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It June 17/04 Copy
Strait of Georgia VOTE! Monday Every Second Thursday & Online ‘24/7’ at islandtides.com June 28th Canadian Publications Mail Product Volume 16 Number 11 Your Coastal Community Newspaper June 17–June 30, 2004 Sales Agreement Nº 40020421 Tide tables 2 Saturna notes 3 Letters 4 What’s on? 5 Advance poll 7 Bulletin board 11 Closely watched votes: Saanich–Gulf Islands race may be critical The electoral battle for the federal parliamentary seat in the Saanich-Gulf Islands riding has drawn national attention. It’s not just that the race has attracted four strong candidates from the Conservative, Liberal, NDP and Photo: Brian Haller Green parties. It’s that the riding has the Haying at Deacon Vale Farm, one of Mayne Island’s fourteen farms. Mayne’s Farmers Market begins in July. best chance in Canada to actually elect a Green Party member. The Green Party is running candidates in all 308 federal ridings in Elections, then and now ~ Opinion by Christa Grace-Warrick & Patrick Brown this election, the first time it has done this. Nationally, polls have put the Green t has been said that generals are always fighting the previous war. It in debate and more free votes. If this is the case, the other parties will vote at a couple of percentage points. might also be said that politicians are always fighting the last election, eventually have to do the same. The polls (as we write) indicate the possibility But the Greens have plenty of room to Iand that the media are always reporting the last election. -
List of Participants to the Third Session of the World Urban Forum
HSP HSP/WUF/3/INF/9 Distr.: General 23 June 2006 English only Third session Vancouver, 19-23 June 2006 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS TO THE THIRD SESSION OF THE WORLD URBAN FORUM 1 1. GOVERNMENT Afghanistan Mr. Abdul AHAD Dr. Quiamudin JALAL ZADAH H.E. Mohammad Yousuf PASHTUN Project Manager Program Manager Minister of Urban Development Ministry of Urban Development Angikar Bangladesh Foundation AFGHANISTAN Kabul, AFGHANISTAN Dhaka, AFGHANISTAN Eng. Said Osman SADAT Mr. Abdul Malek SEDIQI Mr. Mohammad Naiem STANAZAI Project Officer AFGHANISTAN AFGHANISTAN Ministry of Urban Development Kabul, AFGHANISTAN Mohammad Musa ZMARAY USMAN Mayor AFGHANISTAN Albania Mrs. Doris ANDONI Director Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Telecommunication Tirana, ALBANIA Angola Sr. Antonio GAMEIRO Diekumpuna JOSE Lic. Adérito MOHAMED Adviser of Minister Minister Adviser of Minister Government of Angola ANGOLA Government of Angola Luanda, ANGOLA Luanda, ANGOLA Mr. Eliseu NUNULO Mr. Francisco PEDRO Mr. Adriano SILVA First Secretary ANGOLA ANGOLA Angolan Embassy Ottawa, ANGOLA Mr. Manuel ZANGUI National Director Angola Government Luanda, ANGOLA Antigua and Barbuda Hon. Hilson Nathaniel BAPTISTE Minister Ministry of Housing, Culture & Social Transformation St. John`s, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1 Argentina Gustavo AINCHIL Mr. Luis Alberto BONTEMPO Gustavo Eduardo DURAN BORELLI ARGENTINA Under-secretary of Housing and Urban Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA Development Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA Ms. Lydia Mabel MARTINEZ DE JIMENEZ Prof. Eduardo PASSALACQUA Ms. Natalia Jimena SAA Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA Session Leader at Networking Event in Profesional De La Dirección Nacional De Vancouver Políticas Habitacionales Independent Consultant on Local Ministerio De Planificación Federal, Governance Hired by Idrc Inversión Pública Y Servicios Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA Ciudad Debuenosaires, ARGENTINA Mrs. -
Green Party of Canadamedia
