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The planet is the source of all prosperity
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Spencer Fernando’s recent article, “A Conservative’s View on Climate Change” (Jan. 13, 2010) requires a serious response from a green perspective. First, it must be said that not everyone who showed up at Rod...
Protecting our prosperity without jeopardizing our environment
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In response to Spencer Fernando’s “Protecting our environment and our prosperity” (the Manitoban Vol. 97 No. 18, Jan. 13, 2009), it seems that Mr. Fernando has missed a few crucial points regarding the Conservative...
Beggars can’t be choosers
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One week after a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean island nation of Haiti, foreign aid began to pour into the country. American Red Cross alone has received US$23 million and counting just...
Decade of Death
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In November 2009 Time declared the 2000s “the decade from hell,” in the article “The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade from Hell,” by Andy Serwer.
Although the article focuses on the negative...
Strangling democracy by the threshold
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The motion passed by the Canadian Federation of Students at their recent national AGM, which doubled the threshold of students required to trigger a referendum on continued membership from 10 per cent to 20,...
RCMP are barking up a tree in the Peace Country
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In a scene chock full of déjà vu, notorious malcontent Reverend Wiebo Ludwig was arrested in Grande Prairie, A.B.. on Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 in connection with the bombing of EnCana pipelines in northern...
Protecting our environment and our prosperity
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On December 16, I had the chance to support Stephen Harper and our Conservative government’s reasonable and measured approach to climate change. Standing outside the office of Conservative MP Rod Bruinooge in the freezing...
