Dr. John Hollins, past Chair CACOR, reviews Bill C-69. Some thoughts An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. Fundamental issue Thoreau captured the essence of the matter in 15 words some 150 years ago: […]
UTOPIA 9/11 A PLEA FOR A NEW WORLD
Dr. NICOLE SCHWARTZ-MORGAN, CACOR member In about a decade, its indefatigable stream of commentators will celebrate the five hundredth anniversary of Thomas More’s Utopia or On the Best State of a Republic (1516). That’s a long time to be a focus of attention. The quantity of ink this text has generated suggests that, like a […]
This is How a Society Dies
When I ask my European friends to describe us — Americans, Brits, who I’ll call Anglo-Americans in this essay — they shake their heads gently. And over and over, three themes emerge. They say we’re a little thoughtless. They say we’re selfish and arrogant. And they say that we’re cruel and brutal. I can’t help […]
Pathways 4 Dec 2019 workshop
CACOR members Rob Hoffman, John Hollins and Gordon Kubanek presented these slides at the 4 Dec 2019 workshop. PDF Link…
Will Trudeau’s new cabinet fast track climate action?
Following an election that trimmed the governing Liberals to a minority, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed no sign of dropping his government’s stated commitment to climate action when he unveiled a new cabinet Wednesday. But whether the government will act strongly enough to address the climate emergency remains to be seen. Jonathan Wilkinson — former […]