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GEORGE: Why we all must make the trip home
OPINION And it's whispered that soon, if we all call the tune, Then the piper…
GEORGE: What you should know about the precautionary principle
OPINION My mother in law, Darlene, was a big believer in common sense. She could…
GEORGE: When the flu becomes a family activity over the holidays
OPINION Thirteen years ago at Christmas, I proposed to my wife. We had gone to…
Why running out of oil isn’t the problem
OPINION A decade ago I stumbled across the idea of "Peak Oil". It turned out…
GEORGE: Homelessness is a social and economic problem
OPINION Homelessness is a problem. For a long time I thought that it was a…
GEORGE: Did we really change Canadian governments in 2015?
OPINION A couple of years ago I ran for the Greens in a federal election.…
GEORGE: Are we living in a meritocracy?
OPINION There is a story we use in our culture to justify our economic system.…
GEORGE: Saving the Internet from becoming the trinet
OPINION The Internet is vast. The number of websites and users continue to increase year…
GEORGE: The Robots are coming
OPINION Welcome to the information revolution. The utopia of automated production is upon us. The…
GEORGE: Idea of sustainability is under attack
OPINION With the coinage of ‘sustainable development,’ the defenders of the unsteady state have won…
GEORGE: Why the ‘legalization’ of marijuana really isn’t
OPINION As Canadians move closer to the day when recreational cannabis is "legalized", we should…
GEORGE: Why are we still arguing about climate change?
OPINION Dealing with climate change has been billed as the greatest challenge our civilization has…
GEORGE: Common sense doesn’t work when dealing with CO2 pollution
OPINION The human world is a very unintuitive place. The natural world, as we have…
GEORGE: Why it’s so hard to change our minds
OPINION "Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we…
GEORGE: Stop the Site C dam project, I can’t afford it
OPINION Back in 2004, I was listening to a CBC radio interview with then Green…
GEORGE: Science really isn’t a matter of opinion
OPINION Retired NASA climate scientist, James Hansen, commented in a recent interview that he wasn't…
GEORGE: A carbon tax is not just about climate change
OPINION I had the opportunity to listen to a couple of well known analysts of…
GEORGE: Can we honestly assess risk when it comes to our children’s safety?
OPINION The British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development recently told a single father…
GEORGE: Child poverty in British Columbia
OPINION "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." – Benjamin Disraeli…
GEORGE: Does sexual violence have a place in society?
OPINION For the very first time I have found myself agreeing with a piece of…
GEORGE: Has our society failed our economy?”
OPINION I think it is time to acknowledge that our society has failed our system…
GEORGE: Appearance of impropriety comes with campaign donations
"I value my reputation. I work hard to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. "- Richard…