November 19, 2009: Voter Representation and Environmental Justice

On today’s show we looked into the geography of voting. Many of us take “one person, one vote” for granted, but Stewart Fast  explained how our votes can make more, or less, of a difference based on where we cast them. He spoke with Andy Blair and Yannick Carrière of Fair Vote Canada.

Then, we heard about environmental justice and the Alberta oil sands. Clayton Thomas-Muller from the Indigenous Environmental Network gave a keynote speech on the topic at the Power Shift Canada conference few weeks ago. We played a slightly shortened version of his address. Thanks to Greg Macdougall for recording the speech.

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