Green Party of Canada Media Kit History of the Green Party around the World The first Green Party in the world, the Values Party, was started in the early 1970s in New Zealand. In the western hemisphere, the first Green Party was formed in the Maritimes in the late seventies and was called the Small Party after E.F. Schumacher's book, Small is Beautiful. In Britain, the first Green Party was called the Ecology Party, before the name "green" became common. But it wasn't until the West German Green Party -- die Groenen -- crossed the vote threshold of 5% and entered the German legislature in the late 1970s, that the green political movement started in earnest. Presently there are over 100 Green parties world-wide, and there are Green members elected in dozens of countries. Green parties have served in coalition governments in Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia and Ukraine. Legislative Achievements of Green Parties Members of Green parties around the world have been successful in their push for legislation that is consistent with the Global Green Charter, balancing ecological preservation with socially progressive values. In Paris, Deputy Mayor and Green Party member Denis Baupin, has helped push plans to ban all traffic in its congested downtown core by 2012, when Paris hopes to stage the Olympic Games. The ban will affect a nearly 5 kilometre-square area where only residents, buses, delivery vans and emergency vehicles will be allowed. In Spain, a Green party inspired bylaw has been passed which obliges builders to install solar panels to supply 60% of the hot water needs in new and fully rehabilitated residential blocks of 14 or more units, in all new heated pools, and for hospitals, clinics, schools, shopping centres and hotels. -
THE WEAVER Fall Equinox 2020 Edition
THE WEAVER Fall Equinox 2020 Edition A Publication of the Saskatchewan Green Party “We are the sun. We are the wind. We are the new day About to begin.” DG “Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.” Noam Chomsky TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE # 1. Introduction 2 2. A Message from Our Leader 2 3. Some Thoughts on Left and Right 3-4 4. Saskatchewan Parents Deserve Better 5 5. Editorial: Help Our Heroes Help Us 5-6 6. Public Health Calling for a Green, Healthy and Just Recovery (Media Release) 6-7 7. Takeover (A Poem) 7 8. Stop the Freeway – Save the Swale! 8-9 9. Germany Gets Both: No Nuclear, Less CO2 9-11 10. The Green Movement Then and Now (Part Two) 11-15 11. We Still Need the Marxist (A Poem) 15 12. A New Story for Humanity (A Film Review) 16 13. A Glimpse of a Darker Future (A Book Review) 16-17 14. Fall Calendar of Days of Reflection and Commemoration 17-19 The Saskatchewan Green Party: https://www.saskgreen.ca/ THE WEAVER Fall Equinox 2020 Edition INTRODUCTION A MESSAGE FROM OUR LEADER by Dave Greenfield Hello Green Friends, Welcome to the Fall Equinox 2020 issue of the Weaver. This issue offers an informative range of 2020 has seen incredible growth and rejuvenation articles and related works furthering the building of within our party. We have a slate of great candidates a green and progressive political culture in heading into the fall election. -
A Case Study of Regulatory Capture, Systemic Corruption and the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission
A case study of regulatory capture, systemic corruption and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Keith M. Mahar Email [email protected] Web www.onemedialaw.com 17 August 2015 “ Much of the inequality that exists today is a result of government policy, both what the government does and what it does not do. Government has the power to move money from the top to the bottom and the middle, or vice versa.” Joseph Stiglitz, The Price of Inequality, 2013, pp. 35-36. “ When powerful interests gain excessive influence over regulatory agencies, the integrity of the regulatory process is compromised, and catastrophic consequences can unfold.” Sheldon Whitehouse and Jim Leach, Preventing Regulatory Capture, 2014, p. 467. “ Systemic corruption distorts incentives, undermines institutions, and redistributes wealth and power to the undeserving.” Robert Klitgaard, Finance and Development, June 2000, p. 1. ii CONTENTS Introduction 1 Summary 3 Part A: Setting the Context 7 1. Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 7 1.1 The appointment process 8 1.2 Authority to enact and enforce regulations 8 1.3 Authority to determine questions of law related to its subordinate legislation 8 1.4 Regulators subjected to intense corporate lobbying and political pressure 9 1.5 Lack of transparency at the CRTC 9 2. Regulatory Capture 9 2.1 Defining regulatory capture 10 2.2 The revolving door phenomenon 10 2.3 Future employment in industry 10 2.4 Exploitation of public ignorance related to regulations 11 2.5 Legislation turned to industry’s advantage 11 3. Corruption 11 3.1 Defining corruption 11 3.2 Determinants of corruption 12 3.3 Corruption and regulatory capture 12 Part B: Case Study 13 Chapter 1. -
