Make informed choices at the polls in Canada
Letter to the Editor urges Canadians to vote based on issues rather than family voting habits. A Dauphin resident highlights day care shortages, universal child care benefit gaps, housing insecurity, Aboriginal living conditions, healthcare strain, and student loan burdens, urging informed choices at the federal election.
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Canada
Dauphin
Inky Mark
Mr. Harper
Dauphin-Swan River- Marquette
Parkland Regional Health Authority
Prime Minister Idol debated as election democracy idea
Opinion argues against fixed party leadership by voters noting Leaders' Debate included Layton May Duceppe and Harper. The piece questions merit of choosing PM by party victory and proposes a televised Prime Minister Idol style contest to decide leadership. It suggests Layton could outperform Harper on such a show.
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Conservative Party
Liberal Party
NDP
Green Party
Bloc Quebecois
Jack Layton
Elizabeth May
Gilles Duceppe
Canada
Harper
Dion
Ms. May
Idol
Bloc
Afghanistan
Mr. Layton
Mr. Harper
Time to Geoengineering Warns of Arctic Methane Threat
Gwynne Dyer notes Dr Derjan Gustafsson reports intense Arctic methane release from the Jakob Smirnitskyi expedition. He warns runaway warming is possible and cites permafrost melt, methane chimneys, and the Arctic’s rapid temperature rise. Crutzen and Latham Salter proposals are discussed as temporary fixes with off switches. A crash programme for feasibility of geoengineering is urged.
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Derjan Gustafsson
Stockholm University
Jakob Smirnitskyi
Arctic Ocean
Gustafsson
the Independent
Arctic
Russia
Alaska
Canada
European Union
Russian
Paul Crutzen
John Latham
National Center For Atmospheric Research
Boulder
Colorado
Stephen Salter
Edinburgh University
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