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Four candidates running in the Ottawa Centre riding gathered for an all-candidates debate in Carleton’s Unicentre Sept. 27 ahead of the Oct. 6 provincial election.

Yasir Naqvi of the Ontario Liberal Party, Anil Naidoo of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP), Kevin O’Donnell of the Green Party of Ontario, and Stuart Ryan of the Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) were all present at the panel. The candidate for Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives, Rob Dekker, was not.

I was one of 117 people arrested on Parliament Hill Sept. 26. Over 400 gathered to peacefully protest the Keystone XL pipeline and more broadly, our national energy policy. Our current policies focus on short-term gains and fail to recognize long-term energy security, economic prosperity, indigenous sovereignty and healthy and sustainable living practices.

With help from local construction firm Urbandale Construction and Panasonic Canada, Carleton is set to build a new and innovative facility for solar energy research on campus.   

1970 - The U.S. creates the Environmental
Protection Agency.

1971 - Department of the Environment formed in Canada.

1972 - Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the U.S. and Canada. Amended in 1978 and 1987.