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Poetry fest ARTS
STRAIGHT FROM THE PAGE AND LIVE ON STAGE
by Sonya Weir
C can McGarragle, artistic director for In one camp were the well-known, textu- attendance of 110 to 130 people per day.
Lithe West Coast Poetry Festival, tells ally-based poets, often the recipients of He anticipates an even larger attendance WEST COAST
a great joke about poetry, acknowledg- a Governor General's Award, and in the this year. In promotional writing about
ing friend and colleague Graham Olds other, the lively, unorthodox, spoken word the festival, McGarragle has said: "The POETRY IN MOTION
with t h e l i t t l e artists, who used West Coast Poetry Festival is the single
gem. As operator metaphor and lit- largest poetry event in Canadian history, by Johnny Frem
of the Vancouver erary devices to but its roots can be traced back to a single
Poetry Slam, Olds tell their stories. thing. The genre of poetry itself, which has The Canada Council dispatches a jet
has a n in-depth The problem given us plenty and asked nothing save an moving writers across the country.
knowledge o f the lay in the spoken open ear, is the motivating force behind Troupes of performance poets, who
world of perform- word artists not the festival's walk to fruition." share cars to tour festivals, mark
ing poets, a n d being taken seri- The festival celebrates some of the fin- Vancouver in their itineraries from
has wryly noted: ously by the textu- est voices in the Canadian poetic tradition July7 to 10.A beat-up jalopy adorned
"Poetry is the low- ally-based poets. with a diverse range of genres and cul- with plastic toys waits for the ferry
est paid artistic On the other side, tures. The 2005 festival combines spoken over from Vancouver Island. From
expression; mimes the conception word and traditional poetry, exposing the all over, as the heat of summer rolls
get paid more and Montreal's Alexis O'Hara existed that you continued on page 8 in, so too does some of our greatest
they have nothing can't teach an old poetic talent. For four days at three
to say:" While it's a great joke, unfortu- dog new tricks. Mc r a g l e approached venues, the second annual West
nately, too many poets would agree. fellow classmate Mi hael Campbell with Coast Poetry Festival showcases an
Sixteen months ago, while taking Prof. his idea for a poetry festival, and the two eclectic sampling of the many ways
Derksen's English lit class at Simon Fraser collaborated to make it a reality. Ultimately, words and sounds can blow your
University, it occurred to McGarragle Campbell assumed the role of production mind. Whether straight from the
that Canada didn't really have a "single, manager, McGarragle became the artistic page or live on stage, this festival
poetic event that was worthy of the talent director, and even Prof. Derksen took to has everything - more than 40 poets
that our country fosters:' The 29-year-old the stage for the inaugural event. from Canada and the US, all entirely
McGarragle had the "nebulous little idea" McGarragle shares that he was really free. For more information on the
to bring together what he calls the two dif- Surprised at the speed that the fund- single largest poetry event in our
ferent genres of poetry at work in Canada. ing came through for the first event last young nation's history, go to www.
According to McGarragle, the animosity year. He was also thrilled with the public's wcpf. ca or call 604-782-1666.
between the two groups was pretty intense. response, noting an "awesome" average Spoken word mama Sheri-D Wilson

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Unspun heroes CULTURE
HOWWE ESCAPED NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST: THE LEGEND OF STANISLAV PETROV
by Geoff Olson

n the efforts of one anonymous indi- Wars speech earlier that year gave every attack by firing off most of their inventory not a man given to measured reflection
vidual act for the greater good in the indication the US/Soviet antiballistic mis- of atomic weapons—which would certain- about the actual threat from communism.
far off future? Can a single person, at sile treaty was heading for history's dust- ly spell the end for western civilization, if He was a man who speculated openly
the right place at the right time, catalyze bin. It seemed the Reagan administration not most of humanity. Nuclear deterrence about trees causing pollution, and the
change on a historic scale? In this series we had little or no concern about the fallout worked, seemingly: US and Soviet lead8rs biblical end times. Within the Kremlin,
look at individuals, some known, but oth- —literally and figuratively—from what had a thermonuclear gun to each other's the politburo's aging cold warriors may
ers relatively unknown, who accomplishedmany scientists on both sides of the Iron head. But the times had changed. The oval well have debated if they shouldn't shoot
great deeds, far beyond what they may first, before this brylcreemed ham actor
have thought possible themselves. Their had a chance.
accomplishments in the arts, sciences, In this overheated climate, close calls
in the political sphere, or in the service involving escalating nuclear conflict were
of global peace or justice, have not just inevitable. How close, we only came to
burned paths for others to follow; they know in retrospect, after the Russians'
have inspired others to set out and create 1998 declassification of an incident 15
paths of their own. years earlier.
Deep inside Serpukhov-15, a secret
September, 1983. Michael Jackson's bunker somewhere in the Soviet Union,
Thriller is still on the charts. Jane Fonda's military officers regularly monitored
Workout Book tops the bestseller lists. the regime's early warning satellites.
NBC's Saturday Night Live is showing On September 26, 1983, Serpukhov-15
promise with funnier material. In British rotated its officers, putting Lt. Colonel
Columbia, labour unrest is paving the Stanislav Petrov in charge of the ballistic
way for the province-wide "Solidarity missile early warning system (BMEWS)
strike." South of the border, the "act- command and control post. Petrov was
ing president" Ronald Reagan is high in not the regular duty officer at the bunker.
the saddle, and musing publicly about a A 2003 report in The Moscow News, notes
Rube Goldberg-like missile defence sys- that he "was to man a shift at the control
tem in outer space. panel in that capacity twice a month, just
Few people know how close the world to keep his skills from getting rusty?'
came to nuclear war that month. Even Petrov had been told repeatedly by his
fewer know about the one person who superiors that the United States intended
very likely saved humanity from catas- to overwhelm Soviet forces with a massive
trophe at that time. nuclear strike. It was his duty to push the
On September 5, a Korean airlines jet, button at the first sign of an attack. And
with many Americans aboard, disap- he knew that duty well; Petrov had written
peared over Sakhalin, a Soviet island just the manual instructions for what to do in
north of Japan. Reagan responded with just this event.
his description of the Soviet Union as an The system at Serpukhov-15 relied
"evil empire." The KGB communicated on human monitoring of the satellite
to its Western operatives, warning them imagery, but the Soviets, concerned with
to prepare for possible nuclear war. It's human fallibility, added a computer sys-
The man who saved us all. tem to warn of potential threats, while
now thought that throughout 1983 the
Kremlin assumed the United States and its Curtain regarded as a dangerously desta- office was now occupied by a former film minimizing human interference. On the
NATO allies were planning a nuclear first bilizing extension of the cold war into actor who once costarred with a chim- night of September 26, the Soviet's elec-
strike on the Soviet Union. space. panzee, a man who had a gig during the tronic Golem alerted Petrov and his fel-
With the US-led NATO organizing a The doctrine of mutually assured McCarthy era as Hollywood's most prom- low colleagues to an apparent launch from
military exercise that centered on using destruction (MAD) had seemingly acted inent redbaiter. the US mainland. Petrov sat watching a
tactical nuclear weapons in Europe, these to keep the peace for decades. The US and Throughout the cold war, US officials huge screen displaying satellite imagery
fears may have been excessive, but they USSR both pursued a cold war policy of inflated intelligence estimates of the "mis- of North America, when "an alarm at the
weren't entirely irrational. Reagan's Star responding to the first signs of a nuclear sile gap"—and the former governor was continued on page 33

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 continued from page 5 was impressed when he pulled a quote by
festival-goer to a wide variety of innova- Robert Frost: "Using free verse is like play-
tive artists. Forty-six poets are featured ing tennis with the net down." I say, "Let
this year, including George Elliot Clarke, the games begin:'
Shane Koyczan, Susan Musgrave, Roy Mild The West Coast Poetry Festival is spon-
and many more. In keeping with
the spirit of generosity and diver-
sity found in great literature, all
events are free to the public.
McGarragle is passionate
about the medium of spoken
word, citing Ivan Coyote as the
best storyteller he has ever had
the occasion to hear, and he also
feels that Vancouver is a "pillar
of the spoken word community
in Canada." McGarragle sees
himself being involved with run-
ning festivals for the next eight
years or so. After that, he is astute
enough to realize that the next Slam champion Shane Koyczan
generation will undoubtedly be more in sored by the Vancouver Public Library,
touch with the pulse of spoken word than the University of British Columbia,
he will be. Much to his credit, McGarragle Simon Fraser University, Canada Council
is pretty much in touch with the contem- for the Arts, ESU,SFSSand the Dominion
porary and classic poetry scenes, and I Hotel.

