<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="apple-style-span"><b><font color="#55aa44"><span style="color: rgb(85, 170, 68); font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">Green</span></font></font></span></font></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><font color="#0086ab"><span style="color: rgb(0, 134, 171); font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">spiration</span></font></font></span></font></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><font color="black"><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"> </span></font></font></span></font></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><font color="#ad004c"><span style="color: rgb(173, 0, 76); font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">News</span></font></font></span></font></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><em><em><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><em></em></span></font></font><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></i></span></div></em></em></div></span></div></span></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div></pre></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "></div></b></div><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Our leader, who art in Ottawa,<br>Hollow be thy promises.<br>Thy dictatorship come,<br>Thy will be done<br>In the House of Commons as it is in the Senate.<br> <br>Give us this day our daily oil spill, <br>And forgive us our votes for the NDP,<br>As we forgive the dolts who voted for you.<br>And lead us not into another election,<br>but deliver us from democracy.</span></font></span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Amen</span></font></span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><em><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></em></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">- BlueQuill</span></font></span></em></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div></pre></span></span></div></b></span><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#009700">Confession, and prayer, to Mother Earth<o:p></o:p></font></span></font></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#009700"><br></font></span></font></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><a href="http://www.timesrecord.com/articles/2011/04/22/opinion/commentaries/doc4db1a2d783175786706504.txt" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.timesrecord.com/articles/2011/04/22/opinion/commentaries/doc4db1a2d783175786706504.txt</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div></pre></span></span></div></b></span><div><span class="apple-style-span"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#C07301">May 14 – National Day of Action for Electoral Reform</font></span></font></font></b></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#C07301"><br></font></span></font></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><span class="apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Only 40 percent of Canadians supported our government in the May 2 election, and yet we wound up with a Conservative majority. The fact that Stephen Harper now controls Parliament after gaining only 1.8 percent more of the popular vote than in 2008 is a testament to the arbitrary and antiquated nature of Canada’s Parliamentary system.</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br><br></span></font><span class="apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">We need an electoral process in which everybody’s vote counts. We need a government that represents us.</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br><br></span></font><span class="apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">National Event: </span></font><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=224515260896931" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=224515260896931</span></font></a></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br><br></span></font><span class="apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Montreal — Berri Sq. 2 p.m.</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><span class="apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Event: </span></font><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118523158230228" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118523158230228</span></font></a></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><span class="apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Ottawa — Parliament Hill, 2 p.m.</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><span class="apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Vancouver — Vancouver Art Gallery, 2 p.m.</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><span class="apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Toronto — Queen’s Park, 2 p.m.</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><span class="apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Event: </span></font><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113480302070885" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113480302070885</span></font></a></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><span class="apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">(all times local)</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><span class="apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Calgary — Harry Hays Building 2 p.m.</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><span class="apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Event: </span></font><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=213162505374322" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=213162505374322</span></font></a></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br><br></span></font><span class="apple-style-span"><a href="http://nationaldayofaction.ca/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://nationaldayofaction.ca/</span></font></a></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><span class="apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">#dayofaction</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><span class="apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">@dayofaction2011</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><span class="apple-style-span"><a href="mailto:dayofaction2011@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">dayofaction2011@gmail.com</span></font></a></span></span></div></div></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div></pre></span></span></div></b></span><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#A40093">Vote splitting allowed the Tories to come up through the middle</font></span></font></font></b></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/notes/matt-peters/6201-reasons-to-get-frustrated/2023546634352">http://www.facebook.com/notes/matt-peters/6201-reasons-to-get-frustrated/2023546634352</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div></o:p></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div></pre></span></span></div></b></span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#C00000"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></font></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#C00000"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63); "><h1 class="title" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; clear: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#009500">Election 2011: Maude Barlow on the election results</font></span></font></font></h1></span><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><a href="http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/council-canadians/2011/05/election-2011-maude-barlow-election-results" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/council-canadians/2011/05/election-2011-maude-barlow-election-results</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></font></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div></pre></span></span></div></b></span></div><div><br></div></span></font></span></font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><div><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF009A"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#007495">We are a majority</font></span></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#007495"><br></font></span></font></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">On May 2nd, a clear majority of us voted for change. 9 million cast their ballots for parties that share much in common. 9 million voted to strengthen our democracy, protect our environment and increase our equality.