Issues | Elizabeth May

The bluest of budgets delivers a disappearing act

The striking thing about the 2010 federal budget as a physical document is its colour scheme. Its cover matches the ubiquitous Canada’s Economic Action Plan logo—shades of blue…

Post date March 18, 2010
Post categories In Island Tides, Publications
Tags Budget, Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, China, CIDA, Climate Change, Corporate Taxes, EI Premiums, Environment, Federal Budget, Finance, Haiti, Hi-Speed Rail, Linda Keen, Mackenzie Pipeline, Oil Spills, Pipelines, VIA

Copenhagen Reflections: was anything accomplished?

The post-COP15 perspectives and analyses have been grim and negative. It could hardly be otherwise. Much of the media has been focussed on finding blame. On December 22,…

Post date January 21, 2010
Post categories In Island Tides
Tags China, Climate Change, COP11, COP15, Denmark, Environment, Kyoto Protocol, South Africa, Sudan, Venezuela

Tracking Copenhagen

As I write this, the 15th Conference of the Parties has reached Day 3, and I am home in Sidney. By the time you read this, I will…

Post date December 17, 2009
Post categories In Island Tides
Tags APEC, Brazil, China, Climate Change, COP15, Denmark, Energy, Environment, France, Germany, GHG Levels, Greenhouse Gases, Kyoto Protocol, Sidney, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States

Local food: defending what’s local, healthy and organic

The mainstream news media loves the ‘man bites dog’ story. Anything counter-intuitive is more likely to be front page news. So too, does the media like ‘debunking’ environmental…

Post date December 3, 2009
Post categories In Island Tides, Publications
Tags Aquaculture, Environment, Fisheries, India, Local Food, Salmon, Shrimp

From cod to salmon: when do we ever learn?

British Columbia may have no other animal as iconic as the wild salmon. Creature of deep forest streams, raging rivers and open ocean, the wild salmon feeds the…

Post date October 8, 2009
Post categories In Island Tides, Publications
Tags Aquaculture, British Columbia, Environment, Fisheries, Salmon