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.6:00 PM Redress: Roy Miki, Larissa Lai, Goh Poh Seng
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.2:00 PM Teen Angst Poetry Night: Hosted by Sara Bynoe
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The new Caracas: A city shaped by collective community organizations, which have existed for decades.
Caracas transformative
collective community
HABITAT
by Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber
the 1998 election o f President and formal practices. Spatial programs like the 1950s, designed by Venezuela's Paris-
Since
S H u g o Chavez, there has been a major urban and rural land reform, land titles, trained architect Carlos Raul Villanueva,
shift in national politics i n Venezuela, and urban agriculture are tied to health- and the current urban restructurings driv-
and Venezuelan soci- care and educational en by the dynamic of formal and informal
ety is undergoing a programs, which pro- processes, are central to our research in
process o f recon- Venezuelan society i s vide an infrastructure Caracas.
struction made b y Working collaboratively for the past 10
for informal practices
on Henri Lefebvre's reconstruction made by services for the coun- ture and urbanism, exploring the condi-
The Production o f .the people. try's impoverished. tions of urban life in relation to the distri-
Space and his seminal Yet, as part of what bution of power. We investigated the possi-
concept t h a t every
society produces its own space through
Chavistas c a l l t h e bility of visually interpreting and critically
commenting on urban and architectural
CA
its own spatial practice, i n the series structures in terms of their potential for
of works entitled Caracas, Hecho en extensive social change. The exhibition is
Venezuela; we emphasize processes o f a result of our six-month urban research
the production of the city by looking at project, carried out in Caracas in 2003,
specific sites and modes of production. in which we examined how architecture,
In Caracas, a city embedded into the urban structures, and entire territories
global oil economy, yet with a history of in Caracas have been appropriated, "re-
radical politics, we witnessed forms of territorialized," and transformed by the
VENELUBA
urbanism that are the engine of a greater people who live in them.
social transformation. This transforma- Caracas, Hecho en Venezuela runs
tive urbanism is both spatial and social, until September 11 at the Charles H.
and in this city which is spatially divided Scott Gallery, Emily Carr Institute, 1399
by class, social conflicts are marked by Johnston Street in Vancouver. The exhi-
territories. Bolivarian Process (or, bition includes pho-
The lines drawn by architecture, which commonly, "el p r o - tography, video, and
delineate class struggle, are porous cesso"), these reforms In Caracas, a city spatial- billboard projects. A
because formal and informal practices cut and programs are not ly divided by class, social 48-page, full-colour
throughout this city of five million. Formal solely administered artists' book, co-pub-
practices that pass through institutions, and executed f r o m conflicts are marked by lished with Revolver
companies, and governmental structures above by governmental territories. —Archiv fur aktuelle
are not the right of only the powerful, and structures, but are at Kunst, w i l l accom-
informal practices, such as street vending the same time forceful- pany the exhibition.
and self-organized house construction on ly initiated from below by collective com- Gallery hours: Monday to Friday, noon to
the city's hills, are not merely the cultural munity organizations, which have existed 5 pm and Saturday and Sunday, 10 am to
domain of the weak. The production of for decades. The relationship between the 5 pm. Admission is free. Visit the Bitter/
space is intertwined with both informal historic modernist housing projects from Weber website at www.lot.at
continued from page 6 time" was proclaimed to apply through- the results of the mandate from the peo-
doctors went on strike had already been out British Columbia. In this, BC point- ple, not a radical idea for a party leader
acted out in British Columbia in the ed the way again, and the provinces of in a democratic society, and he did not
1930s. The intense contests between the Alberta and Saskatchewan subsequently change the rule. Following his election
Liberals, Conservatives, citizens, the medi- held direct votes on a common plan for as premier, a committee of the legislature
cal community and insurance companies setting the clock. In all three provinces,- was given the mandate in 1992 to study
over who would pay for medical services, the rule to determine the outcome was 50 the details and recommend specific leg-
and how, is a big and revealing chapter percent plus one. islative measures for initiative and recall.
in BC's political history. The controversy By 1991, British Columbia voters again The provisions were duly enacted and are
over health care, with which we are still went to the polls to cast ballots on issues law today.
embroiled, was embraced by the 1937 BC that set them ahead of and apart from By 2002, another major ballot question,
referendum. It took place in the depths of other parts of Canada — initiative and this time on aboriginal treaty rights in land
the Depression, and was an integral part recall. The "initiative" is the legislated claim negotiations, brought with it a lot of International College of
in the decades-long right of citizens to controversy and even a court challenge. (I Traditional Chinese
process of clarifying Under the Charter i n our cause o r initiate remember it well because I was called by Medicine of Vancouver
the issue and estab- a referendum o n the Crown to give expert testimony about
Constitution, a law that cur- an
lishing public policy issue for which referendum law and British Columbia ARewarding Career in
on paying the costs tails the rights and freedoms they can generate democratic practices and norms.) That
of people's medial enough public sup- referendum is still fresh in most people's Natural Health Care!
services. When the
of citizens can only be sub- port as shown by a memory, so we can skip the details, except
ballots were tallied ject "to such reasonable lim- petition signed by to note that as exceptional as the whole Diploma programs towards:
on June 1 , 1937, the required num- matter was, nobody thought to change the
some 116,223 British its prescribed by law fin this ber of voters. The 50 percent plus one rule because it was so
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80,982 opposed it. A the 50 percent plus one rule sign a petition on toral system works? The rule was changed
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plan proposal, far in be demonstrably justified in a representative in the and passing it into law in the legislature
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rule that it only took free and democratic society." Legislature should elected under a different electoral system
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50 percent plus one be recalled and a by- than the one being proposed. Under the
to carry. At the same time, the Liberal gov- election take place for a replacement MLA. Charter in our Constitution, a law that
ernment whose own legislation on health Both measures had been intrinsic parts curtails the rights and freedoms of citizens Classes Start:
insurance had initiated the public debate of the populist direct democracy move- can only be subject "to such reasonable
was re-elected. This meant it had a double ments in Canada and the United States a limits prescribed by law [in this case, the September 5
mandate to deal with the health insurance century ago, and were revived in the early amendment to the BC Referendum Act to
question, because the Liberals had explic- 1990s as a manifestation of citizen disil- change the 50 percent plus one rule to the
2005
itly pledged to honour the outcome of the lusionment with politics and disengage- double 60 rule] as can be demonstrably Financial assistance may be available.
balloting. Yet the re-elected government of ment from established party political pro- justified in a free and democratic society." Weaccept transfer credits.
Premier T. Dufferin Pattullo chose instead cesses. When Social When the courts Accredited by the Private Career Training
to wait, neither enforcing nor replacing the C r e d i t P r e m i e r The democratic right of British interpret this, they Institutions Agency of British Columbia
1936 act for the public health insurance R i t a J o h n s t o n Columbians to vote in refer- look t o the laws
program. The overwhelming mandate announced the two- and norms o f "a
the people had given the government to question referen- endums is granted by statute free and democrat-
proceed was ignored. The Liberal premier dum, NDP leader enacted by the legislature in ic society." British PcTiA
of the day had changed his self-imposed Michael Harcourt Columbia as a free
rule. Citizens felt they had been used and said it was unnec- accordance with the constitu- and d e m o c r a t i c CLINIC OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
abused. essary because the
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tems, had generated so much controversy initiatives and recall explicitly enumerated demo- percent plus one Dr. Henry Lu. Ph.D.,
it could only be resolved at the ballot box. should have been
The choice between shifting to daylight incorporated i n
cratic rights in the Charter, it being the threshold
for approval. The Dr. L a i n Ho, DTCM
saving for part of the year, or staying on the Referendum does exist as a right democratic right of We treat pain, gynaecological
standard time for all 12 months, pitted Act that the Social British Columbians disorder, allergies, arthritis, de-
urban dwellers who liked daylight saving Credit government passed last year?' said to vote in referendums is granted by stat- pression, other chronic conditions
against rural folk who did not. Farmers Harcourt in September 1991. The NDP ute enacted by the legislature in accordance and much more.
claimed to be losing two hours work- supported direct use of the legislature to with the constitution of the province. Once
ing time per day. Desiring to resolve the enact changes to the provincial democrat- that right is granted by law, even though Free
controversy once and for all, the British ic system, according to the rule of a con- it is not one of the explicitly enumerated
Columbia government submitted a bal- stitutional legislative democracy. The vote democratic rights in the Charter, it does Info sessions on programs:
lot question on the subject to voters, took place, however, and the governing exist as a right that can only be subject to
along with another ballot question on rule in that arena, of course, was 50 per- "such reasonable limits as can be demon-
July 7 & 21
the still controversial liquor question, in cent plus one. Although the government strably justified in a free and democratic 2:00 - 4:00pm
conjunction with the provincial general itself was defeated, British Columbians society?' To argue otherwise is to change
election on June 12, 1952. Some 290,353 were unequivocal about enhancing the the rule about changing the rules. A court
people voted in favour of daylight saving, democratic infrastructure of the province. ruling in response to a citizen-based chal-
and 231,008 voted against. Even as they In favour of recall were 1,058,137, against lenge to the double 60 rule is not the next
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JULY 2005 • COMMODROIN • 1 1
 Bodily emotion SPIRITUALITY

