"The message to the rest of the world is pretty clear: Canada doesn't give a damn."
-Elizabeth May, Green Party Leader
The following article describes how Elizabeth May, Canada's only Green Party Member in the House, views the Conservative Government's action of pulling out of the Kyoto Accord while participating in the UN climate change conference in South Africa. The article is written before the conference took place and as it is stated in the article, “Elizabeth May believes Stephen Harper’s government is only participating in the UN climate-change conference in South Africa so it can sabotage the talks.” Everyday Radicals recommend this read because it shows the dissenting opinion of the other parties within the Canadian Government system against the current Government's policy and their withdrawal from the Kyoto Accord.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/green-party-chief-fears-tories-will-act-as-saboteurs-at-climate-talks/article2254776/
This article looks at how scientists in the Canadian Government are being muzzled by our current Government so that they can control the discourse of what is said in the media regarding environmental issues. Everyday Radicals recommend this read because it demonstrates how our current government is attempting to control the general public's access to information through the monitoring of Canadian Government employees.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16861468
This article written in an English newspaper looks at the Canadian Government's spending and how they have slashed 200 million dollars in funding for environmental research and monitoring. This has crippled Canada's ozone research which we had been a world leader in. This same research found the very first ozone hole over Canada. Says an atmospheric scientist at Dalhousie University, “The proposed cuts go so far the network won't be able to do serious science”. Everyday Radicals recommend this reading to promote understanding of the lack of respect the current government is showing climate change research.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/09/canada-cuts-environment-spending
This article reveals where our social movement, the Everyday Radicals, got its name. Joe Oliver, the current Natural Resources Minister in the Federal government referred to environmental groups that oppose the tar- sands development as "radical" groups. We believe that these groups have merit and are fighting a worthy cause. Since the Government deems these groups who care about the environment as radical, we are calling on all Canadians to become "Everyday Radicals" in response. Explore this article and the quotes from Joe Oliver that has inspired the platform of our movement.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/01/09/pol-joe-oliver-radical-groups.html
Tell the senate to stop silencing environmental groups here!:
http://action.davidsuzuki.org/senate
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/green-party-chief-fears-tories-will-act-as-saboteurs-at-climate-talks/article2254776/
This article looks at how scientists in the Canadian Government are being muzzled by our current Government so that they can control the discourse of what is said in the media regarding environmental issues. Everyday Radicals recommend this read because it demonstrates how our current government is attempting to control the general public's access to information through the monitoring of Canadian Government employees.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16861468
This article written in an English newspaper looks at the Canadian Government's spending and how they have slashed 200 million dollars in funding for environmental research and monitoring. This has crippled Canada's ozone research which we had been a world leader in. This same research found the very first ozone hole over Canada. Says an atmospheric scientist at Dalhousie University, “The proposed cuts go so far the network won't be able to do serious science”. Everyday Radicals recommend this reading to promote understanding of the lack of respect the current government is showing climate change research.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/09/canada-cuts-environment-spending
This article reveals where our social movement, the Everyday Radicals, got its name. Joe Oliver, the current Natural Resources Minister in the Federal government referred to environmental groups that oppose the tar- sands development as "radical" groups. We believe that these groups have merit and are fighting a worthy cause. Since the Government deems these groups who care about the environment as radical, we are calling on all Canadians to become "Everyday Radicals" in response. Explore this article and the quotes from Joe Oliver that has inspired the platform of our movement.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/01/09/pol-joe-oliver-radical-groups.html
Tell the senate to stop silencing environmental groups here!:
http://action.davidsuzuki.org/senate