Here is a preview of our interview with NDP MP Linda Duncan. She talks about amendments rejected by the government and ideas that would save taxpayers money. Notably, she’s excited to save millions of dollars by retrofitting government buildings and incentivizing Canadians to do the same. Continue Reading
One of the more indelible images of Hollywood terror is the appearance of a shark fin on the open ocean. But according to the NDP’s Fin Donnelly, the real life horror in this situation is felt exclusively by the shark.
“Sharks are being finned. The practice of finning is brutal,” says the MP for New Westminster-Coquitlam. “If I could show an image of a shark getting its fins cut off before being dumped back into the ocean, people would be horrified.”
Donnelly is currently pursuing his Private Members Bill C-380, the Ban on Shark Fin Importation Act. The Bill seeks to prohibit the importation of shark fins. While the practice of shark finning has been banned in Canada for almost 20 years, importing shark fins from foreign sources remains perfectly legal.
Joyce Murray overtook NDP Toronto MP Dan Harris early in the week but it was never a run away. The two MPs went vote for vote, rallying hundreds of their supporters, until Joyce pulled ahead on the last day. Final count was 1475 for Dan Harris and 1672 for Ms Murray. She has won her prize and that is answering your eager questions. But what to ask her? Well… Continue Reading
In grade 6 me and Rosa did our science fair project on laundry detergent. It was a stain fighting battle between Tide and Sunlight (my mom used Tide and Rosa’s mom used Sunlight). We tested each detergent on various stains including coffee and grass – just like the commercials. We prepped our stains, cut the cloth in half and each took one home to wash. Then we compared the two pieces of fabric, and you know what? They looked pretty much identical! But we went ahead and made our board to put up in the gymnasium for the science fair. Since we didn’t really have anything “scientific” to present we put up the samples and a sheet of paper asking people to vote for which detergent did a better job. Wouldn’t you know it there was a crowd around our project – I really couldn’t explain why and then I figured it out…people like to vote! Every mom there (not being sexist, it’s just the way it was) kept coming back to our little display to add another check mark beside their favorite detergent. We were a hit – we didn’t win any prizes, but our display was getting some attention (unlike my grade 8 science fair project on The Pythagorean Theorem – now that was a bust!!!). Continue Reading
Last spring I was having a conversation with eminent Canadian conservationist Norm Rubin when I had a sort of ‘road to Damascus’ moment in my faith of a greener future. We had been discussing how to make green energy alternatives really work, and I had been more than doubtful. Norm saw fit to hit me square in the eyes with one of those wisdom arrows a man of his stature keeps handy in his intellectual quiver. The proverbial scales (or were they carbon deposits) fell from my eyes. For Norm the answer was simple. What the world needed – nay what it yearned for – was a bonafide “Energy iPod”