THE POWER OF NOW

by Eckhart Tolle

Iwas going to ask: What about positive deeper level. So you need to become fully row, or it will leave you, so its absence will genuine, something incorruptible, can be
'emotions such as love and joy? conscious of your emotions and be able to give you pain. And what is often referred felt. But they will only be glimpses, soon
feel them before you can feel that which to as love may be plea- to be covered up again
They are inseparable from your natural lies beyond them. Emotion literally means surable and exciting through mind interfer-
state of inner connectedness with Being. "disturbance?' The word comes from the for a while, but it is an Even within a "normal"ence. It may, then seem
Glimpses of love and joy or brief moments Latin emovere, meaning "to disturb?' addictive clinging, an addictive relationship,that you had something
of deep peace are possible whenever a gap Love, joy, and peace are deep states of extremely needy condi- very precious and lost it,
occurs in the stream of thought. For most Being or rather three aspects of the state tion that can turn into there can be momentsor your mind may con-
people, suchgaps happen of inner connectedness its opposite at the flick when the presence of vince you that it was all
rarely and only acciden-Real love doesn't make with Being. As such, of a switch. Many "love" an illusion anyway. The
tally, in moments when you suffer. How could they have no opposite. relationships, after the something more genu-truth is that it wasn't an
the mind is rendered This is because they initial euphoria has ine, something incor- illusion, and you cannot
"speechless," some- it? It doesn't suddenlyarise from beyond the passed, actually oscillate- lose it. It is part of your
times triggered by great turn into hate, nor doesmind. Emotions, on the between "love" and hate, ruptible, can be felt natural state, which can
beauty, extreme physical other hand, being part attraction and attack. be obscured but can
exertion, or even great real joy turn into pain. of the dualistic mind, Real love doesn't make you suffer. How never be destroyed by the mind. Even
danger. Suddenly, there are subject to the law could it? It doesn't suddenly turn into when the sky is heavily overcast, the sun
is inner stillness. And within that stillness of opposites. This simply means that you hate, nor does real joy turn into pain. As hasn't disappeared. It's still there on the
there is a subtle but intense joy, there is cannot have good without bad. So in the I said, even before you are enlightened —other side of the clouds.
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continued from page 11 except on 50 percent plus one, and why in 1980 and 1995 on separating- from post system by launching the process that
ballot question on the single transferable would they change? Canada, needed only 50 percent plus one considered alternatives and gave British
vote it recommended was launched by Why, indeed, did Gordon Campbell approval. The Canada-wide referendums Columbians a ballot choice to retain the
Gordon Campbell. His commitment given change the rule? The premier had to on prohibition of liquor (1898), military present system or move to more propor-
in the prior election was duly honoured strike a deal with his cabinet and caucus conscription in wartime (1942), and the tional representation in the legislature.
during his first mandate. As Nick Loenen, to get support originally for his electoral Charlottetown Accord constitutional Electors in British Columbia last month
a persistent British Columbia advocate reform proposal — amendment of the package (1992), were each determined became the envy of other Canadians who
for proportional representation, noted province's Referendum Act to require with simple majorities, not a 60 percent feel frustrated by an electoral system that
more than a year ago, "Campbell was not double 60 approval for simply changing threshold, although the questions posed produces legislatures unreflective of the
pushed from behind. On this issue he led an electoral system. Last month's voting to voters were of profound consequence.way we vote.
his party, cabinet and caucus. His achieve- perversely showed that while 47 percent No other province or country imposes Just as French and Dutch voters in
ment is remarkable of the popular vote was enough to form a 60 percent approval requirement for recent referendums on a new European
That's an understatement. Across a government, 57 percent was not enough a referendum on electoral reform. PEI's Constitution sent a broad signal by voting
Canada other premiers and provinces to approve a change in the way the ballots coming referendum on electoral reform to reject the proposal, British Columbians
have been following Premier Campbell's get counted—at least once you've changed will entail a simple majority, which will be sent a clear (but in this case positive) signal
example and British Columbia's lead.: the rule about changing the rules. By all the case in Ontario and New Brunswick to the rest of Canada where referendums
In Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty's other standards, including the still opera- as their premiers learn from Gordon are pending or proposed for revamping
plan for "democratic renewal" includes a tional provisions of the BC Referendum Campbell's predicament and seek to avoid the.electoral system. The strong popular
citizens' assembly on electoral system the BC mistake. New Zealand adopted support of BC voters for electoral reform
change followed by a referendum. electoral reform when its referendum has impact far beyond the province's bor-
This is a direct copy from Premier passed with 54 percent. Ireland and ders. . .
Campbell, and on June 14 Ontario's Italy twice conducted electoral reform The present paradox is that the process
legislature enacted a law to set this pro- referendums requiring only the norm started by the Campbell government has
cess in operation. On Prince Edward of a simple majority. The list is long. hit this odd snag of its own creation—the
Island, Premier Pat Binns initiated a Just how perverse the British double 60 rule. That provision is no barrier
process for electoral reform that will Columbia mistake is comes across to action, however. While the Referendum
culminate in a referendum this year. in the numbers: while 47 percent of Act would have made it mandatory for the
In New Brunswick, Premier Bernard the popular vote was enough to form government to bring in legislation creat-
Lord is following suit. Ottawa and a government, 57 percent was not ing the single transferable voting system
Quebec are also on the move, in the enough to approve a change in the way if jugt,3 percent more had voted for the
same direction. All eyes have been on the ballots get counted. Political con- measure, absolutely nothing prevents the
BC. They still are—especially because ditions today have changed from the government from doing so now of its own
the province that initiated the cur- time Gordon Campbell first exercised volition.
rent Canada-wide surge in democratic leadership, stepping out in front on this Gordon Campbell started this current
renewal is also, oddly, home of the issue and having to bring along a reluc- phase of democratic renewal with his
double 60 rule. tant caucus. The BC experience, copied speech to the Liberal policy convention
On June 6, Fair Vote Canada elsewhere, has shown in the intervening in Kelowna on April 17, 1999. He will
president Wayne Smith urged New years just how ripe electoral reform is likely wish to see this long-needed reform
Brunswick's Premier Bernard Lord, Ens& for the picking. This was less evident to through to completion. He certainly has
who'd followed Gordon Campbell's most politicians a few years ago when solid arguments and impressive histori-
lead and is proceeding with a referen-
STV referen-dim caution gave birth to the unprecedent-cal precedents on his side, bolstered by his
dum on a mixed-member proportional Act on any question other than the elec- ed double 60 rule. own prior leadership on the issue.As with
voting system, to let 50 percent plus one toral system for MLAs, the unchanged Politically, the double 60 rule has any non-binding plebiscite (which in law
decide the outcome. Said Smith: "The gov- rule remains 50 percent plus one. become a python tightening around the is what most Canadian events of direct
ernment of British Columbia has put itself To repeat, the May 17 vote needing 60 government. It squeezes legitimacy from democracy have been, rather than legally
in an embarrassing position by having percent voter approval is a sharp contrast the very Campbell government, ensconcedbinding referendums) the premier can
an unprecedented double super-major- to earlier BC referendums on allowing in Victoria with a significantly lower pop- be guided by the results of May 17, even
ity threshold for their recent referendum women the right to vote (1916), a gov- ular vote, that sponsored it. It chokes off though he doesn't have to follow through
on electoral reform." The double refers ernment health insurance plan (1937), the electoral reform process which was on them.
to the need for a majority of constituen- Prohibition (1909, 1916, 1920, 1924 the child of that same government. The Perhaps what is strongly felt in British
cies to also approve, which overwhelm- and 1952), daylight saving time (1952), art of politics practised by leaders involves Columbia, even more than an affinity to
ingly happened. BC-STV was endorsed by recall and initiative (1991) and aborigi- knowing when to change with changed BC-STV or any other particular model, is
a majority of voters in all regions of the nal treaty rights in land claim negotia- times. The political risk faced now by the desire to move to a voting system that
province, 77 of the 79 ridings. tions (2002). Those ballot questions only Premier Campbell comes not from mak- will see the membership in the legislature
The "BC mistake" of the double 60 rule needed 50 percent plus one for approval. ing a change in the electoral system, but more closely mirror the way voters actual-
required to carry the referendum will It's the norm, bikh in BC and elsewhere. rather from failing to make it. ly supported candidates and parties at the
almost certainly be avoided elsewhere. Newfoundland's referendum in 1948 on Clearly Gordon Campbell understood ballot boxes. That, as Gordon Campbell
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British memo on Iraq more CULTURE

