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greOn this Thanksgiving weekend, I think we are all drawn toward the counting of blessings. As my new book tries to set out, I think of “who we are” as... read moreOct 13, 2014 1:50 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands - MPgreI had thought that the debate on sending a military mission into Iraq would allow for me to make a 10 minute speech. Due to the motion for closure, I never... read moreOct 11, 2014 12:15 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreAs the multilateral process within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) works toward a new, more inclusive and stronger treaty... read moreOct 09, 2014 1:01 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
September
- MPgreThe federal government, regardless of political stripe, has a poor record of picking technology winners. Canadians essentially lost tens of billions... read moreSep 22, 2014 10:27 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreI am going to vote for the NDP’s motion on reinstating the federal minimum wage. A federal minimum wage would only apply to federally regulated industries... read moreSep 18, 2014 1:19 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreThe readership of Island Tides is, in my experience, among the best informed and most conscientious about our collective and individual ecological footprint... read moreSep 03, 2014 9:00 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreTo the Editor, I couldn't agree more with Mayor Fortin that citizens of southern Vancouver Island must have a say, and a definitive say, about the proposal... read moreSep 01, 2014 10:23 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
August
- MPgreOne can be forgiven for dismissing the appointment of Canada’s new ambassador to the Vatican as a matter of no consequence. But this posting in the midst... read moreAug 20, 2014 9:00 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreThis article was primarily written for an international audience, but I thought Canadian Greens might want to join me too! On Sunday September 21 I will... read moreAug 07, 2014 5:32 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreWhat follows is my original piece rebutting the National Post editorial. The NP editors requested cuts and changes which I accepted. Still, on reflection,... read moreAug 02, 2014 8:50 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
July
- MPgreThe ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada was pretty clear in the Bedford case. The laws were preventing women (and men) in the business of selling sex... read moreJul 11, 2014 4:35 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
June
- MPgreIt came to me in response to a biased question from a Sun News reporter in Toronto. The question, playing into the warped world of Ezra Lavant, prompted... read moreJun 22, 2014 9:00 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
April
- MPgreThere has been a lot of attention of late to what moves on Canada’s rails. Train derailments, disasters such as Lac-Mégantic and near-disasters, such... read moreApr 07, 2014 1:08 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreIn the last few weeks, there were a few shake-ups on the Canadian political scene. Allison Redford resigned as Premier of Alberta, the Supreme Court ruled... read moreApr 03, 2014 1:52 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
March
- MPgre“Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it, and by the same token save it from that... read moreMar 24, 2014 2:34 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreLast week I wrote to US Secretary of State John Kerry to urge him to reject the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. In the letter I was clear about four... read moreMar 17, 2014 9:31 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
February
- MPgreThe title might suggest I am about to point out you’ll never find him at the Saturday Farmer’s Market on Salt Spring Island or the Galiano Island Literary... read moreFeb 22, 2014 8:17 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreOn second thought, this blog should be titled, “Why no self-respecting MP should vote for the budget.” And it’s not because it’s a “do nothing... read moreFeb 15, 2014 7:20 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
January
- MPgreIt used to be understood that a healthy economy included low unemployment and available jobs right across the country. Pockets of persistently high unemployment... read moreJan 24, 2014 8:17 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreBy Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, Green MP Bruce Hyer We deserve an energy plan, a climate plan, and the new industrial revolution of clean-tech and... read moreJan 20, 2014 2:30 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreAs 2013 winds to a close, I have good news to share of a doubled caucus! Independent MP Bruce Hyer (MP for Thunder Bay-Superior north) has taken... read moreJan 17, 2014 8:48 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
December
- MPgreI have been over the last few days, like most Canadians, getting the deluge of retrospectives on 2013. Rob Ford’s name looms large in these reviews,... read moreDec 31, 2013 5:58 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreAs 2013 winds to a close, I have good news to share of a doubled caucus! Independent MP Bruce Hyer (MP for Thunder Bay-Superior north) has taken... read moreDec 13, 2013 8:48 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreThe problem is not that governments are not doing enough to fight global warming. It’s that governments, particularly the Harper administration, are... read moreDec 02, 2013 8:42 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
November
