Peak Oil and Gas biting hard in Alberta – Have-Not soon.

While both the Liberals and Conservatives in Parliament talk up the potential of the Tar Sands to keep votes in Alberta… the reality on the ground is starting to really hurt the revenues of Canadas’ richest province. As far back as August last year, at the apex of the oil price shock, there have been …

David Suzuki Shuns NDP on Carbon Tax

Yet more proof that under our current political leadership, people are choosing the least worst option, rather than the best option. Yesterday the David Suzuki Foundation and two other groups, officially shunned the BC NDP due to their key platform promise to eliminate the Carbon Tax. Traditionally the NDP has always been a supporter of …

Our little town, Port Alberni, is at the forefront of this Transition

After todays Public Forum on Climate Change and Sustainability, I really do think that Port Alberni is at the leading edge of what *really* needs to happen on the way forward. The simple fact that 3 out of our current 6 councillors plus the Mayor and all of the senior management of the City were …