damning of US than ever b„,.,,o„

It's bad enough that the Bush adminis- resolution requiring that Saddam Hussein cation centres and mobile air-defence
tration had so little international sup- open the country up to inspectors. systems. The Pentagon's goal was clear: USABUILDS UP FOR
port for the Iraqi war that its "coalition I follow Iraq pretty closely, but was Destroy Iraq's ability to resist?'
of the willing" meant the US, Britain, taken aback when Charlie Clements, Why aren't we talking about this? As INVASION OF IRAN NEXT
and the equivalent of a child's imagi- now head of the Unitarian Universalist Scahill points out, this was a month before In 2002, Scott Ritter, a former top UN
nary friends. It's even worse that, as the. Service Committee, described driving in the Congressional vote, and two before weapons inspector in Iraq (1991-1998),
British Downing Street memo confirms, Iraq months before the war "and a build- the UN resolution. Supposedly part of came to Vancouver to speak out against
it had so little evidence of real threats ing would just explode, hit by a missile enforcing "no fly zones," the bombings the invasion of Iraq. In an article found
that it knew from the start that it was from 30,000 feet —What is that building?' were actually systematic assaults on Iraq's online at www.theinformationclearing-
going to have to manufacture excuses " Clements would ask. " 'Oh, that's a tele- capacity to defend itself. The US had never house.info he speaks out again.
to go to war. What's more damning still phone exchange:" Later, at a conference at - declared war. Bush had no authorization, What Paul Loeb describes in the arti-
is that it effectively began this war even Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base, Clements not even a fig leaf. He was simply attack- cle here is the same thing now begin-
before the congressional vote. heard a US general boast "that he began ing another nation because he'd decided ning to happen in Iran.
With Congressman John Conyers hold- taking outassets that could help in resist- to do so. This preemptive war preempted Says Scott: "This timeline of events
ing hearings, the media is finally starting ing an invasion at least six months before Congress, as well as international law. has ramifications that go beyond his-
to cover the Downing Street memo. This war was declared?' Most Americans don't know these pre- torical trivia or political investigation
transcript of a July 23, 2002 British prime
minister's meeting, whose legitimacy the This transcript...details. war attacks ever happened. There was little into the events of the past. It represents
coverage at the time, and there's been little a record of precedent on the part of
British government confirms, details their their response to the Bush since. The bombings that destroyed Iraq's the Bush administration, which must
response to the Bush administration's air defences were under the radar for both
intention to go to war against Iraq, no administration's intention the American media and. American citi- be acknowledged when considering
the ongoing events regarding US-Iran
matter how Saddam Hussein responded, togo to war against Iraq, zens. relations. As was the case with Iraq pre-
and even while claiming they were still If coverage of the Downing Street memo March 2003, the Bush administration
seeking peaceful solutions. "It seemed no matter how Saddam continues to increase, I suspect the admin- today speaks of 'diplomacy' and a desire
clear that Bush had made up his mind Hussein responded... istration will try to dismiss it as mere dip- for a 'peaceful' resolution to the Iranian
to take military action, even if the timing lomatic talk, just inside baseball. But they question. But the facts speak of another
was not yet decided;' states the document. Earlier this month, Jeremy Scahill wrote weren't just manipulating intelligence so agenda, that of war and the forceful
"But the case was thin. Saddam was not a powerful piece (www.timesonline. they could attack no matter how Saddam removal of the theocratic regime, cur-
threatening his neighbours, and his WMD co.uldarticle/0„2087-1660300,00.html)Hussein responded. They weren't only rently wielding the reigns of power in
capability was less than that of Libya, on the website of The Nation, describ- bribing would-be allies into participation. Tehran?'
North Korea or Iran:' As the document ing a huge air assault in September 2002. They were fighting a war they'd planned He goes on to outline US military
states, "the intelligence and facts were "Approximately 100 US and British plane long before. They just didn't bother to tell preparations in nearby Azerbaijan for
being fixed around the policy." flew from Kuwait into Iraqi airspace," the American public. intelligence gathering, direct action and
The document is damning, particularly Scahill writes. "At least seven types of air- • the mobilization of indigenous oppo-
coupled with the testimony of former Bush craft were part of this massive operation, The above is from The San Francisco sition to the mullahs in Tehran. From
ghost-writer Mickey Herskowitz (www. including US F-15 Strike Eagles and Royal Chronicle. Paul Loeb is author of The Azerbaijan, the US military is capable
commondreams.org/headlines04/1028- Air Force Tornado ground-attack planes. Impossible Will Take a Little While: A of much closer air strikes and much
01.htm) that Bush was talking about They dropped precision-guided muni- Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of shorter land routes for its next inva-
invading Iraq as early as 1999. But it's even tions on Saddam Hussein's major west- Fear (Basic Books), named the number sion. It's fine that we are aware of the
more disturbing as we start learning that ern air-defence facility, clearing the path three political book of 2004 by the History ongoing tragedy in Iraq, but while we
this administration began actively fighting for special forces helicopters that lay in Channel and American Book Association dwell on the post-war occupation there,
the Iraq war well in advance of the March wait in Jordan. Earlier attacks had been www.theimpossible.org/ www.soulofaciti- many are missing out on the next war
2003 official attack — before both the carried out against Iraqi command and zen.orgInewimplimpindex.htm/ You can crime about to be repeated by the Bush
October 2002 US Congressional authori- control centres, radar detection systems, read more about the Downing Street memo administration in Iran.
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by Dr. Carolyn Dean
The US delegation to Codex has just ented drug research." erally toxic, potentially deadly, and in need
I n my book, Death by Modern Medicine, issued a formal written statement to the Immediately following this announce- of lengthy evaluation before they were
using the allopathic medical industry's Codex Alimentarius Commission that the ment, millions of Americans learned how available to the public under prescription
own official reports, I document how United States, during the July 4-9, 2005 famed vitamin doctor Jonathan Wright's from a doctor.
784,000 people die every year in the meeting in Rome, will support compulso- patient-filled medical office was raided 2. DSHEA provides the FDA with
American medical system while follow- ry rules created by this international orga- the same month by nearly two dozen plenty of legal authority to remove herbs
ing doctors' orders i n a highly-regu- nization directly overruling US law regard- gun-toting, flak-jacketed, FDA agents or dietary supplements from the market,
lated allopathic system. The proof that ing access to vitamins. The US law that in the name of regulating supplements. providing the agencyhas plenty of real evi-
dietary supplements are safe and work is about to be vanquished is the Dietary Battering down an unlocked office door, dence of real harm to the public. The FDA
as expected is evidenced everywhere. Supplement, Health and Education Act these agents, backed by burly sheriff.'s also has the authority to limit the amount
Studies conducted all over the world of 1994. Codex is a joint venture between department deputies, lined up staff and of a supplement to low levels if the agency
have shown that supplements are actu- the United Nation's World Health patients against the wall, pulled IVs from has plenty of real evidence to prove higher
ally safer than food, and there is simply Organization and Food and Agriculture patients arms in the middle of treatments,levels are actually dangerous.
no hard evidence to show there is any Organization. (WHO/FAO) The World confiscated patient records, and took the The FDA and its Big Pharma backers
risk factor worthy of discussion, much Trade Organization (WTO) has already hard drive from the office computer, all have never liked DSHEA because these
less needing universal "risk assessment!' stated that it will enforce Codex "guide- because Dr. Jonathan Wrig -it was using products and the related natural healing
Yet, the US delegation, along with its Big lines" as the world standard for trade in nutritional supplements to heal very sick arts services often related to them are put-
Pharma backers are bound and deter- dietary supplements. This will mean that people who could not get he ,p from stan- ting the allopathic drug/surgical/chemical
mined that Codex force "risk analysis gradually, pill-by-pill, our access to the dard allopathic medical care. and medical industry to shame. Act now
assessments" upon the American dietary dietary supplements we depend on will As the story developed, it turned out to protect your basic right to maintain
supplement industry so they can bypass disappear. that this Gestapo-style raid was standard your health. Without health you have no
the expressed will of the American peo- For those not familiar with the Dietary operating procedure for the FDA, and as freedom.
ple. Supplement Health and Education Act the general public became aware of just
The real reason for promotion of "risk of 1994, it was passed because two and a how many doctors' offices, manufactur- Dr. Carolyn Dean is a medical doctor,
assessment" is based on two agendas: First, half million ordinary citizens wanted to ing companies, distributors, and health naturopathic doctor, herbalist, acupunctur-
to be able to strip the over-the-counter make sure that dietary supplements, such food stores had been assaulted by simi- ist, nutritionist, as well as a health activist
marketplace of everything but low qual- as herbs, vitamins, minerals, and other lar raids, the horror of all this forged a for health freedom as president of Friends
ity, low dose-level products that won't do food-based supplements, could stay on mighty health freedom army that resulted of Freedom International. Dr. Dean is the
much to support or improve health. And the over-the-counter market. Movement in unanimous passage of DSHEA. author of over a dozen health books, the
secondly, to set up the framework to allow to create this law, known as DSHEA, start- The idea of the law was two-fold: latest is Death By Modern Medicine. For
Big Pharma to take over the supplement ed when a 1992 FDA task force published 1. DSHEA was to make a clear distinc- further information or to sign up for free
market as a new form of drugs where a report announcing the FDA's desire to tion between food, which is considered email alerts contact www.friendsoffreedo-
prices can be jacked up outrageously and remove these products from the shelves as generally safe and did not need to have minternational.org or www.deathbymod-
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 Why organic? Is your
Aromatherapist
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Given
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O n the Garden Path began a year ago with Greetings From the Aromatherapist"
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about what she was doing in the garden, the orchard, the greenhouse, with chanced 76a-by- guaranteed to:
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farms, local markets and home gardens for Diversity rules in nature. Whether it comes
fresh fruits, vegetables and livestock. The to plants, animals, insects or microbes, or the • Healing Your Inner Child Aromatherapeutic
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Natural source materials understand and co-create as they arise. I love
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to discover customers' sheds and garages full around by providing drinking water and
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The belief was that without these products a nutrients available to plants. I spend the
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 Guardians of pests. As well, organic farmers may grow
diverse plants, sometimes in specific com-
binations, to keep certain pests at bay.
government policy worldwide.
Unfortunately, agriculture and environ-
mental preservation are usually consid-