- MPgreIt has been more than a year since the Harper government cabinet was in a legal position to ratify the Canada-China investment treaty. Thank goodness that... read moreNov 28, 2013 8:36 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreAs I wrote my Friday blog Saturday morning from the Warsaw airport, it seems only right that my Saturday blog should be written on Sunday on... read moreNov 23, 2013 9:00 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreI am writing this from the Warsaw airport in the wee hours of almost Saturday morning. I left the ADP interactive process after 3 AM when the co-chairs... read moreNov 22, 2013 9:29 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreWell, that’s not quite a fair question. Copenhagen, COP15, will, hopefully for all time, represent the low point in the effort to achieve meaningful... read moreNov 21, 2013 8:02 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreI thought the working session I was in last night had run late – after midnight. But in turns out, that was an early COP evening. The buzz in the morning... read moreNov 20, 2013 6:59 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreToday was the official opening of the High-Level portion of the negotiations. My day started with a real thrill, meeting the U.N. Secretary General... read moreNov 19, 2013 12:21 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreI started out early, memories of the appalling arrangements in Copenhagen left me not wanting to take any chances in a cold city. In Copenhagen at COP15,... read moreNov 19, 2013 6:42 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreI started out early, memories of the appalling arrangements in Copenhagen left me not wanting to take any chances in a cold city. In Copenhagen at COP15,... read moreNov 19, 2013 6:39 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreI started out early, memories of the appalling arrangements in Copenhagen left me not wanting to take any chances in a cold city. In Copenhagen at COP15,... read moreNov 18, 2013 6:42 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreI will be here, in Warsaw over the next seven days, for what is called the “High Level Segment” of the 19th Conference of the Parties under the U.N.... read moreNov 17, 2013 3:40 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
October
- MPgreOkay, maybe this is not really the beginning of the end. I think the beginning of the end may have been last spring when some of the Conservative back-benchers... read moreOct 31, 2013 9:00 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreIt could be a self-parody, but it isn’t. In the wake of the breaking scandal about Canada’s espionage unit spying on the Government of Brazil, I realized... read moreOct 23, 2013 9:00 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreI tweeted last night that Andrew Coyne had the best line of the day. In his Post Media column he called the senate events “edifying” and went on to... read moreOct 22, 2013 9:00 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreMy intention with the Speech from the Throne, as in all my work as a Member of Parliament, is to quicken the pulse of democracy -- to find ways to... read moreOct 22, 2013 4:49 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreGreen MEPs will also fight CETA. - Elizabeth Commenting on the conclusion of negotiations between the EU and Canada on a Comprehensive Economic and Trade... read moreOct 19, 2013 12:01 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreSince my last article in Island Tides, I have spoken almost from coast to coast to coast: from Victoria to Halifax and Fredericton, and to our north—Whitehorse... read moreOct 09, 2013 9:00 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreI know a health policy briefing should touch on all areas of health policy. We have critical issues ahead as we work to protect universal access to... read moreOct 06, 2013 9:00 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
September
- MPgreThe Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, all 900 pages - will be officially tabled on Monday. Meanwhile, the... read moreSep 28, 2013 8:55 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreFrom September 4-13, I held the fall 2013 round of Town Halls in Saanich-Gulf Islands. The Town Hall meeting is my favourite way to connect directly... read moreSep 25, 2013 9:00 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreThe very idea that the federal government, having slashed scientific research into climate change, freshwater science, ozone depletion and contamination... read moreSep 12, 2013 12:45 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreWe were anticipating that the Conservative response to our press conference about the internal government activity, labeled "Northern Gateway Project,"... read moreSep 06, 2013 10:20 am | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
August
- MPgreCanadians now have a dizzying array of pipeline proposals dominating news coverage. They are presented as though they are alternative options. Problems... read moreAug 20, 2013 9:00 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreCanadians now have a dizzying array of pipeline proposals dominating news coverage. They are presented as though they are alternative options. Problems... read moreAug 14, 2013 9:00 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreRemember the 2008 Speech from the Throne? I may be the only one who does. In the context of “Securing our energy future by developing our rich energy... read moreAug 11, 2013 9:00 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
July
- MPgreThe political news of the summer was supposed to be the Cabinet shuffle. It had been hyped well in advance. Unexpectedly, it was the leak of the... read moreJul 31, 2013 10:16 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
- MPgreThe political news of the summer was supposed to be the Cabinet shuffle. It had been hyped well in advance. Unexpectedly, it was the leak of the... read moreJul 31, 2013 9:00 pm | British Columbia, Saanich—Gulf Islands
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