The sky is falling. The human made extra blanket on our atmosphere, composed of greenhouse gases, we keep adding to will lead to climate breakdown if we don’t make drastic changes in a big hurry. Climate breakdown means more of the earth becomes difficult to inhabit. Eventually it means more of our food supply ceases to function. It is not impossible, again if we don’t make changes, that anarchy will ensue, with groups of humans pitted against each other for ever diminish

On the heels of volunteer week, I have been reflecting on what I get out of volunteering: I hope the organizations I volunteer for benefit from my efforts, but I wanted to examine what’s in it for me. I know it adds to the sum total of my happiness, making it a win-win. I volunteer because I have enjoyed success and I attribute that success not only to my own will, but to circumstances and institutions and support. We were not wealthy growing up, but we were free from want

Parliament makes laws. The judicial system enforces them. To do so, it takes into account previous cases in which the laws have applied, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and any other relevant legislation, and parliament’s intent. It is critical that the judicial system be independent: otherwise a law passed by one parliament, with which another more recent parliament disagrees, would not be able to be impartially enforced. If parliament disagrees with a law, it must dr