biodiversity Of course, some pests still do make it

onto the crops and organic farmers then
use natural processes, such as picking
potato bugs off plants by hand, to take
ered separately at government levels. Very
few governments promote organic agri-
culture and fewer still tie it to biodiversity.
Some European countries are exceptions;
THE ORGANIC WAY care of these problems. Similarly, organic in Sweden biodiversity is a certification
by Marya Skrypiczajko farmers do not spray herbicides allowing requirement for organic farms, in England
weeds to grow and flower, thus inviting organic farmers receive financial credits
'There is no question the biodiversity of tive impact on biodiversity. In Europe, a pollinators, such as bees, butterflies and for maintaining wild hedgerows, and in
1. Earth is in decline. Environmentalists study by BirdLife International linked beetles, into the garden. Unwanted weeds Italy biodiversity in agricultural tourism
and nature-lovers everywhere recognize population declines of over a third of spe- are then pulled by hand. This reliance on businesses is rewarded with tax breaks.
the urgent need to reverse this trend. cies to changes in this sort of land use. natural control methods maintains bio- Governments could also provide farm-
Defined as the variety and complexity But it does not have to be this way; diversity at the same time as not allow- ers with monetary compensation for the
of life on Earth or within a given habitat proper planning can reconcile human ing pest species resistant to the chemical loss of production area due to maintain-
at the gene, species and eco-system level, activities with the goals of biodiversity. On sprays to flourish. ing wild areas of land, they could fund
biodiversity is crucial on socio-cultural an agricultural level, the stewardship of Organic farmers also work to create educational programs on the ecological
and economic levels, as well as environ- biodiversity naturally falls to the organic healthy soil by mixing in compost, ani- services nature provides, and they could
mental. farmers whose holistic farming practices mal and green manure, by regularly aer- promote the role of organic farming in
Unfortunately, government policy embrace biodiversity for both philosophi- ating the soil and by crop rotation. This the preservation of biodiversity to a larger
worldwide has not addressed the preser- cal and practical reasons. process develops soil that naturally deters audience.
vation of biological diversity in the most The relationship between organic farm- disease and pests and that is structurally Finally, they should not leave the onus
efficient manner. Initiatives to maintain ers and biodiversity is symbiotic; organic stronger to prevent erosion. As well, they on organic farmers alone. These policies
biodiversity have focused on establish- farmers both use and preserve biodiversity plant seeds adapted to the local climate should also apply to all landowners, con-
ing protected areas, yet these areas cover by understanding the natural capacity of and resistant to local di-seases. ventional farmers, factories, office build-
a much smaller percentage of the Earth plants, animals and the landscape. Many Studies have shown that compared ings, hotels, resorts, fishery waters, forestry
than do agricultural areas—10 percent farmers will leave some of their land wild with conventional farms, organic farms lands and municipal parks.
versus almost 40 percent. Given that so to preserve the indigenous forest, wet- have more diverse and greater numbers Ultimately, the diversity of the landscape
much of the Earth is used for agricultural lands or grasslands which in turn provide of wildlife species. They have five times and wildlife benefits us on many levels.
purposes, a large percentage of species food and habitat to diverse species that are as many wild plants and 57 percent more The beauty and integrity of the planet is
must come into contact with these areas, beneficial to adjacent farmland as preda- species, 25 percent more birds, up to five maintained, the agricultural economy is
and thus agricultural land management tors of pests or plant pollinators. times as many spiders and insects, and a more stable in times of natural crises, and
has a great effect on the preservation or Thus, instead of applying chemical much greater variety of planted crops. the appeal of the natural landscape pro-
destruction. of biodiversity. insecticides that kill all species rather than Cohsidering the successes of biodiver- vides greater tourism appeal, thus benefit-
Since WW II, the use of chemicals in simply the few they are intended to eradi- sity within organic farming and the cost- ing local economies.
agriculture and the move from mixed cate, the arthropods, insects, birds and effectiveness of it in maintaining biologi- Marya is the author of BC the Organic
farming to monoculture have had a nega- reptiles living nearby can feed on plant cal diversity, the link should be reflected in Way. www.bctheorganicway.com

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PLEIADIAN
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Canadians are to a great
Head for a farmer's
market, choose organic
extent preventable by sure my calcium intake produce, wash it, cut it
LIGHT-WOR
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 When the gas
runs out
EARTH FUTURE.COM
by Guy Dauncey
t's not fun being cold. Your teeth chat-
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to make fire.
In theory, the sun gives us all the heat
we need: 3,000 times more energy than we
use each day. But it's no use after sunset,
or when winter strikes. teaming how to
tear a branch off atree anci carry its stored
solar energy into a cave must have been
brilliant. Later, we learned how to make
charcoal, burning the wood to get rid of
the smoke, leaving a clean, glowing bri-
quette. Charcoal burners were terrible
forest destroyers, but we loved the result.
It kept us warm.
For thousands of years, we hacked away
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century, in England, the firewood began
to run out. So people started using a nasty
black substance called, sea-coal. It made
such a smell that it was quickly banned,
but it was only a matter of time before
everyone was using it Coal. Ancient sun-
light from ancient trees and ferns. We had
discovered fossil fuels. The city air was dis-
gusting, but oh, how warm everyone was.
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sustainable electricity. But it's a very inef- facing roofs are completely covered with
ficient way to make heat. solar hot water systems. During the sum-
How will we heat ourselves, when the mer, the heat that's gathered is pumped
gas runs out? This is a huge unanswered 65 metres down into the ground with 100
question that no one wants to address. boreholes. It's insulated with a 3-foot layer
It's easy to design a zero-energy house. of foam, and when winter comes, it is
Make it passive solar in design to catch brought back up again to heat the homes.
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Far away from the cold night air. power a heat pump to deliver the warmth fall: the first in North America. The heat
With one enormous chair, to your home. Add super-efficient win- will be gathered on the garage roofs and
Ah, wouldn'it be loverly? dows, super insulation, and heat-recov- pumped underground, to be retrieved in
Lots of choc'lates for me to eat, ery ventilators. Top it off with a solar hot winter. It's expensive, but it's doable, and
Lots of coal makin' lots of heat. water system. with mass production, the price of solar
Warm face, warm 'ands, warm feet, But can we retrofit a whole city, to keep heaters will come down.
Ah, wouldn'it be loverly? its inhabitants warm? It's a very big ques- But what about our existing cities? The
(from My Fair Lady) tion. There are no easy answers, but there good news is that the sun shines every-
are some tantalizing clues. where, and the ground exists everywhere.
And then came natural gas, from plants In Zurich, Switzerland, engineers have With evacuated solar tubes, the sun's heat
and tiny creatures which died and sank created a 200-metre length of sewer pipe can be gathered even under a cloudy sky.
to the ocean floor 300 million years ago. in which the bottom of the pipe acts as We could superinsulate and retrofit our
How modern! How civilized! a heat pump. The pipe transfers the heat buildings for district heating systems, col-
But haw does this story end? North into a district heating system, which sup- lect solar heat off every available surface
America's natural gas has already started plies a third of the heat for 940 homes, (roofs, walls, car-parks), and pump the
to run scarce: we're on the dOwnhill slope saving 1,500 tonnes of CO2 a year. Where heat underground to retrieve in winter.
of the supply. The entire world's gas sup- there's sewage, there's heat. (www.rab- Will it cost a lot? Yes. Will we decide to
ply will peak by 2020 and be gone by 2060, therm.de) do it? Yes. Which would you rather do? Sit
assuming we're happy to liquefy it and In Sutton (outside London, UK), the with your teeth chattering all winter in a
ship it across the world in highly explosive Beddington Zero Energy Development house with no heat, or fork out for a per-
tankers. It'll be far too expensive for most heats 93 units of super-efficient, solar manent, sustainable, clean, silent, climate-
of us to use long before that. buildings from a biomass cogeneration friendly solution?
So what then: back to coal? With climate plant, using chipped tree trimmings that
change heating the oceans and burning would otherwise have gone to the landfill Guy Dauncey is president of the BC
the forests? I don't think so. To firewood? (www.bedzed.org.uk) Sustainable Energy Association (www.
Not unless we -want to clearcut BC. So In Anneberg, in the city of Danderyd, bcsea.org), and author of Stormy Weather:
what will we do? Electricity? Yes, it's pos- Sweden, engineers have designed a 90- 101 Solutions to Global Climate Change.
sible, assuming we can generate enough unit housing project where the south- He lives in Victoria. www.earthfuture.com
We all need it FOUNDING MEETING
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 Car industry lies
to Canadians N U T R I T I O N A L T H E R A P I E S

