Warren Bell
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About Warren Bell
Warren Bell is a family physician who lives in Salmon Arm, British Columbia. He is Past Founding President of Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.
LNG expansion: a path to nowhere
It’s time for us all – and especially for our political leaders – to stop dithering and start working hard to protect the planet for the sake of future generations.
On climate change, children behave like adults while adults show immaturity
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.
Confused about B.C.'s electoral reform? Use this tool to figure out how to vote
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.
Proportional representation will push politicians to listen, even if you're with a different party
A proportional voting system favours voters. It ensures that just about every single vote counts for something: either support for a particular party, or support for a local representative, or both, writes columnist Warren Bell.
Open letter to Judge Affleck: as a doctor, this is why I'm against Kinder Morgan's oil pipeline expansion
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.
Who's afraid of proportional representation in B.C.?
I support proportional representation for B.C., as do a majority of citizens in the province, but there's an aggressive opposition campaign driven by big money and unfounded fears.
Judge's triple fine on Elizabeth May is madness
“In a democracy, there is room for nonviolent civil disobedience.”
Are protesters against Kinder Morgan breaking the law? Which law?
The "black letter" of the law changes all the time. Biological and geophysical realities change, but not in ways that we can control -- unless we are influencing them. Climate change is us, and the protesters against Kinder Morgan are acting on that premise.
Enough combat politics in British Columbia. We need proportional representation now.
British Columbians have a choice this fall.