Building a new economy
…business above all else, fostering an environment where corruption and competition are rampant. Switching to a values-based operating system will support social and environmental justice while minimizing foreign debt and…
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Top Asks for Climate Action: Ramping Up Low Carbon Communities
Top Asks for Climate Action: Ramping Up Low Carbon Communities highlights how Canada can ramp up climate action by empowering low carbon communities. The study pinpoints the measures local governments…
Manitoba municipalities urging parties to invest in infrastructure
144 Manitoba municipalities have passed a resolution urging provincial parties to commit to a 1% tax provincial sales tax transfer to municipalities. The call for investment is an urgent one…
Students support a policy to create safety and respect for LGBTQs
…(LGBTQ). While the policy is being met with protest from some parents and church groups, students are overwhelmingly in favour of the policy. Read more in the Burnaby Now. Read…
Manitoba considering recycled shower water for ice rinks
Manitoba may be the first Canadian province to start using recycled shower water to fill its ice rinks. The province is considering a pilot project to test the concept. The…
Nova Scotia teachers rally against cuts
Last Friday, teachers in Nova Scotia rallied in front of 18 MLA offices to protest provincial cuts to education. The government insists the cuts are a necessary part of declining…
2017 Columbia Cafe: Canada Infrastructure Bank and The Public’s Right to Know
We held our second Columbia Cafe on its latest report “Canada Infrastructure Bank and The Public’s Right to Know!” on October 17, 2017 at the People’s Law School in Vancouver. Report…
Inspiration from Rocky Anderson
…speech from the Ontario forum (12MB). Rocky Resources Rocky’s wikipedia page Read a goosebump-inducing article detailing a speech Rocky gave to protest President Bush’s presence in Salt Lake City. …
No mayor, no vote: UBC students criticize Translink structure
UBC students have criticized Translink’s failure to represent campus residents in transit planning processes. The UBC campus, which has a population of 11 000, is currently the second greatest transit…
Portland’s Bicycle Brilliance
Portland, Oregon is an urban cyclist utopia. Smart city planning, some of the strictest land-use laws in North America and consultation with cycling groups now allow almost 30% of residents…
Ten Ways to Make BC a Model for Urban Farming
The latest idea in urban agriculture is vertical farming, where high-rise buildings are used to grow crops without natural ecological processes. This idea is met with harsh criticism however, and…
How one New York bike lane could affect the future of cycling worldwide
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan established new bike lanes as part of PlaNYC, NYC’s blueprint for a sustainable city. A lawsuit recently filed against the…