Evidentia

Last night’s election in Canada shows political élites are out of touch with the people

I have more faith in the people than in politicians…

Jack Layton proposed re-examining the Constitution, to bring Quebec on board, but there is little chance of this succeeding.

I have more faith in the people of Canada (which includes Quebec) than I do in our politicians and bureaucrats.

I am of English, Scottish, Québécois, Acadian, Narragansett and Wampanoag origin. And so much the better!

The new film Chercher le courant is worth seeing. A group of enthusiastic environmentalists make a film about their canoe journey down the pristine La Romaine river, in Quebec, asking whether a new hydro project there is really worth it.

As long as we don’t know for sure why the Deepwater Horizon occurred, as long as the ecological disaster in the Gulf of Mexico continues to spin out of control, it doesn’t make any sense at all to push ahead with development of the Old Harry field in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. We need a full public inquiry in Canada about offshore drilling.

Along the horizon, I see that yellowish northern glimmer
and closer to us, under a gloomy sky,
disappearing into the still hazy twilight,
icebergs of all shapes.

Organized crime is everywhere - and not just in Quebec

Some Quebeckers are campaigning against wind farms in their region, saying it will be bad for tourism - which goes to show that the green shift will require cultural adaptation