I the EFFECTS of STATE SUBVENTIONS to POLITICAL
THE EFFECTS OF STATE SUBVENTIONS TO POLITICAL PARTIES: A CASE STUDY OF THE GREEN PARTY OF CANADA LOIS ANNE (LISA) LAMBERT B.A., University of Lethbridge, 1991 A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Lethbridge in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTERS OF ARTS Department of Political Science University of Lethbridge LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA © L.A. (Lisa) Lambert, 2007 i For Dad ii Abstract State subventions to parties have been introduced in many Western democratic states with little discussion about the effect that such payments from a state to a political party have on the party. Political scientists, though, have conducted a lively debate about the effect of these state subventions on parties and party systems. With the introduction of state subventions in Canada, there is a significant opportunity to study the effects of the subsidy on parties. This thesis is a case study of the Green Party of Canada during the first three years after the introduction of state subventions to parties. The Green Party of Canada offers us a unique opportunity to see a party emerge from fringe status with the assistance of a state subvention to the party. There are many important findings we can draw from this party’s experience of the state subvention. iii Acknowledgments I am grateful for the financial support provided by a SSHRC grant of which Dr. Lisa Young was the principal investigator. I also benefited from the support of a Canada Graduate Scholarship and the Keith and Hope Ferguson Memorial Scholarship at the University of Lethbridge. -
“Something Blue….”: Conservative Organization in an Era Of
1 “Something Blue….”: Conservative Organization in an Era of Permanent Campaign Tom Flanagan Department of Political Science University of Calgary Canadian Political Science Association June 3, 2010 The organization of the Conservative Party of Canada has inherited traits from both of its predecessor parties, the Progressive Conservatives and Reform/Canadian Alliance. It also has some novel features stemming from the personality of Stephen Harper, the founder and only leader so far of the Conservative Party; his experience with Reform Party and Canadian Alliance populism; and the all-pervasive state of “permanent campaign” that has existed in Canadian federal politics since 2004. The result is a unique configuration of organizational features amounting to a virtual fusion of political party and campaign team. This powerful and effective organizational model helped the Conservative Party bring the Liberals down to minority status in 2004 and defeat them in the elections of 2006 and 2008. Only the future can say whether the Conservatives will continue with this model of organization after Stephen Harper retires and whether other parties may choose to imitate it. The Populist Impulse Preston Manning deliberately cast the Reform Party as a neo-populist revival, imitating such Western predecessors as the Progressive Party, the United Farmers, and Social Credit.1 This meant adoption of direct-democratic policies such as referendum, initiative, and recall, as well as a quasi-delegate theory of the MP‟s role, according to which the elected Member was supposed to vote according to “the consensus of the constituency,” at least on controversial moral issues. Manning‟s populism also involved a novel approach to party organization. -
CSESII Parties and Leaders Original CSES Text Plus CCNER Additions (Highlighted)
