe it’s just widespread cognitive dissonance, coupled with a lack of imagination, that compels them to [Continue]
