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Wednesday Night #1345 - with Marc Garneau


We are very pleased to have Marc Garneau, the Liberal candidate for Westmount-Ville-Marie, with us this coming Wednesday. While it is highly improbable that he is unknown to you, we would remind you that Dr. Garneau holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from London’s Imperial College of Science and Technology, and that in addition […]

Planetair supplying offsets to NHL Players’ Assocation


December 12 2007
Planetair is proud to announce that it is supplying offsets for the National Hockey League Players’ Association’s (NHLPA) Carbon Neutral Challenge for the 2007-2008 season. The Challenge is the largest player-driven initiative in the North American professional sports world to tackle global warming. It is a joint activity of […]

Westmount Riding


As of January 1, 2007, according to the Ministère des Affaires municipales et des Régions of Quebec, the population of the City of Westmount was 19,701 residents.
Westmount - Ville Marie - Population: 97,226
RIDING PROFILE

This is an affluent central Montreal riding. It spreads from the St. Lawrence […]

The World Bank at the Bali Climate Change meeting


Bank Group Bali Message: Keep Developing Nations Growing
Can the world put the brakes on global warming and climate change without threatening economic growth that has lifted millions out of poverty?
… The World Bank Group is bringing its low-carbon growth message to Bali, along with a plan to significantly step up assistance to international efforts […]

Al Gore: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate - Update


10 December 2007
OSLO, Norway: Al Gore accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Monday and called on humanity to mobilize at once against the dangers of a changing climate.
“Without realizing it, we have begun to wage war on the earth itself,” Gore said in his acceptance speech. “Now, we and the earth’s climate are locked in […]

Wednesday Night #1336 Update - More on Tar Sands


Trucks on the tar sands of Alberta. Photograph: Jeff McIntosh/AP

 
 
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Canada’s role in the origins of the IPCC


December 9 2007
Canadians take leadership role on climate change
Mike De Souza, CanWest News Service
NUSA DUA, Indonesia — It all started about 20 years ago in a basement room of the Geneva conference centre.

The group wasn’t even big enough to reserve one of the larger meeting rooms above. In fact, there were only about 80 people […]

Oil-Rich Nations Use More Energy, Cutting Exports


Mexico City at rush hour. A rise in car ownership is increasing the demand for oil in Mexico. Photo Luis J. Jimenez for The New York Times
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
Published: December 9, 2007
The economies of many big oil-exporting countries are growing so fast […]

Give a goat, a shovel, a toy … or an engineer


This is a great story and we certainly endorse the thought. In fact, we have been doing this for several years . All of the organizations mentioned in the Gazette article are extremely worthy and deserving of support. However, we would like to call attention to one wonderful NGO that has a special relationship […]

Marc Garneau


7 December
Westmount-Ville-Marie Liberal Association Site not ready
Famous, Should be famous and Infamous Canadians
Marc Garneau graduated from the Royal Military College in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics. Three years later, he received his doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, England. In 1974, Garneau […]

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