A City Council Case Study: The Development of New Westminster, BC

05/18/18 • 56 min

Earth We Can Do This: A View From Canada

City Councils may be the easiest to manipulate, more than state, regional or national governing bodies. Why is that? In this podcast we examine a particular case in point. 70,000 nice Canadian folks in the town of New Westminster, British Columbia and their city council who took in the majority of their campaign financing from land and building developers as well as unions and other parties who benefit from such development. Well - don't be surprised when you learn that New Westminster's City Council is pretty motivated to approve large development projects. The catch is many residents get upset with almost every proposal and still many projects get pushed through anyway. Yes, your city council is the real political front line.

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Donald Trump Redefines The Term: A Lying Politician

Donald Trump has lied over 3,000 times in less than 18 months. Why should you care? We all know politicians lie, and some lie more than others. But Trump has redefined what it means to be a "Politician who lies". At over 7 lies a day, Trump is a threat to both our political dialogue and democracy itself. In this episode, Paul W. Slusher exposes so of the lies, but more importantly discusses why this is so dangerous to our world. Clips from various news sources included and yes, you will laugh, cry and perhaps want to scream. However EARTH, we can do this. We can expose lies and we can remove the liars from office and get our planet on track. It is our democracy, it is our planet, not theirs and it is time that we step and take action. Vote, speak out and work hard to expose every liar. Our future depends on it. Enjoy this informative podcast that has both analysis and mind-blowing quotes from Trump himself!

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