Jim Elve's blog

I'm involved with a group working to stop a new nuclear plant from being built in Nanticoke, Ontario. We've just launched a petition and I'm hoping some Ontario-based GPC members will download copies and help us get some signatures.

Here's our press release concerning the petition launch.

Bruce Power is pushing forward with a request for a site preparation license to begin construction of a new nuclear plant with two reactors to be located next door to the existing Nanticoke coal-fired generating station. The application for a license will automatically trigger an Environmental Assessment (EA). Bruce Power is prepared to invest $30 million into the 2-3 year assessment process.

“Canada should be welcoming Americans who flee to our country to escape Bush’s illegal war in Iraq,” said Green Party leader Elizabeth May.

I've posted the latest (final?) version of a draft resolution on biofuels in the members-only forum.

http://www.greenparty.ca/en/node/4624#comment-5058

Unless you’ve been living in a cave or off on another planet for the past week, you’ve been hearing about “Dion’s carbon tax.” Stephane Dion, who has previously spoken out against a carbon tax and made assurances that he would not impose a carbon tax, has apparently changed his tune. Now that Dion has embraced this long time tenet of Green Party fiscal policy, he’s being conferred ownership of the idea. It’s “Dion’s” carbon tax, according to the media.

I've posted a draft resolution on biofuel policy in the members-only part of the site. Logged in GPC members can read and discuss it at:
http://www.greenparty.ca/en/node/4624

As the world slips into a food crisis of epic proportions, analysts, politicians, producers, investors, purveyors, scientists, economists and pundits are weighing in with opinions on causes. Faced with the morbid spectacle of millions upon millions of deaths by starvation, many special interest sectors are eager to point the finger of blame. Those fingers are generally not pointed back at themselves.

Over the past few months and weeks, the world has been accelerating towards a disaster of massive proportions. The food crisis threatens the very lives of more than 100 million human beings.

The Ontario Green Party, that is. Federally, we're still touting ethanol.