When the city of Vancouver made the push to get the Winter Olympics, Joe Bowser and citizens throughout BC were opposed. Through the ballot box and demonstrations they expressed their disapproval. As a result, they were spied on, targeted, and to this day followed by a Canadian government that knows no limits and sees opposition as terrorism.
I caught up with Joe at CCC2011, just a few weeks ago. He had presented his experience as the target of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that has left him with little doubt that the present and future of Canada is dark. In this interview we discuss:
- The Winter Olympics Proposal
- The B.C. budget crisis
- First Nations People of BC
- Anti-Olympics Network
- Annecy Olympics
- The Harper Government
- The future
Joe on Twitter
Vancouver Media Collective
The cityfarmer project in Vancouver began as a small group of people concerned with energy costs and reducing waste. 30 years later, those concerns have been amplified throughout the world, and cityfarmer is still there in the trenches. My guest, Michael Levenston, executive direction of cityfarmer, has been there since the beginning; in this interview we talk about how it developed.
Besides the link above, further info and resources are available on cityfarmer.org
We Discuss:
- Starting it in 1978
- The concerns at that time
- Early source of funding
- Profile of who is involved
- The backyard
- Reducing waste
- Energy
- Global urban farming
- Being on the front page
- and more
Music:
- Aqueduct – The Suggestion Box
- Eddie Vedder – Long Nights
Vancouver has long been known as a very unique city. But has the world heard about its unique mayor and what he has done and intends to do for the city? Valerie Jenkinson, a friend and former candidate for Vancouver City Council, joins me to talk about Sam Sullivan.