Dear Winnipeg elected officials The North East ride of the Bike to the Future series was supposed to be today, but it was cancelled because of unsafe air quality. These rides are meant to raise awareness about the climate crisis, yet the crisis itself has shut these rides down twice this year. If the air isn’t even safe to bike in, how can we keep ignoring the need for urgent change? We can't keep making things worse. Cancelled bike rides may not seem like a reason to install more lanes but in fact it is: we must reduce car dependency. We must have alternatives. There must be safe and easy walking, biking, and transit choices. This is a time for courage, not compromise. Instead of delaying plans for one crucial bike lane, we should be roaring ahead on implementation of multiple active transit projects, no matter how much drivers complain. When will the elected representatives of Winnipeg make decisions appropriate to the level of crisis we ...
Dear PM Carney, In a recent interview you told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour “what’s needed is a Zionist Palestinian state.” Sir, Zionism is what is wrong with the existing Israeli state: it’s not even possible to have a Palestinian state if it’s “Zionist.” Why would you make recognizing Palestinians’ inherent right to self determination based on their accepting the supremacist ideology that has dispossessed them? How would that be any different than the situation that currently exists? As Craig Mokhiber noted in response to your comment, “calling for a ‘Zionist Palestinian state’ is like calling for a ‘Nicotine-based cure for cancer’ or a ‘Ku klux klan civil rights bill.’” I beg of you to reconsider what I shall generously assume to be ignorance-driven poorly chosen words. It’s high time Canada get serious about Palestine. For years, Liberal governments have been pledging support for “a two-state solution” meanwhile refusing to recognize one of said states. If you have no intent...