CSESII Parties and Leaders Original CSES text plus CCNER additions (highlighted) =========================================================================== ))) APPENDIX I: PARTIES AND LEADERS =========================================================================== | NOTES: PARTIES AND LEADERS | | This appendix identifies parties active during a polity's | election and (where available) their leaders. | | Provided are the party labels for the codes used in the micro | data variables. Parties A through F are the six most popular | parties, listed in descending order according to their share of | the popular vote in the "lowest" level election held (i.e., | wherever possible, the first segment of the lower house). | | Note that in countries represented with more than a single | election study the order of parties may change between the two | elections. | | Leaders A through F are the corresponding party leaders or | presidential candidates referred to in the micro data items. | This appendix reports these names and party affiliations. | | Parties G, H, and I are supplemental parties and leaders | voluntarily provided by some election studies. However, these | are in no particular order. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> PARTIES AND LEADERS: ALBANIA (2005) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02. Party A PD Democratic Party Sali Berisha 01. Party B PS Socialist Party Fatos Nano 04. Party C PR Republican Party Fatmir Mediu 05. Party D PSD Social Democratic Party Skender Gjinushi 03. Party E LSI Socialist Movement for Integration Ilir Meta 10. Party F PDR New Democratic Party Genc Pollo 09. Party G PAA Agrarian Party Lufter Xhuveli 08. Party H PAD Democratic Alliance Party Neritan Ceka 07. Party I PDK Christian Democratic Party Nikolle Lesi 06. LZhK Movement of Leka Zogu I Leka Zogu 11. PBDNj Human Rights Union Party 12. Union for Victory (Partia Demokratike+ PR+PLL+PBK+PBL) 89. -
Members of Parliament British Columbia
BRITISH COLUMBIA MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT / 45 MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT Legislative Office House of Commons Quick Facts House of Commons, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Phone: 613-992-1225 FAX: 613-992-7319 Capital: Ottawa Official Opposition: Liberal E-mail: [email protected] Joined Canada: Number of seats: 98 Riding Office Last election: January 23, 2006 Phone: (613) 237-0740 FAX:(613) 235-7208 120 East 14th St., World Wide Web: http://canada.gc.ca/ E-mail: [email protected] North Vancouver, BC V7L 2N3 Phone: 604-775-6333 FAX: 604-775-6332 Lieutenant Governor: Michaëlle Jean World Wide Web: www.liberal.ca Phone: (613) 993-8200 FAX:(613) 998-8760 Stéphane Dion, Leader of Official Opposition DAWN BLACK New Westminster-Coquitlam E-mail: [email protected] Third Party: Bloc Quebecois World Wide Web: www.gg.ca New Democratic Party Number of seats: 54 Critic, National Defence; Peace Advocacy Critic Legislative Assembly Phone: (514) 526-3000 FAX:(514) 526-2868 First elected January 23, 2006 Total seats: 308 World Wide Web: blocquebecois.org Last election won by 2933 Peter Milliken, Speaker of the Legislative Gilles Duceppe, Bloc Quebecois Leader Legislative Office Assembly Phone: (613) 992-6779 FAX:(613) 954-2121 House of Commons, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Phone: (613) 996-1955 FAX:(613) 996-1958 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 613-947-4455 FAX: 613-947-4458 E-mail: [email protected] Government: Conservative Fourth Party: New Democratic Party Riding Office Number of seats: 133 Number of seats: 18 1116 Austin Ave., Coquitlam, BC V3K 3P5 World Wide Web: www.conservative.ca -
The Canadian Greens / Green Party of Canada Council Functionary
The Canadian Greens / Green Party of Canada Council Functionary Elections At closing, the following members were nomi- John Grogan Nominated by: John Barranyi, Donna Dillman, Mike nated. All statements longer than 120 words have Nickerson, Roberta Clark, Christine Kilgour, Yannick been edited down with the original text, as well as John served as GPC Communications Chair, GPBC Damdurand-Manley, Isabelle Masson, Jo Saunders, the list of the current Council office holders, Director-at-Large, and as a GPC candidate in 1997 Roger Villeneuve, Caroline Manley available on the party's website at and 2000. He is an activist for media literacy with www.greenparty.ca or from the Party's national a focus on universal access to alternative media. PARTY SECRETARY office at 1-866-868-3447 or [email protected] He lets his name stand as a candidate for Leader to The Party Secretary, along with the Administra- support a principled slate of candidates for Council CHAIR tion Committee, is responsible for principle party who share a grave concern for the