No star power at Ottawa oilsands protest
OTTAWA — A Parliament Hill protest against the oilsands industry Monday couldn’t match the celebrity power of a similar exercise in Washington last month, when actress Daryl Hannah was among those...
View ArticleNDP Oilsands Policy: Moratorium? Freeze? How about a “deep breath?”
One of the most fascinating aspects of the new federal Parliament is the New Democratic Party’s struggle to establish itself as a government-in-waiting. A party that has for its entire existence at the...
View ArticleB.C. NDP MP takes on oil sands agenda
There should be little doubt that the debate over the oilsands industry’s expansion will be one of the most vitriolic, divisive wedge issues in this Parliament. Witness today’s mudslinging in the...
View ArticleMulcair and the oil sands
Did New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair have an Etch A Sketch moment in his House of Commons debut Monday? I noticed that in his opening Question Period salvo he raised his longstanding concern...
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