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10.21.2011

Earthsharing Conference

Earthsharing Conference 
Dominican University College, Ottawa

96 Empress Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1R 7G3
November 4-5, 2011 


Earthsharing Canada
Incorporated by federal Letters Patent, July 8, 2011

To promote and foster the recapture of economic rent for the furtherance of sustain-
able economic justice among all Canadians;
To encourage the removal of obstacles to efficiency in the Canadian economy by
shifting taxation off labour and capital; and
To foster public interest in and awareness of economic issues and a sound philoso-
phy of economics.

Conference Schedule

November 4, 2011 – Friday
Albert le Grand Hall

2:00-3:00 pm.   Frank de Jong, Past Green Party of Ontario Leader, “Earthsharing and 
                         Public Policy: Problems and Perspectives”
3:00-3:15          Break
3:15-4:00          Jeff Dean, NDP BC. “Earthsharing and the Tasks of Democracy
                          in the 21st  Century” 
4:00-4:15          Break
4:15-4:45          Book launches
 Francis K. Peddle and  Amy Gordon, eds, The Poverty Paradox
 Maxime Allard, O.P., et al., Échos d’une mutation sociale. Anthologie des
textes du Père Georges-Henri Lévesque, O.P. Précurseur de la révolution
tranquille
5:00     Film: “The Killing Fields”  (in Albert le Grand)   
    Hors-d’oeuvre/refreshments in hall adjoining Albert le Grand
6:00     Dinner on your own
November 5, 2011 – Saturday
Albert le Grand Hall

8:30-9:00 am.  Coffee & pastries
9:00-9:50         Francis K. Peddle, Dominican University College, Ottawa
                        “From Financial Crisis through Fiscal Repression to Economic 
                         Redemption”
10:00-10:50     Brendan Hennigan,  Director, Ontario School of Economic Science
                        “Media Aspects of Economics and Philosophy”
11:00-11:50      Susan Murphy,  Algonquin College
                         “Social Media and Economics Presentations”
12:00-2:00 pm.    Chinatown Ottawa lunch

2:00-3:00           Cay Hehner, Director, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, NYC
                          Introduction to a roundtable discussion:
                          “Occupy Wall Street, Reform Agendas, and Fraternité”.

3:15-4:30           Business meeting, Earthsharing Canada  

3.31.2011

Elizabeth May Press Conference Friday.



VICTORIA / OTTAWA – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green party of Canada, will hold a join press conference on Friday, April 1, with Linda Keen, former President of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Association.

The press conference will be held jointly with Ms. May in Victoria and Ms. Keen in Ottawa.

Ms. May and Ms. Keen will be addressing the broadcast consortium's recent decision to ban the Green Party's leader Elizabeth May from the televised debates; April 12th (Eng.) & April 14th, (Fr).

3.01.2011

March 1, 2011 - Rodger Cuzner: A Ministerial Statement from Dr. Seuss


This KAIROS issue begs some excuse:
A Ministerial Statement from Dr. Seuss

I must have pulled some shifty scam
To end up in the jam I am

Staff first said 'Yes' -- I cannot lie
But with one word I would deny

How it appeared, it's hard to say
But does it matter anyway?

Top bureaucrats, they did, I think
Inscribe the 'NOT' in deep red ink

They wrote the 'NOT' above the margin
It was not I, as they are chargin'

I had no role, is what I said
I had no role to make it dead

I had no role to stop the cash
It's bureaucrats that you should trash

I do not like this KAIROS bunch
Nor does my boss, that's my best hunch

That's why he put me on the spot
That's why he made me add the 'NOT'

That's what he made me think, I thought
That's why my credibility is shot

Handwriting experts in the field
Provide the truth that should be yield

The hand that changed the 'Yes' to 'No'
Was on the arm of the PMO

9.19.2009

Are B.C.'s Gulf Islands the key to Elizabeth May's victory?


SIDNEY, B.C. -- ‘‘I'm getting kind of a bad rap," says Elizabeth May. She lowers her voice to a mocking bass. "‘Oooh, she moves here, she moves there.'"

Peripatetic, yes. Apologetic, no. The Green Party leader has been told by her executive council to just win a darn seat in the House of Commons already.

Recently of New Glasgow, N.S. and Ottawa and London, Ont., Ms. May has moved west, to the opposite end of the country. Where her chances of winning are best, according to polling data collected by a national firm for the Greens.

Source: National Post. Click here for the full story.

7.16.2009

$300M to speed Toronto-Montreal rail travel

Ottawa is committing $300 million to what's being hailed as the largest-ever investment in passenger rail service between Montreal and Toronto.

Via Rail's CN Kingston Subdivision Project is a series of infrastructure improvements at eight locations along the 539-kilometre, double-track rail line. Full Story

Its about time!



5.28.2009

Tables At The National Gallery

 
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When we were visiting the National Art Gallery of Canada a couple weeks ago they were setting up tables for an event in the atrium.  I thought it made a nice photograph. This is converted to black and white with a blue filter.  We saw the Scott Mcfarland (no relation to Jack) exhibit when we were there. It was pretty interesting.  One thing we noticed were several images that looked identical, except the sky and clouds in them were different.  Very cool.

10.24.2006

Churches Mount Massive Lobby On Canadian Gay Marriage Vote

(Ottawa) Leaders from Canada's two largest denominations are treading the hallways on Parliament Hill today, presenting two differing views on a government plan to revisit the legalization of same-sex marriage.

On the one side are the Roman Catholic Church and a dozen socially conservative evangelical groups urging members of Parliament to vote to re-open the marriage debate and support repeal of the law enacted last year by the former Liberal government.

Click here for the full story from 365gay.com