Common Ground, Edition #1: The Liberal Party
One of the things that attracted me to run with the Greens is the freedom to cooperate across party lines. So, in my next three blog posts, I am going to do something different: rather than focusing on what I disagree with in each federal party, I want to showcase three things in the platforms of each of the three other national parties that I do agree with, and would work with them to accomplish.
First up: the governing Liberals.
Canada Needs a High Speed Rail Strategy!
Where are Canada’s green visionaries? Ottawa's latest budget completely omits high-speed rail. The government seems to have limited its imagination to an electric car future. Keeping Canada’s cities connected despite physical distance requires high-speed rail.
Thoughts on “Car Culture”
This year, for Ramadan, I decided to go without using the car. As the month went on, I began to appreciate the things I’d given up by subscribing to society’s “car culture”. With the convenience to travel anywhere, anytime, the temptation is there to cram more into an already jam-packed life.