</span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Yet, because these parties split the vote in riding after riding, Prime Minister Harper has gained near total control of our government with the support of less than 6 million voters.1The only thing that can check his power is the shared voices of Canadians like you.</span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Right now, we need to send Prime Minister Harper a clear message that although he has a majority of seats, he does not enjoy majority support. In his acceptance speech, he said “...we must be the government of all Canadians, including those who did not vote for us.” We expect him to follow through with this commitment, and we will be here, growing stronger every day to hold him to account to the agenda of a majority of voters:</span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://leadnow.ca/majority"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://leadnow.ca/majority</span></font></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Take the first step by telling Prime Minister Harper that his majority of seats does not give him free reign over our country, and that together we will hold him accountable:</span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://leadnow.ca/majority"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://leadnow.ca/majority</span></font></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">P.S. - See how the opposition parties and Conservatives compare in relation to the Leadnow community's priorities:</span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://leadnow.ca/en/party-positions"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://leadnow.ca/en/party-positions</span></font></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">[1] Vancouver Sun: Vote-splitting saw Tories claim new seats (</span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/news/decision-canada/Vote+splitting+Tories+claim+seats+analysis/4718894/story.html"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.vancouversun.com/news/decision-canada/Vote+splitting+Tories+claim+seats+analysis/4718894/story.html</span></font></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">)</span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">[2] CBC: Majority rules - just about everything -</span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/story/2011/05/03/cv-election-weston-majority.html"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/story/2011/05/03/cv-election-weston-majority.html</span></font></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://Leadnow.ca/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Leadnow.ca</span></font></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">is an independent, youth-led advocacy organization that helps Canadians of all generations participate in their democracy.</span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF009A"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></font></div></div></b></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div></pre></span></span></div></b></span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#009700">Canadians for Tax Fairness</font></span></font></font></b></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Sign the petition calling for a stop to the corporate tax cuts</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.taxfairness.ca/civicrm/profile/create?gid=9&reset=1">http://www.taxfairness.ca/civicrm/profile/create?gid=9&reset=1</a> </span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div></pre></span></span></div></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div></pre></span></span></div></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><h2 style="font-weight: normal; "><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#C06F00">Wave against the Pave! </font></font></strong></h2><h2 style="font-weight: normal; "><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#C06F00">The grassroots movement for better transit not freeways.</font></span></font></strong></h2></span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://stopthepave.org/">http://stopthepave.org/</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://canadians.org/energy/issues/climatejustice/local/index.html">http://canadians.org/energy/issues/climatejustice/local/index.html</a></span></font></div></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div></pre></span></span></div></b></span><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; "><h1 style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; line-height: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#C700A9">Noam Chomsky: My Reaction to Osama bin Laden’s Death</font></span></font></font></h1></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">We might ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush’s compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic.</span></font></span></div></b></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.guernicamag.com/blog/2652/noam_chomsky_my_reaction_to_os/">http://www.guernicamag.com/blog/2652/noam_chomsky_my_reaction_to_os/</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div></pre></span></span></div></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><div class="articleTitle" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#007EB6">Britain’s Royal Wedding: A Big Day For The Global Oligarchy</font></span></font></font></div><div class="articleSubTitle" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-decoration: none; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="articleSubTitle" style="text-align: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); text-decoration: none; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">A Celebration of the Dictatorship of Global Capital over Democracy</span></font></div></span></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=24538">http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=24538</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div></pre></span></span></div></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div></pre></span></span></div></b></span><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#A20000">Leave it in the Ground: Sign the petition against Arctic Offshore Drilling<o:p></o:p></font></span></font></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/leave-it-in-the-ground-statement-against-arctic-offshore-drilling/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/leave-it-in-the-ground-statement-against-arctic-offshore-drilling/</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></div><div><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#020202"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></font></div></pre></span></span></div></b></span><div><h1 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#830094">Canada lone holdout in reporting greenhouse gas emissions<o:p></o:p></font></span></font></font></h1><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Canada has once again missed an international deadline for submitting an </span></font><a href="http://unfccc.int/national_reports/annex_i_ghg_inventories/national_inventories_submissions/items/5888.php" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">inventory of its greenhouse gas emissions</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> to the United Nations. While 42 governments, including from earthquake-stricken Japan, have submitted their data on emissions of the heat-trapping gases that warm the atmosphere, Canada is the only one behind schedule in reporting to the UN's climate change secretariat as part of its international obligations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; "><a href="http://www.canada.com/technology/Canada+lone+holdout+reporting+greenhouse+emissions/4760090/story.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.canada.com/technology/Canada+lone+holdout+reporting+greenhouse+emissions/4760090/story.html</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div style="margin-right: 0in; 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margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Granted to the graduate student that most adeptly uses public controversy to advance the public good<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">12 min. video<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hdzel5ofaU&feature=channel_video_title">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hdzel5ofaU&feature=channel_video_title</a></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; 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