Oct 2, 2011

  by Toni O’Keeffe Can small acts of kindness change the world? According to the organizers of the 2011 World Kindness Concert they can. When Brock Tully envisioned the World Kindness Concert more than a decade ago, he imagined people coming together, with open hearts and a passion to change the way we live and celebrate the human journey. Eleven...

Sep 4, 2011

INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Steve Anderson Canada has an internet “openness and access deficit.” That was the starting point for OpenMedia.ca’s “Casting an Open Net” report published earlier this year. The report noted three disturbing practices employed by several of Canada’s dominant Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1. Many...

Sep 1, 2011

SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki Most arguments against bike lanes are absurd. Consider this: we have wide roads everywhere to accommodate cars, most of which carry only one person. On either side of many of those roads, we have pedestrian sidewalks. In most large urban areas, we also have bus lanes and transit systems. When cyclists ride on roads, drivers often...

Aug 28, 2011

INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Steve Anderson It’s time to re-imagine the role of both citizens and government. It’s past time for governments to become more permeable and to encourage and empower citizens to govern themselves. In many ways, the process to re-imagine citizenship and governance seems to be well underway. Citizens are newly empowered by online...

Jul 29, 2011

INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Steve Anderson In early February, OpenMedia.ca received word the CRTC was planning a set of invitation-only meetings on March 23 and 24 in Ottawa. Entitled “Shaping Regulatory Approaches for the Future,” the forum was meant to bring together the “stakeholders” of Canadian telecommunications for “meaningful...

Editor's note “The World Bank approached me about six years ago to assist them with numerous projects involving the corporate governance of parliaments and the entities that report to them, such as statutory officers and crown agencies…The results speak for themselves: the World Bank continues to rely upon me for assistance.” – Craig...

Jul 29, 2011

by David Krieger Dear Graduates, Having received a college degree, you are among the 6.7 percent of the world’s most educated elite.  If your education has been a good one, you are likely to have more questions than answers.  If your education has been mediocre, you are likely to think you have more answers than questions.   Did you...

Jul 12, 2011

  by Janice Brown Born in Boston, spending years in California, Elizabeth came to Vancouver around 1980, from Oregon, where she owned a health food store.  There was a lively group of like-minded intellectuals in the city, exploring ideas of living ungoverned lives. Few knew she led a protest to block use of nuclear power, testifying before the US...

  Voters planning to cast a strategic vote in Vancouver Centre apparently no longer need worry about voting for Liberal Hedy Fry just to stop the Conservative candidate from winning. It seems a Liberal-insider associated with Hedy Fry’s team told Green candidate Adriane Carr about the results of a recent internal poll conducted in Vancouver Centre by...

by Joyce Murray, Liberal candidate Vancouver Quadra After May 2nd, one of two people will be Prime Minister: Stephen Harper or Michael Ignatieff. As a Liberal candidate, it is my task to highlight the stark contrast between the inclusive, family-oriented vision of Canada offered by the Liberal Party versus the dangerous ideological control of the Harper...