September 2015

Leadnow: Vote Together campaign aims to defeat Harper’s Conservatives by Bruce Mason • If we wake up to a new government on October 20, the vast majority of Canadians will have defeated Stephen Harper at his own strategy game. Nursing a hangover from the longest, costliest and arguably the most significant campaign in our history, many will be vowing...

September 2015

‘Young people vote in record numbers, end 9 years of Conservative rule’ by Brigette DePape • October 20th is just around the corner. Imagine that day – the one after the election. Imagine that we have done everything in our power to change our country. 3 reasons why young people should vote. Because our generation wants a change. Over 80% of...

September 2015

by Dr. Gifford-Jones • Are you tired for no reason? Having a hard time getting out of bed or feel run-down and stressed all the time? If so, you may have the first symptoms of adrenal exhaustion and must learn to “adapt” before it becomes a steady habit that causes more than heartburn. As Charles Darwin, the British scientist remarked, “It’s not the...

September 2015

by Marianne Williamson • Years ago I told myself not to worry about a devil… that it’s all in my mind. Then I realized that’s the worst place it could possibly be. I don’t think there’s an external devil stalking the planet for men’s souls, but I do believe there’s a point of consciousness in all of us – whether we call it shadow, dark side,...

Source: Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, www.cban.ca The federal election is October 19 and every political party will be asking for your vote. Each party has something to say about food and agriculture, but what do they have to say about the issue of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)? The Conservative Party The Conservative Party is opposed to...

September 2015

By Daniel Bissonnette Ten-year-old Daniel Bissonnette’s passion for healthy food has inspired him to become a very busy activist. At the March Against Monsanto events in Vancouver this year and last, he spoke eloquently about the dangers of GMOs and junk food. And in his interview with raw food advocate David Avocado Wolfe, he talked about how kids are being...

September 2015

SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki • No matter what anyone says during this long federal election campaign, climate change is the biggest threat to Canadians’ health, security and economy. The scientific evidence is incontrovertible – the research wide-ranging and overwhelming. Wastefully burning fossil fuels at such a rapid rate is jeopardizing the...

September 2015

and plug in to a healthy green economy by Bruce Mason • Emerging from all the interruptions and arguments in the federal election debates is the environment – finally included in our national leaders’ discussions and speeches about the economy. Justin Trudeau’s federal government won’t impose a carbon-pricing policy on provinces. Tom Mulcair plans a...

September 2015

by Jeff Rubin • You might not recognize it when you’re chomping on an ear of corn or tucking into a plate of pasta, but it takes an enormous amount of water to grow what is on your plate. When you’re pondering the inputs that go into producing corn or wheat, it’s likely that seeds, soil or even the land itself come quickly to mind; it’s easy to forget...

September 2015

by Michael Harris • You can tell a lot about a person by what they believe in. Money, art, Jesus, Bingo – a road map to the soul. In the case of Stephen Harper, he has built his government and his career on information-control and marketing.   The nerd nobody liked is getting even.  Which is to say, he now edits reality full-time. As we begin the...

September 2015

by Geoff Olsen • In the splendid 2015 Pixar film, Inside Out, the characters Joy and Sadness momentarily get trapped inside Abstract Thought, a building complex inside the mind of 11-year-old Riley Anderson. The panicking pair break down into blocky Picasso-like structures, and are reduced to simple geometric forms before a narrow escape pops them back into...

September 2015

Part Two by Major General Smedley Butler The World War – rather our brief participation in it – has cost the United States some $52,000,000,000. Figure it out. That means $400 to every American man, woman and child. And we haven’t paid the debt yet. We are paying it, our children will pay it and our children’s children probably still will be paying the...

by Robert Bateman • Then and now: Robert Bateman wrote the article, I am a conservative, I conserve, in 2003. As Canadians get ready to head to the polls on October 19, his warnings about the Conservative government are as relevant today as they were then. I am a conservative. This is why I deeply resent the neo-conservatives who are not conservatives at all....