unconstitutional documents and administrative records of the party. The party’s Chair is to ensure that decisions of the management of the GPC Council in recent times, party, council, and committees of council are duly and the disconnect with the grassroots and the Roger Benham carried out. They also ensure that process people Global Green movement. John hopes to ensure that we do not develop a cult culture of personality are duly selected and in place for meetings of the Lives in his own hand-built log house near Telkwa politics, instead nurturing the leadership within membership, council, and committees of council on the edge of the forest. -
Bet on Tory Minority Stephen Harper's Conservatives Look Poised to Topple Paul Martin's Liberals
Bet on Tory minority Stephen Harper's Conservatives look poised to topple Paul Martin's Liberals Jan. 21, 2006. 09:14 AM ROBERT BENZIE STAFF REPORTER Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is in the driver's seat headed for 24 Sussex Dr., a new Toronto Star poll suggests. But the EKOS Research Associates survey conducted CHARLA JONES/TORONTO STAR for the Star and La Presse shows that though the Stephen Harper made his last pitch in Windsor this morning. Conservatives look poised to topple the Liberals, voters may only give Harper the test drive of a Star Columnists minority government in Monday's election. Graham Fraser Richard Gwyn Nationally, the Tories enjoy the support of 37.1 per cent of decided voters compared with 26.9 per cent Stephen Handelman for Paul Martin's Liberals, 19.5 per cent for the New Chantal Hebert Democrats of Jack Layton, 11.5 for the Bloc James Travers Québécois led by Gilles Duceppe and 4.6 for the Ian Urquhart Green Party led by Jim Harris. The undecided vote Thomas Walkom stood at 16 per cent. The Conservatives have achieved success by Related Links increasing their support among older voters, men and Election Special more affluent Canadians, EKOS president Frank Speak Out: Will you vote? Graves said yesterday. Photo gallery Blue confession: I love the "The real story here is largely one of demographics Tories and the intersection of values and interests with some Bet on Tory minority of Canada's key groups of voters," Graves said. Canada's gain, parties' loss? Campaign pledges on issues like crime and Punjabis have a passion government ethics, as well as economic pledges like for politics eliminating the capital gains tax on proceeds that are PM looks to NDP for reinvested within six months have appealed to these `progressive' votes voters, he said. -
Notes from Forum Dvds
“PLEASE SIR, I WANT SOME DEMOCRACY! “ MOVING FORWARD ON VOTING REFORM IN CANDA A PUBLIC FORUM SPONSORED BY FAIR VOTE ONTARIO SAT., FEB. 21, 2009 AT THE LAW FACULTY, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FORUM REPORT Introduction: In 2008, Fair Vote Ontario defined as one of its goals: Place Electoral Reform Back on the Ontario Political Agenda. To achieve this goal, FVO planned to facilitate discussion on acceptable alternative fair voting models, debate and propose a new reform process through which Ontarians could choose a new voting system, and sponsor a public forum with high profile speakers to address the unfinished business of voting reform in Ont. As the planning for the forum went forward, it became the place where alternative voting models and reform processes would be discussed along with re-examining our campaign strategy and our messaging and communications. In addition, the goals for the forum shifted to include putting electoral reform on the federal and the provincial agendas and to look at ways to support the referendum campaign on BC-STV in May, 2009. What follows is a report on the forum, highlighting some of the major points made by the impressive roster of speakers. As well as the main sessions, there was an 8:30 am introductory session on voting systems which attracted an amazing 30 or so people at that early hour on a Saturday morning. Notes from the three break-out groups where participants were much involved in discussing the issues the forum focussed on can be found in the appendices attached to this report. The sold-out crowd of about 150 people included familiar faces but also many new supporters and an unprecedented number of young people.