SCIENCE MATTERS
by David Suzuki
Finally a line of supplements that
targets the unique nutritional demands
Canadians should be disgusted with Fuel efficiency has actually decreased in
their federal government, but not recent years because the industry is hell-
of a contemporary lifestyle!
just because of what has come out at the bent on selling bigger, heavier and more
Gomery inquiry. expensive vehicles that cost less to make,
No, Canadians should be outraged like SUVs. But you don't have to take my
because, once again, their government has word for it. Just look at a comprehensive
ignored the best interests of its citizens analysis by economists Roger Bezdek and
and refused to stand up to a corporate Robert Wendling published in American
dinosaur. That dinosaur is the automotive Scientist.
industry, and the recently announced deal Bezdek and Wendling point out that
to reduce emissions amounts to nothing average fuel economy for all new vehicles
more than another government subsidy has declined from 26.2 mpg (8.9 1/100
to prop up an industry that feeds off the km) in 1987 to 24.7 mpg (9.5 1/100 km)
health and pocketbooks of Canadians. in 2004. They then point to more than
The new agreement, wrapped in obfus- two dozen technologies identified by the
cating language about megatonnes o f US National Research Council as techni-
greenhouse gas emissions and navel-gaz- cally feasible ways to make cars more fuel
ing preamble after preamble, doesn't efficient today. They examine the costs
guarantee any improvements in fuel effi- of using these technologies and what it
ciency at all. In fact, it would mean for the
amounts to little more industry and the econ-
than a PR exercise for On paper, i t met those omy. Their input-out-
automakers and the targets. But in reality, the put analysis concludes
feds. that making cars burn
On top of everything, industry avoided them by less fuel would actually
it actually lies. Just look exploiting a loophole that create more jobs, save
at the many pream- money for consum-
bles: "And whereas the allowed it to build and ers and improve the
Canadian automotive
industry has shown
promote more and more economy, in addition
to reducing smog and
'inundated by renowned
good faith i n meet- fuel-guzzling light trucks, climate change. Naturopathic Doctor;
suitable for
ing its commitments
in other memoranda
which w e r e exempt ers,Good for consum-
good for jobs, good
Mikhael Adams B.Sc., N.D. vegetarians

of understanding and from the standard. The for health, this w i n

is currently party to
numerous successful
industry has also argued, should have been rela-
tively easy for the fed-
active agreements;" A threatened and whined eral government. Polls
lie. show that 90 percent
Way back in 1982, about the "impossibil- of Canadians want
the industry fought ity" of everything from more efficient cars
like mad to derail fuel and the vast major-
efficiency regulations smog-reducing catalytic ity doesn't believe the
that had already been converters to safety inno- industry's lies t h a t
passed by Parliament. making them would
Government caved in vations like seatbelts and be either too difficult
to the industry, which air bags. or too expensive.
promised to meet the California already
targets "voluntarily!' set the precedent in
On paper, i t m e t North America b y
those targets. But in reality, the industry enacting laws that require a reduction in
avoided them by exploiting a loophole greenhouse gas emissions from new cars,
that allowed i t to build and promote thus forcing the industry to improve fuel
more and more fuel-guzzling light trucks, efficiency. Instead, we've got a voluntary
which were exempt from the standard. agreement that guarantees nothing and
The industry has also argued, threatened again leaves enough loopholes to drive a t (CtUS,v
'rot, .
and whined about the "impossibility" of diesel Hummer through. Canadians are
everything from smog-reducing catalytic being played for dupes by the industry and
converters to safety innovations like seat- the feds are letting them get away with it.
belts and air bags. This industry lies. It lies and it lies and it
Here's another good one: "And whereas lies. And our government doesn't have the
the government of Canada acknowledges guts to stand up to it.
that the Canadian automotive industry
has made significant progress in reducing
greenhouse gas emissions and improving Take the Nature Challenge and learn iduairogressivenutritional.com
fuel efficiency since 1990;" Another lie. more at www.davidsuzuki.org
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 Joy misery, and yet without it we die.
Take inventory this week, and make sure
eight hours of uninterrupted sleep every
night. A lack of sleep will increase your
you are getting your three meals and two susceptibility to illness and is linked to car
snacks every day, and not going more than accidents and industrial accidents. It will
SIMPLY WOMAN! four•hours without eating. make you irritable, exhausted and even
depressed. Sleep is also the time that our
byCrystal Andrus Cut back on alcohol anti-aging hormone is released. Without
I know how wonderful a glass of wine deep sleep we are inhibiting our growth
M a n y o f us are programmed to down if oxygen levels get too low on an can sound at the end of a long; stress- hormone thus speeding the aging process.
believe that we are selfish o r airplane. Weare instructed to put our own ful day, but it may actually be our worst If a lack of sleep is affecting your daily rou-
thoughtless if we take care of our own mask on first before helping our child. enemy. Alcohol is a depressant, not only tine and/or causing depression, please seek
needs. We struggle with all that we have If we aren't okay, we are useless to every- on our mood and energy level but also help from a medical doctor or naturopath.
to do, resentful and running on empty one else. This is about honouring and cel- on our metabolism. It dehydrates, caus- You honestly cannot feel joyous about life
most of the time, yet we refuse to do ebrating yourself, and life. Take time for ing water retention. It is very ageing, and when you are depleted and drained.
something proactive to change it. One exercise, for time alone and for personal because it is calorie-dense, it packs on the
thing we can do is simply learn to hon- development. I f you aren't living the life pounds quickly. Alcohol also depletes the Exercise
our ourselves and set reasonable per- you want, eventually all the other things body of vitamins C and B-complex. Plus, If you are not shedding the pounds, it
sonal boundaries. will fall apart anyway. it is deadly to the liver. Women are more is time, to become the cardio queen. Are
Setting boundaries is necessary in every likely than men to develop cirrhosis of you doing your optimal amount of car-
relationship. At work and with friends Nutrition the liver and other related diseases, and dio? Regardless of how many times you've
and family, all succeed better when we all Not many people can be exuberant because drinking is not as socially accept- been doing your cardio up until now, do
acknowledge and respect each others per- when they are famished. Just think of how .able for women, they are not as likely to it six times a week from now on at a hard
sonal boundaries. cranky we become when we have gone reach out for help. intensity for 40-45 minutes. While you are
Without them, marriages crumble, too long without eating. Whenever I think More importantly, realize that we only shaping and sculpting those muscles, you
friendships are ruined and children that maybe food isn't a necessity in our choose to numb that which we are afraid have to burn the fat. Cut back on your
become rude and impertinent. Devoid pursuit of joy, I look at what happens to of—what we can't face. If you are drink- carbs and increase your cardio. It works.
of personal boundaries, we can wound my normally joyous and happy children ing every day or need alcohol whenever
our spirit by mistreating our bodies with when they suddenly get hungry. We all a crisis hits, look within and embrace the
excessive food or medicine, drugs, alco- need to eat to feel strong emotionally and fact that life will never give you more than Crystal Andrus's column is a condensed
hol, or meaningless sex. physically, and although I do feel that a you can handle. Each time you rise above version of her new book on personal trans-
When I tell women to start making three-thy juice fast once or twice a year is your desire to drink you can find your true formation. She is an authority on women's
themselves a priority, many feel as though essential for optimum health, consistently strength, which has always been within health, a sought after speaker and author of
I've added one more task to their already going too long between meals cannot only you. the best seller Simply Woman! The 12 Week
daunting to-do list. However, this one is lead to bingeing, it leaves us feeling shaky, Body/Mind/Soul Total Transformation
necessary if you want a joyous and ful- miserable and very joyless. Isn't it ironic Get enough sleep Program. www.hayhouse.com/details.
filling life. It's like when the mask drops that too much food can bring us so much The average adult requires seven to php?id=2247

artists sfiare thoughts and ideas on their ing to the bicycle. A couple stood out for

