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The Good, the Bad, and the TBD in new federal bailout for big business
Reading between the lines of the federal government’s new loan package for big business, there is a sense that Justin Trudeau’s minority government (with some strong shoves from the NDP,…
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Single-use plastics are a health risk, period.
As we think about our economic, societal and planetary recovery from COVID-19, it’s clear that one word stands out – health.
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Single-use plastics ban: 5 actions you can take for a #PlasticFreeFuture
In Canada, this year was expected to be the year that signalled a shift towards an economy less dependent on single-use plastics. We were going to be told what plastics…
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The Makers: People like you building hope for a kinder, fairer economy after COVID-19
Big, transformative change can be hard to picture. Here are four extraordinary "regular" people living the values that should underpin the economic recovery, from installing solar panels, to delivering healthy food to those in need, to sewing masks for health professionals. Let's make the personal political.
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A How-To Guide for Virtual Bird-Dogging
“Bird-dogging” is when you and other people from your movement show up at public appearances of elected officials, political candidates or other decision makers and ask them to do something…
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Open letter to RCMP Deputy Commissioner – Tiny House Warriors
Below is an open letter Greenpeace Canada is addressing to the BC Premier, RCMP Deputy Commissioner Jennifer Strachan and BC Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation requesting a public condemnation…
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Acts of Resistance: Museum of Vancouver Exhibit on Indigenous Protest Art Goes Virtual
The Museum of Vancouver has a fantastic exhibit right now on Indigenous protest art called Acts of Resistance. It features seven Indigenous artists and the flags they designed for a…
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Hope in dirty hands
As a first-time mother, the slightest cough, sneeze (or was-that-a-wheeze?) and he’s got my attention. Born in November, it didn’t take a global pandemic for me to force all visitors…
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How to Start your Garden: Seed Starting Guide
A series of blogs to guide you towards a more resilient diet in times of health and environmental crisis The The social distancing and confinement required by the coronavirus crisis…