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BC Government failing on energy security and sustainability
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – British Columbia is headed for an energy crunch if it doesn’t make sweeping changes to the sector with…
Running on Empty
Shifting to a Sustainable Energy Plan for BC Download 570.95 KB56 pages
May 2004: Well-Being Measurement — The Next Step
The time is ripe for a Canadian Genuine Progress Index (GPI) Last June, the key directive from the Canada Well-Being Measurement Act was approved by…
May 2004: Living in a Fossil-Fuel Dream World
Why are we still acting as if oil supplies are inexhaustible? As evidence mounts that the end of the Oil Age is near, the task…
May 2004: High and Mighty
People have many excuses for driving an SUV, none of them valid It’s tempting for me to begin this column by saying that “some of…
May 2004: The Commission for Environmental Cooperation
NAFTA’s environmental watchdog might actually work–if given the chance Public participation, transparency, and protecting the environment are terms not usually associated with free trade agreements.…
New book examines Paul Martin’s record as a guide to the future
Ottawa–Canadians remember Paul Martin as the man who slew the deficit dragon “come hell or high water. ” He fulfilled that promise by making the…
Hell and High Water
An Assessment of Paul Martin’s Record and Implications for the Future Download 291.35 KB 140 pages Canadians may remember Paul Martin’s pledge upon becoming Finance…
April 2004: The Circle of Life
Let’s stop exterminating the creatures we share the planet with One day a long time ago, when I was still in my teens, I came…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2004, Volume 7, Number 1 Download 605.47 KB8 pages Inside this issue: Who’s Cutting Classes: Untangling the Spin about K-12 Education in BC Are…
February 2004: Poisoning the Environment –Free
What is remarkable about the latest environmental law decision from the Supreme Court of Canada is not how ecologically enlightened the Court is (since a…
February 2004: Poisoning the Environment — Free
Polluters are supposed to pay clean-up costs–but they don’t What is remarkable about the latest environmental law decision from the Supreme Court of Canada is…
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