Wednesday-Night

31 August 2005
While many Canadians are crowing over Ontario’s new-found possibility of becoming a have-not province, Alberta is King.
Pundits and demographers are having a field day analysing the effect of Alberta’s $7-billion energy-generated surplus, raising questions about how the province will use its windfall while not creating jealousy among the country’s cash-strapped provinces, or worse […]

24 August 2005
The hot topic in the Untied States seems to be the teaching of creationism alongside - if not in lieu of - evolution. While this is a serious issue, deserving of the attention and active critique of the citizenry, we have been entertained by some of the reactions to President Bush’s declarations on […]

17 August 2005
We are more than thrilled that our son, Marc and daughter-in-law, Jean have arrived from Singapore and will be with us this Wednesday. They bring a fresh perspective to our discussion and will no doubt raise topics and questions to challenge Wednesday Night. In anticipation, we have trolled the news and offer the […]

A brief summary of Ralph Nader’s lecture at the Festival citoyen
Prologue 
First of all readers should be warned that I was not equipped to take proper notes at the event. The following is at best an «impressionistic» reading based on my personal perceptions rather than a journalistic-type summary of the conference. I am most certainly leaving […]

3 August 2005
The Invitation
Thanks to our mutual friend, Peter Ratzer , we are delighted to welcome Margaret (”Maggie”) Catley- Carlson, who, among her many activities serves as Chair of the Global Water Partnership. She is also a past Chair of the Center for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) and of the International Center for Agricultural […]