This and that for your weekend reading. – Geoff Stiles writes that instead of providing massive subsidies to dirty energy industries which don’t need them (and which will only have more incentive to cause environmental damage as a result), we should be investing in a sustainable renewable energy plan: (W)hereas
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Cowichan Conversations: Ricochet
I found this site the other day and was encouraged to see the youthful energy, the quality of journalism offered and the potential ‘Richchet’ bring us. Ricochet is a new Canadian crowd funded digital news source that is much needed worthy of our support. Ricochet is a new Canadian crowd
Continue readingPolitical Eh-conomy: Political Eh-conomy Radio: Piketty Forum in Vancouver
On June 25th, a standing-room only crowd of 150 people attended a public forum and discussion titled “Pikettymania, Inequality and You” on Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Today, I’m happy to post in full the four talks that made up the first half of the event (the second half was
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Piketty Forum- Hosted by @ricochet_en @CCPA_BC @InstituteHum
A great forum- Twitter tag #PikettyForum Here was the winning tweet for the night: Increasing inequality IS capitalism functioning properly. #PikettyForum @IglikaIvanova @ricochet_en @CCPA_BC @SFUHumInstitute— Melissa Fong (@internationalmf) June 26, […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Dear Meghan Murphy, I respectfully disagree with your assessment of Ricochet and Bill C-36
Dear Meghan Murphy, I understand your concerns about the Editorial Collective- let me assure you that there have been discussions from the start of Ricochet to be representative of equity-politics […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: I’m on the radio today at 5pm 101.9FM-Tune in
I will be on the radio with other Ricochet Media editors Jahanzeb Hussain and Derrick O’Keefe today- 5pm, CiTR radio 101.9FM (You can also stream this online here) We will […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: VANCOUVER “FOREIGN BUYERS”- DRIVING SPECULATION & UNAFFORDABILITY? PART 2
Read Part 1 here I just wanted to update you with this thread of articles that are very illuminating- Please add your thoughts to this conversation- Some of the conversation […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: #RicochetParty Thank you!
A big thank you to all the tremendous support at the West Coast Ricochet Party. Thank you to everyone who came- thank you to everyone who approached shy-little-me to say […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Ricochet: An invitation to our party and to meet me and the team
As some of you may already know I am on the editorial collective at Ricochet, a new independent media project for progressive voices. For those who know me personally or […]
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