Summer lovin' converging worlds and try to second guess me: Tom Schroeder's Bike Ride a rippling
what the next big thing will be. white-on-black, line-drawing animation
As well as the more conventional where James Peterson tells the amusing
FILMS WORTH WATCHING screening of short films by the CBC's late story of elation and deflation of cycling 50
byRobertAlstead night arts program/new media channel miles to see his girlfriend (you can view it
ZeD, you could also try out a prototype online www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/986192,
M I Summer of Love is a soft, sultry Everything's Gone Pete Tong is about a handheld digital tour guide that delivers although you don't get quite the full fluid
mirage o f a film about a love hedonistic DJ, who falls from grace when video clips to you by wireless as you move experience). Very different, but as memo-
affair between two teenage girls living he loses his hearing, yet finds redemp- around an environment, and visitors could rable, was Hiding From the Wind by North
in the hilly countryside of Yorkshire in tion, celebrates and sends up the rave also view some of the first Canadian video Vancouver documentary maker Bruce
the north of England. Mona, a working culture and the music industry hilari- clips made specially for mobile phones. Mohun. The short documentary follows
class lass, is fed up with her humdrum ously. The music's good too, if you like a This is still very much cutting edge stuff, Gabriola Island sculptor George Georgiev
life, especially after her reformed, born- bit of techno now and then. so the end product was far from stellar. as he prepares to take the record for the
again brother (Paddy Considine) decides With the handheld digital tour guide, fastest bike in the world. His machine, a
to convert the pub they inherited video clips would start freezing as sealed recumbent, looks more like a fish
from their parents into a religious you moved around because the sig- than a bike, and whistles as it touches
meeting area. When she wakes nal was not strong enough and as for speeds of 120-130 km/h. It drew gasps
one day after basking on the the phone video clips, well, it's a very of awe from the gathered audience of
heath, she finds the posh Tamsin small screen. Vancouver cyclists.
looking down on her from atop a As a new generation of handheld
horse and an unlikely friendship devices are released and telephone Looking forward
blossoms between the two. companies upgrade their networks The summer blockbuster season is
As in The Last Resort, director later this year and early next year, upon us. This month we have Spielberg's
Pawel Pavlikovski is a master at the quality of the video clips and the War of the Worlds (out now), Johnny Depp
conveying mood and story through quality of mobile content is sure to in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (15),
the texture and composition of the improve (at least for those who can sci-fi thriller The Island starring Ewan
moving image. The windswept pay the extra bucks). I'm sure that McGregor and Scarlett Johansson (22),
Yorkshire hills, the terraced houses, many readers have concerns about the and Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm
dappled woods and shadowy inte- health implications microwave/cel- (29). In a different league, is the docu-
riors, help convey a warm summer Nathalie Press as Monaand Emily Blunt as lular networks have, but on the other mentary The Wild Parivts of Telegraph Hill
languor. Nathalie Press as Mona Tamsin in Pavlikovski's MySummerof Love. side of the coin the promised land of (15). I haven't seen it but the storyline of
and Emily Blunt as Tamsin put in wireless delivery will mean freedom "a homeless musician who finds meaning
impressive performances to create to roam rather than being shackled to to his life when he starts a friendship with
a palpable sense of intimacy and vulner- Resfest the office. At least, that's the theory. dozens of parrots" is intriguing to say the
ability. The short transition from bud- The second annual Resfest, which took least.
dies, through shared pain to romance place last month, is a new media festival Bike Ride
never rings hollow, and ensures the dark where filmmakers, multimedia design- Last month was Bike Month, and Robert Alstead also writes online for
denouement is all the more effective. ers, video games creators, and digital included a night of eclectic films all relat- www.iofilm.ca Email: robert@iofilm.ca

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D o n ' t be afraid. This could be the neys. We nodded our heads in support of onto a different subject. Needless to say dare already to challenge our government
single most important thing t o peace, economic and democratic reforms, I not so subtly badgered him for the rest to a trial of strength and bid defiance to
remember. No one is perfect There is sustaining our planet, and many other of the day about how a meat based diet the laws of our country. •
hope though, we can always improve. We progressive ideals. We reached a bit of an is probably the most harmful and easily —Thomas Jefferson
all pick our spots to shine and feel a loss impasse when the topic of vegetarianism changeable part of human life. Everything should be made as simple as
for a missed opportunity. The reason I'm recounting this conver- possible, but not simpler.
I think most humans have an innate The first one seems sim- sation is important. I assume that he felt —Albert Einstein
desire to do good things, bettering threatened that I might call into question A man gotta be balanced. You can't just
their own lives and those around them.
ple: think. Just take time a part of his way of life, just like how I feel be about the pleasures.
Sometimes figuring out the bestWay to do to think. However that when people criticize my modus operandi. —stic.man, Dead Prez
it is difficult. I've been trying to distill it all Believe me I am not beyond contempt: I
down into the ultimate simple idea to help works for you. All I ask is drive, eat seafood, dairy, and eggs, I watch Ishi graduated from Emily Carr Institute
my fellow human. But I couldn't, instead I that you do it carefully, TV and gamble. I drink fair-trade organic of Art and Design in 2001, with a BFA
came up with two and a bit. coffee in a reusable cup, and judge myself, major in photography. He makes films,
The first one seems simple: think. Just with equal parts imagi- him, her and them all day long. We all collects cacti, and ponders many things.
take time to think. However that works nation and self-reflec- rationalize our actions so that we can live Currently he is trying to figure out what to
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self-reflection. Oh yeah, also try to do it as to do it as long as you have to live with those results.
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 The trouble with Teflon
by Tyler Bradley

