The Globe and Mail. The legislative changes to legislation introduced by the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Josie Osborne, purport to close the funding loophole allowing municipal candidates to fund-raise and spend with impunity provided it is more than 30 days… Continue Reading →
NY Times. Would Heidelberg be a role model for Canadian cities and municipalities? It appears to set a bar for elected officials doing something other than doggedly insisting that the worn out policies and economic models of the past are… Continue Reading →
Capital Daily. Neither the demolition nor recycling industry is new. Nor exotic. Witness that the main recipient-seller of the materials reclaimed in this story is Demexx in Coombs. What is novel – and very applicable to Nanaimo – is that… Continue Reading →
The Guardian. This article takes a highly relevant look at the critical relationships each of us have on every level of membership we occupy: family, community, provincial, federal, and global. Despite its title, it’s not simply about COVID-19 and climate…. Continue Reading →
National Observer. This is an interesting next step in what may prove to be an emerging pattern. With some agencies working to have ecocide declared a crime and others to bring its perpetrators before the ICC, a Canadian municipality and… Continue Reading →
It’s always reassuring to continually discover how much good information on – and analysis of – our current life-space is out there. The trick, as always, is to do a bit of generalizing. This time, part of that is done… Continue Reading →
The Tyee. Wanting to understand the frequent frustration of local governments and boards in BC? The paragraph to note: “The only provincial government to intervene is British Columbia, which in early February filed a 20-page factum laying out its positions…. Continue Reading →
The Guardian. Since all action – whether personal, political, environmental – is always local, it’s difficult not to see this as a call directly to Nanaimo citizens and local politicians to work from a broader worldview than the self-serving here… Continue Reading →
The Guardian. Provides additional arguments for why voters should support changing the economic thinking and approaches of local governments. [ARTICLE LINK]
NY Times. One of the great benefits of reading pieces not written for our personal realm is being able to gauge on our own – without someone else’s interpretation – how they do or do not apply, e.g. to Nanaimo…. Continue Reading →
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