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Reimagine CBC: Canadians come together to think big in troubled times

Reilly Yeo, a member of the Reimagine CBC team, holds the Reimagined CBC logo that participants created at the Reimagine launch. Photo: Angus Wong

In late January, a small team gleaned from the ranks of Vancouver-based citizens' organizations OpenMedia.ca and Leadnow.ca took the wraps off an exciting new project called Reimagine CBC. The goal was simple, but ambitious: to spark a massive brainstorm on the future of public media in Canada by asking Canadians how the CBC, as a public broadcaster, could be reimagined as a leader in participatory, innovative and engaging media production.

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Redeye

The Fukushima nuclear disaster: One year later

March 9, 2012
| A conference on March 10-11 explores the repercussions of the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear reactor. We ask Arnie Gundersen what we know and what we are not being told.

12:04 minutes (11.04 MB)

Democratize.ca

Democratize.ca was launched by political enthusiasts Marguerite Marlin and Chris Bush. The bilingual website makes every-day Canadians into virtual Members of Parliament. Canadians can cast their vote on specific bills actually being debated in the House of Commons. More than 150 bills are categorized by 40 different subjects. Everything from bills about Aboriginal and Nothern affairs to bills affecting income tax are in the topics.

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Boycott

A do not buy symbol marked with a large X

Whether protesting your university's pro-war investments or horrific conditions of workers in sweat shops sewing brand name clothes, a boycott is an effective way to send a message. It hits big business and local capitalist oppressors alike right where it hurts - the wallet. This guide will go over

 

What's a boycott?

Who can do it?

How to organize

 

What is it?

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Redeye

BC Hydro under threat of creeping privatization

August 22, 2011
| A new report on BC Hydro by a panel of government appointees recommends that the utility reduce a planned rate increase and cut 1,000 jobs.

10:44 minutes (9.83 MB)
Redeye

Hydro rates skyrocket in B.C.

March 9, 2011
| Redeye asked John Calvert what's behind the huge increases in the cost of electricity in British Columbia. Calvert is the author of Liquid Gold: Energy Privatization in B.C.

15:55 minutes (14.57 MB)
Meera Karunananthan

This is what democracy should look like!

| December 14, 2009
Redeye

Public power and green energy

September 21, 2009
| The B.C. government says it wants to make the province a clean energy powerhouse. Joe Foy of the Wilderness Committee says the only way to do that is to keep B.C. Hydro public.

14:23 minutes (13.18 MB)

Live show: Explore the future of energy in Ontario

May 21 2009 - 11:00am
May 21 2009 - 12:00pm

Location

Ontario Power Generation building (University/College)
700 University Avenue
Toronto, ON M5S 1VO
Canada

Earth Day Every Day

MAKE THE SIDEWALK CHALKFULL WITH MESSAGES OF GREEN PUBLIC POWER - 100% - (materials provided)

**TYPES OF FUELS - TYPES OF OWNERSHIP:

Stop spread of nuclear power AND fossil fuel burning in Ontario AND privatization of Ontario power
Keep Ontario Energy Public
Rebuild it 100% local public complementary renewable and energy efficient!

Tags: democracy, planning, pro-public regulation, free and infinite sources of energy, inexpensive technologies fast to bring on-line in collaborative complementary ways, good for economy, vertical and horizontal spread of green jobs everywhere in Ontario, good for health, good for environment,

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