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Ottawa Biosphere Eco-City (OBEC) is an organization dedicated to pursuing an "environmentally sustainable City that support a high quality of life, now and for... more
December 7, 2021
On the evening of October 7th, I had the privilege of attending the organization Shake Up the Establishment‘s “Movers & Shakers Climate Crash Course.” The... more
December 6, 2021
Ottawa, November 26, 2021
Hon. Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
College Park 17th Floor, 777 Bay St. Toronto, ON, M7A 2J3
Dear Minister... more
December 4, 2021
Ottawa, November 26, 2021
Hon. Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
College Park 17th Floor, 777 Bay St. Toronto, ON, M7A 2J3
Dear Minister... more
December 4, 2021
What do we do about urban trees?
New approaches to the character and quality of urban and suburban life have to include a shift in the landscape of these... more
December 4, 2021
A 2018 report by William Lahey was supposed to serve as a sustainability roadmap for Nova Scotia’s forestry industry, but three years later, the author says... more
December 3, 2021
Last week I was reading about two things happening soon on Parliament Hill.
The first was that the Carillion on the Peace Tower will go silent as soon as... more
By
Rob
Dekker
December 1, 2021
Corruption Contagion?
What if things we most trust, are the most rigged?
Four examples.
I study systemic corruption. The kind that is not in the news. It... more
By
Larry
Elford
November 23, 2021
This week Rideau-Goulbourn (to be renamed Rideau-Jock) Ward Councillor Scott Moffat announced he would not be running for re-election in next years Ottawa... more
By
Rob
Dekker
November 20, 2021
Re: Protecting the Earth — not the wealth of financial tycoons — at the heart of world’s unprecedented climate commitments, David Olive, Nov. 11, 2021... more
By
Larry
Kazdan
November 20, 2021
I do not write much about the work I do on Parliament Hill, today is different. After working with veterans for 4 of the last five years this is the last... more
By
Rob
Dekker
November 14, 2021
Canadians will be living with pandemic fallout for a long time to come. Not just in health care and the economy – in our social and political order.
In... more
November 10, 2021
Well, the hammer has been lifted, it hasn’t come down yet, but it might do that very soon. The hammer is the province withholding $60M for LRT Phase 1. Why... more
By
Rob
Dekker
November 7, 2021
Canadians use three times as much energy as the world average, reaching 300 gigajoules of energy per capita last year – even more than our American neighbours... more
November 5, 2021
A UN Human Rights Council report recently named Canada as one of the parties fueling ongoing war in Yemen by means of arms sales to Saudi Arabia, one of the... more
November 3, 2021