Technologies 
Canadians Flunk Being Canadian
I was scanning the news and came across an article on Reuters site that intrigued me. It was titled "Most Canadians would fail own citizenship test". As a Canadian I thought this was interesting. But before I could write this post blasting Canadians I figured I better do a test or 2 and see how I fared. I mean I would hate to put my size 9's in my mouth. I took 3 practice citizenship tests that give a series of questions similar to ones people taking the real citizenship test would get.
Federal money supports 19 new green technologies
A federal agency is giving $48 million in grants to projects that range from a self-erecting wind-turbine tower to a biosensor that can test water for as many as 100 pathogens in less than 30 minutes.
Jennifer and Alberta Greens shocked by great local support
Below is a recent letter to the editor that Jen & I wrote. It has been carried widely throughout our constituency.Jennifer did very well at the recent forum in Stettler. I have uploaded her speeches onto YouTube. You can view them by searching her name in YouTube or by going to my account at http://www.youtube.com/greencameron In the Q&A in Stettler Jen owned the subject of landowner surface rights, came across very credibly and informed on CBM issues, and set the pace with the subjects of trade, integration, and the Security & Prosperity Partnership (SPP) agreement.
The Real Terminator
There are very few inherently evil technologies. Terminator seeds would have to qualify on an ethical basis as well as one of simple species survival.This is commerce as crime against humanity.And so far only one Canadian party - with members sitting in parliament - seems to have come to terms with that simple fact.NDP tables ban on Terminator seeds and technology OTTAWA ? Today the NDP?s agriculture critic, Alex Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior), announced the tabling of a Private Member?s Bill to ban ?terminator technology,? making a commitment to sustaining Canadian farmers and the farming industry.
Eric Reguly's "What Ails Canada"
Globe & Mail articles tend to disappear into subscriberville after a couple of days so I'm reproducing this one in full for posterity. It's worth thinking on. What ails Canada: My parting shotERIC REGULYThursday, April 05, 2007 It is Easter. Let us pray for peace and goodwill, but also for a country and an economy in purgatory. The corporate profits, the shareholder returns and the employment figures all suggest we're riding the up escalator to a state of eternal bliss. And if you believe that, you must believe that miracles really do happen.
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