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    Alice is the owner and editor/publisher of NOW, which she co-founded in 1981. In addition to her role as NOW’s media matriarch, she is a writer, social entrepreneur, one-time doc filmmaker, eco-feminist and unapologetic social change advocate.

  • Tale of two budgets

    Wow. A federal budget and an Ontario Speech from the Throne in the same week. A veritable feast of political divination is being offered up...
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  • Pre-budget Throne speech amounts to peanuts

    Freezing MP's salary is typical of this empty populist headline grabber of a throne speech delivered today.After what feels like a political eternity since early...
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  • Sellout or sweet deal?

    Holy Samsung. The green energy dream is not just waking up, it's moving in. Who knew it would have a brand name and be an...
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  • Prorogue protest

    Toronto really got its anti-prorogue on with a rally at Dundas Square that did itself proud with protest. Many thousands (between five and 10,000) filled...
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  • The trouble with our aid

    Kudos to you, Stephen Harper, for not messing up on implementing Canadians' desire to lend a hand during this horrific crisis in Haiti.[rssbreak] But before...
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  • Prorogue warriors

    No wonder it was chaos at first. Hundreds flooded the unmiked basement space in Hart House booked for the Friday, January 8, organizing meeting for...
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  • Get it up for democracy

    It always made me yawn when Olympics boosters claimed the Winter Games would be a defining moment for Canada. How foolish of me. They were...
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  • One small step forward in Copenhagen

    The Copenhagen Accord is a bit of an orphan-child. No one is too proud or happy with the three page outcome that includes a yet...
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  • X marks the Copenhagen deal

    President Obama raised expectations last week, when he decided to ride in at the end point of Copenhagen's historic opportunity to address the unprecedented issue...
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  • Tallying the Copenhagen numbers

    One day to go and hope has found its way back to the Copenhagen proceedings. The U.S. commitment to support a post-2020 $100 billion dollar...
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  • Its down to dollars

    Will they or won't they? The world clock is ticking. The final result of the COP negotiations are now in the hands of the heads...
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  • Walking the walk in Copenhagen

    It has been a banner day in Copenhagen, so to speak. Protestors stopped the subway system for a time with a sit-in on the tracks,...
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  • Canada’s rep still slipping

    It was already a bad day for Canada yesterday. Who knew it could get worse. [rssbreak] The gov had been brilliantly spoofed by the Yes...
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  • Ontario, Quebec rip into Harper at COP15

    Getting targetted by a Yes Men hoax was not the only problem the Government of Canada was facing today at the talks.Pressure is building on...
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  • COP15 hoax raises false hopes

    A mysterious, and ultimately fake, press release showed up just an hour ago claiming a sea change in Canada's position at the climate talks.The press...
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