Good Sunday Morning – June 6
My head is in so many places all at once. I know some regular readers will want updates on Fairy Creek, but I am still in the midst…
My head is in so many places all at once. I know some regular readers will want updates on Fairy Creek, but I am still in the midst…
The last Sunday in May. Let’s hope that we are entering a month with more opportunities to see each other – safely. I still worry that the risks…
Good Sunday Morning! And so excellent to be looking forward to good Monday holiday morning! Happy Birthday to Queen Victoria, whose birthday May 24th gave us this holiday weekend…
Good Sunday morning! On this lovely sunny Sunday, my thoughts and emotions are wrapped up in the dangerously escalating events in Israel and Palestine. Twice this week Paul…
Happy Mother’s Day!! To our mothers, to our Mother Earth. I have been looking on line for quotes about Mother Earth. What turns up the most are references…
Happy May Day +1 And for me a day of memories of our big win ten years ago today. I was sorting through photos of election night. My…
Good Sunday Morning! And heading into the last week of April 2021, our first month lived twice in COVID. Sadly, not our last. I am looking forward to…
Earth Day (April 18, 2021) The race between vaccines and variants is much on my mind. Family members have COVID and a dear friend died of COVID this…
Today marks the end of Holocaust Remembrance Week (April 4-11, 2021). In Ottawa, every year after my election in 2011, I attended the very moving National Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony…
Good Sunday Morning!! Happy last day of Passover! Chag Pesach Sameach! Happy Easter! Hallelujah! And – believe it or not – Happy International Carrot Day! Give your Easter…
Happy last day of Passover! Chag Pesach Sameach! Happy Easter! Hallelujah! And – believe it or not – Happy International Carrot Day! Give your Easter bunny a carrot.…
And Happy Spring! The equinox actually happened yesterday morning around 5 AM Eastern time. But March 21st always feels like the right day for the first day of Spring!…
My whole last week was intense work in parliament – on zoom. So, I thought I would share some of the week’s highs and low points. Monday was…
Good Sunday Morning! Tomorrow is both Commonwealth Day and International Women’s Day – as well as the birthday of two dear friends – so a shout out to…
Not outraged Good Sunday Morning! And ushering in March tomorrow – marking a full year of pandemic. My husband remarked the other morning as our dog Xo came…
As I wrote in last Sunday’s missive I would, I made a pitch to the Speaker on Monday to ensure fairness in Question Period. I asked him to…
Good Sunday Morning! And a very Happy Valentine’s Day! Here on Vancouver Island, we had an uncommonly large snowfall yesterday after a deep chill from the Polar Vortex…
Good Sunday Morning! Let’s start with some good news. The fantastic climate campaigners at University of Victoria scored a major win on February 2nd . Divest UVic and the UVSS…
Good Sunday Morning! And the last day of January. This last week was our first back in parliamentary work. It was a relief when the rules to allow…
And Happy Robbie Burns Day for those who celebrate! Apologies to my brother in Cape Breton who decries the veneration of a lowland Scot who spoke no Gaelic!…
While waiting for election results Good Sunday Morning! As loyal readers, you likely know by now that I write GSM on Saturday. And I usually try to be…
Elections galore! (October 18, 2020) Good Sunday Morning! Election count-downs galore – Six days until voting is done in British Columbia and Saskatchewan! Eight days until the two…
Passing the torch Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you are finding ways to be thankful in a time of COVID, when gatherings are not possible. I write this feeling…
GPC makes history! Last night was quite the night for the Green Party of Canada. Live national coverage and a suspenseful run to the finish from an amazing slate…
And we’re off!!! To three important campaigns… In BC to ensure the election of a lot more Green MLA’s on October 24… In Toronto Centre, to support Green…