We have entered an era in which children and young people are standing up and stating truths that many of their adult contemporaries either ignore or flatly deny.

Have you received the ballot for B.C.'s referendum on election reform (despite the rotating strike at Canada Post)? Great. Now for the important part — figuring out which voting system you support most. 

As one of the three founders of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, I have a keen interest in preventing environmental degradation, because I know that human health —my over-riding professional focus — is entirely dependent on healthy ecosystems. 

“In a democracy, there is room for nonviolent civil disobedience.”