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July 24, 2012
by Cameron Dearlove
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On gas power plants, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Catherine Fife

This is going to be a hard fought, down and dirty by-election. That’s what I keep hearing from people. The vicious, attack anything type of politics is precisely the part of politics I dislike. It’s corrosive. It stifles real debate, … Continue reading

February 24, 2012
by Cameron Dearlove
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Ontario should make up for aboriginal education funding shortfall

The following is the opening from my column in today’s Waterloo Region Record. You can find the full article here. “Schooling for on-reserve students in Ontario is at its best inadequate and at its worst a tragedy. Many First Nations … Continue reading

November 3, 2011
by Cameron Dearlove
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Homelessness on the James Bay Coast

  Three communities – Attawapiskat, Fort Albany and Kashechewan have declared a state of emergency in their communities due to a housing crisis. Five families in Attawapiskat have been living in tents for a year, with others left without housing … Continue reading

July 21, 2011
by Cameron Dearlove
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Jobs for the Economy, Jobs for the Soul

In the stretch of human history, it can be easy to lose the forest for the trees. We’re born into a certain time and place, and that culture and society makes up our reality. Unemployment is an interesting concept from … Continue reading

July 18, 2011
by Cameron Dearlove
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Ontario’s Stagnating Economy – It Starts With Jobs

I posted these tweets after reading Ontario’s Stagnating Economy: First Decade of 21st Century Sees Decline by Livio Di Matteo and thinking about the upcoming provincial election. The fact is that this decade of decline has come under both Liberal … Continue reading

May 15, 2011
by Cameron Dearlove
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Educational Funding Disparity for First Nations – The Attawapiskat Schools Question

Here’ a hypothetical. Imagine that in Kitchener, or Mississauga, or Calgary there is an elementary school. It’s a bit older but structurally it seems fine. At some point a diesel pipeline begins leaking underneath the school. Deisel, under the school, … Continue reading