P C B , DDT, PVC and CFC are all acro- tory bodies passed over the chemicals that The most sobering fact surrounding
nyms that strike fear. manufacturers claimed were safe. the PFC debacle, though, has been the
Less well known from the "least want- Recent discoveries, however, show that systematic suppression of data collected
ed" list of toxins are the perfluorochemi- the truth behind PFCs is as contrary to the by DuPont prior to the EPA forcing it to
cals or PFCs. They are the latest collection chemical industry's collective assertions as disclose findings.
of man-made chemicals whose intend- is humanly and scientifically possible. Although not previously bound by law
ed functions, however benevolent and Many PFCs require the use o f per- to make employee medical records and
well intentioned, have fluorooctanc ic acid/C8 research archives public, or even open
become overshadowed Today, P F C s a r e (PFOA) and/or perfluo- to regulatory agencies, one would like to
believe that there is an overriding moral
by their inherent risks
and irrevocable ability
everywhere. T h e y rosulphonates (PFOS)
in their manufacture. obligation on the part of such corpora-
to do harm. are the stain repel- PFOA, as with all mem- tions to disclose details pertaining to haz-
Now Open Today, PFCs are every-
lent in your carpet, bers of the F'FC family, ardous materials that are in use within
our homes and in our everyday lives.
M o n - S a t 11 t o 5 p m where. They are t h e is highly persistent. For
stain repellent in your the water-repellent all intents and purposes, Presently, DuPont faces as much as a
carpet, the water-repel- it does not biodegrade, $300 million fine for decades of putting
lent membrane in your
membrane i n your at least not for tens o f PFCs on the market when it was unsafe
parka, the non-stick parka, the non-stick thousands of years. to do so. More than a slap on the wrist
coating in pans. But they PFOA is now under but consider that figure in relation to
Certtfiaie Oritcwtiv are also the most persis- coating in pans. But scrutiny as a toxin; i t DuPont's 2004 revenues of $27 billion.
Natural tent synthetic chemicals they are also the most has been observed as Whatever combination of censure, con-
an off-gas degradation demnation and forgiveness we decide to
Producer E Grocery in h i s t o r y — chemi-
persistent synthetic component From com- take with these corporations, the toxic
cals that are found in
facts and the chemicals remain. We're
more than 90 percent chemicals in history mon household items, stuck with PFOA and its off-gas siblings
of North Americans' and has been found in
blood, chemicals whose terminal break- both wildlife and human blood as well as for the long run. As the story develops,
ficmvoDelivery down components are implicated in birth human breast milk the world over. the most active role we can take at this
point is to better our understanding of
or defects, cancer, organ damage and respira-
tory failure.
In laboratory tests, PFOA exposure
has proven especially dangerous to the the chemicals to learn what it is we are
Comeetts-dvi,Stenv Perfluorochemicals were first made unborn. Extremely high mortality rates dealing with.
commercially available just over 50 years were observed in rats exposed to levels of Avenues to explore:
ago. Engineered for their water repellent PFOA that human children sometimes www.ewg.org The Environmental
qualities, low friction and strong chemical reach. PFC concentrations are especially Working Group has loads of info — see
bonds, PFCs such as DuPont's Teflon were high in children, whether as a result of especially: PFCs: A Family of Chemicals
rushed into the marketplace to capitalize higher exposure rates, or slower metabo- That Contaminate the World.
on their miraculous, space-age character- lism of the chemicals. PFOA and other www.cbc.ca
istics. PFCs are estimated to have a half-life of CBC Marketplace program from March
The perfluorochemical industry flour- four and a half years in the human body. 20, Something's in the Air.
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continued from page 7 ing the button, or by not passing the Sun. "If war had come, Soviet missiles nuclear missiles against, "rogue nations."
command and control post went off with report up to superiors. "Not 100 percent would have destroyed Britain entirely, at Thanks to US theocons taking instruction
red lights blinking on the terminal." sure. Not even close to 100 percent," he least half of Germany and France, and from Book of Revelations, nuclear war has
"It was a nasty shock," Petrov later later told reporter Mark McDonald for a America would have lost maybe 30 per- gone from unthinkable to thinkable.
recounted to The Moscow News. "EveryoneKnight Ridder news report. "Waiting the cent of its cities and infrastructure." That Recently the 66-year-old Petrov told the
jumped from their seats, looking at me. next 15 minutes to see what would hap- estimate is only for the one side's destruc- Christian Science Monitor that he wished
What could Ldo? There was an operations pen was most unnerving: Yes, terrifying. tion; the detection of a Soviet launch he could say there is no chance of an acci-
procedure that I had written myself. We Most unpleasant." by US satellites would have elicited an dental nuclear launch today. "But when
did what we had to do. We checked the Petrov and the officers present at the immediate, devastating response from we deal with space—when we [play] God
operation of all systems - on 30 levels, one bunker waited tensely. There were no the Pentagon. "This is the closest we've —who knows what will be the next sur-
after another. Reports kept coming in: All more signals of ICBM launches. No mis- come to accidental nuclear war," noted prise?" It's a sentiment the Crusade-mind-
is correct; the probability factor is two." ed warriors in the White House would do
Which is apparently the highest prob- well to heed.
ability the system would allow: near-cer- This is where Petrov's story moves into high farce. In the Can we always rely on a man of Petrov's
tainty. non-nuclear aftermath, a high-level commission headed forebearance, reserve and inner strength
Duty officer Petrov had a decision to each time the nuclear clock ticks one sec-
make, and very little time to make it. He by Col. Gen. Yuri Votintsev, commander _in chief of the ond closer to midnight? It's crazy to'expect
could push the button, initiating an irre- USSRmissile and air defence forces, investigated the officer'sany one individual in a sensitive position
versible chain reaction in a system geared to save humanity—though in this case this
to launch a counter-strike without human decision. Petrov later told The Moscow News that upon seems to be precisely what happened.
interference. Or he could report up the arrival at the headquarters, Votintsev had promised to In the end, the Soviet military nei-
command chain (the terminus being ther rewarded nor honoured Stanislav
General Secretary Andropov with his put him in for a decoration, but then "put the squeeze" on Petrov for his actions. It did not punish
nuclear briefcase), with any US missiles the lieutenant colonel. Votintsev wanted to know why the him either. But his once promising mili-
taking only 15 minutes to reach Soviet ter- tary career had come to an end. He was
ritory. It was impossible to analyze such a operations log was not filled in at the time. Petrov responded reassigned to a less sensitive position and
situation comprehensively within a mat- that he had a phone in one hand, for reporting the situation soon retired from the military because of
ter of minutes. All Petrov had to rely on stress. He and his sick wife moved to an
was his intuition, and,a growing suspicion up the command chain, and an intercom in the other, for apartment in Friazino, a town just out of
that things weren't right. "Missile attacks issuingcommands to subordinates. He was physically unable Moscow. A brief but significant eruption
do not start from just one base, he tea- of international interest in his story left
soned. He also was aware there were " lots to write anything at the time. him with "a clutch of business cards" from
of things a computer could mistake for a both Russian and foreign reporters.
missile launch.' siles rained down on the fatherland. He Bruce Blair, director of the US Center for According to an article last year in the
Working with questionable but possibly had made the right decision. Defense Information, of the September Moscow News, the initial resurgence of
correct information, the lieutenant colonel This is where Petrov's story moves into 26 incident. A quickly escalating nudear interest in Petrov's story did not exactly
deemed the signal a false alarm. But his high farce. In the non-nudear aftermath, exchange could very well have emptied or translate into quotidian terms. His wife
uncertainty only grew. The computer sys- a high-level commission headed by Col. destroyed each side's remaining arsenals. died, and at one point Petrov had to spend
tem indicated a second missile launch from Gen. Yuri Votintsev, commander in chief Reagan's "morning in America" would several months at home in bed, his legs so
the continental US missile fields toward the of the USSR missile and air defence forces, have been "mourning in America," reduc- badly swollen that he could not walk. "The
Soviet Union. Then a third missile, then a investigated the officer's decision. Petrov ing both nations, US and Soviet, to what only local doctor who makes house calls
fourth and a fifth. later told The Moscow News that upon writer Jonathan Schell described as a is a GP, but the retired lieutenant colonel
The alarms sounding in Serpukhov- arrival at the headquarters, Votintsev had "republic of insects and gras's." A subse- needs a cardiovascular specialist who has
15 were deafening. Lt. Col. Petrov stood promised to put him in for a decoration, quent nuclear winter, in which darkness to be paid, while Petrov's small military
watching a red button flashing "Start" in but then "put the squeeze" on the lieuten- would have fallen across the, planet due pension is his only source of income—his
bright lettering. Time was running out - ant colonel. Votintsev wanted to know to atmospheric dust, would likely have and his son's." As in most small towns in
he could not wait to confirm the launch why the operations log was not filled in spelled, the end for human civilization Russia, unemployment is high in Friazino.
by radar. Soviet land radar was incapable at the time. Petrov responded that he had and most lifeforms. His son, a programmer, cannot get a job,
of detecting any incoming missiles from a phone in one hand, for reporting the Lest we think this one mistaken launch and "the colonel can't get a job sweeping
beyond the horizon, which would only situation up the command chain, and an warning a total anomaly, it should be the streets, although he wouldn't have
have been useless information by the time intercom in the other, for issuing com- remembered the nudear weapons arsenals minded."
it was confirmed. He made his decision: Lt. mands to subordinates. He was physically are still on hair-trigger alerts. Throughout •Fortunately, Petrov is at last getting
Col. Stanislav Petrov would not press the unable to write anything at the time. the cold.war there have been at least nine some recognition and respect. Last May,
button. When asked why he hadn't filled it documented incidents of mistaken signals the San Francisco-based Association of
The mistaken signal had its origins in in later, when the alert was off, Petrov World Citizens honoured him with a small
the peculiarly Soviet means of detecting demonstrated a canny understanding of financial award of $1000.Arseny Roginsky,
ICBM launches. Instead of looking down military double-binds. He recounted the Throughout the cold war the director of Russia's human rights orga-
on the entire Earth's surface in the manner potential trap for Moscow News. "Oh, there have been at least nine nization, Memorial, congratulated Petrov
of US satellites, Soviet satellites of the time come on, I thought—just to end up in jail, on behalf of AWC in an awards ceremo-
aimed at an oblique angle, from a distance,when, in a reenactment of the incident, an.. documented incidents of mis-ny that took place at the offices of The
watching the line between the upper atmo- investigator would sit at the control panel, taken signals on both the US Moscow News.
sphere and outer space. This reduced the pick up the phone and intercom, and "All the 20 years that passed since that
chance of mistaking naturally occurring try to write in the logbook in real time? and Soviet sidewhen the ther-moment, I didn't believe I had done some-
phenomena for a missile launch. At sev- That would have been forgery, pure and monuclear sword came down thing extraordinary," Petrov told USA
eral miles above the Earth, missiles would simple." • Today in 2004. "I was simply doing my
appear silhouetted against the black back- Petrov received no commendation for upon all our heads (flights job and I did it well." "Foreigners tend to
ground of space. preventing World War III —just a dress- of geese in one incident, a exaggerate my heroism," he told another
The Soviet system was meant to nix ing down from his superiors. The officer reporter from Moscow. "I was in the right
reflections and refractions, along with a understood the tacit reason. If he was to Norwegian missile launch in place at the right moment." The man who
whole range of industrial and natural phe- be decorated for that incident, the blame another, a rising moon, etc.) saved the Earth prefers to think there was
nomena, as a false signal. But somehow would have had to fall elsewhere; "above nothing that extraordinary in his decision.
the sun, the satellite, and US missile fields all, those who had developed the BMEWS, He just followed his conscience, listened
aligned in such a way that sunlight reflect- including our renowned academicians on both the US and Soviet side when the to his intuition, and did the job he was
ed from high-altitude douds was electron-who had received billions and billions in thermonudear sword came down upon all assigned to do that momentous day in
ically interpreted as a launch. Petrov later funding." our heads (flights of geese in one incident, September 1983.
described the situation as "God's own joke What if he had decided otherwise? "If a Norwegian missile launch in another, a
out of outer space." the Soviet Union had overreacted, it could rising moon, etc.). Today the Bush admin- Vancouver writer and political cartoonist
At the time, Petrov was not at all con- have gone very badly, former KGB officer istration has reworked its nuclear response Geoff Olson can be reached at gefo@telus.
vinced he had acted correctly by not press-Oleg A. Gordievsky told The Baltimore to endorse using small-yield, tactical net
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