Free Transit first on the list for Socialist Party of Ontario

The party itself was founded earlier this year with a core platform of:

• Free accessible public transit

• A $15-per-hour minimum wage,

• Civilian oversight for the police, courts and jails

• Public pharma, dental, and eye care for everyone

• Comprehensive public housing and anti-poverty strategy

Min Reyes » Archive » a silent story of invisible people

Min Reyes » Archive » a silent story of invisible people: "a story not mine to tell
but it must be told
for some stories are buried with bodies
and while remaining untold
not the rotting flesh nor bones, nor the silent soul
will stop haunting those who seek truth"

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CONSEIL REGIONAL DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT DE MONTREAL | Crise des infrastructures de transport : Sans investissement massif dans les transports collectifs, le sud du Québec sera paralysé

CONSEIL REGIONAL DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT DE MONTREAL | Crise des infrastructures de transport : Sans investissement massif dans les transports collectifs, le sud du Québec sera paralysé: MONTRÉAL, le 24 août 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - TRANSIT, l'Alliance pour le financement des transports collectifs au Québec, a été créée aujourd'hui à Montréal, afin de décrire l'état de la situation et tenter d'influencer les décisions budgétaires publiques. Ses membres fondateurs ont rappelé que si la présente crise du réseau routier révèle le sous-investissement chronique en matière de grandes infrastructures de transports, les transports collectifs subissent cette même dynamique.

CTV Ottawa- Arrests made at oilsands protest in Washington - CTV News

CTV Ottawa- Arrests made at oilsands protest in Washington - CTV News: Alberta's embattled oilsands are at the centre of a mass protest that began this weekend with arrests in front of the most prominent government building in the United States.

Crowds descended upon the White House early Saturday morning, prepared to spend two weeks hosting daily sit-ins to denounce a proposed pipeline that would transport oil from Alberta's infamous tarsands to a refinery in Texas.

Green Policy Asks: To Make Public Transportation Fare Free! | Green Party of Manitoba

Green Policy Asks: To Make Public Transportation Fare Free! | Green Party of Manitoba: "The City of Winnipeg should hold off on plans to spend as much as $10 million on new electronic equipment for collecting bus fares from Winnipeg transit riders, says James Beddome, Leader of the Green Party of Manitoba.

'Any commitments that Winnipeg's Council has made in this matter should be delayed till after the public has had an opportunity to vote for zero fare bus service in Manitoba, by voting Green with their October 4 election ballots,” said Beddome.
“I fully anticipate that the Green Party of Manitoba will raise the issue of fare free bus service in the next general election,” said Beddome
“Free public transportation is as Canadian a concept as user free public education, and user free public health care,” Beddome went on to say."

Futurity.org – Tundra fires may speed climate change

Futurity.org – Tundra fires may speed climate change: "The 2.1 million metric tons of carbon released in the fire—roughly twice the amount of greenhouse gases put out by the city of Miami in a year—is significant enough to suggest that Arctic fires could impact the global climate, says Mack, an associate professor of ecosystem ecology at the University of Florida."