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	<title>Vanessa Long &#187; Greens</title>
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	<description>Your Future Green MP in Newmarket-Aurora</description>
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		<title>Join Us For Coffee Saturday Morning</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2011/03/30/join-us-for-coffee-saturday-morning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ll be at the Second Cup on Bayview in Aurora just north of Wellington (it&#8217;s near the theatre) between 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. Afterwards we&#8217;ll be heading out to pound in signs and do some door canvassing. Please plan to be there if you have already volunteered. If you would like to know more about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vote Compass Spectrum Misplaces the GPC</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2011/03/27/vote-compass-spectrum-misplaces-the-gpc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CBC and other groups have launched a Vote Compass that, after 30 questions, places you in the Party that they believe is closest to your views. Did it work? Sure. I ended up right on top of the Green Party, which was reassuring. But then I started thinking about where they had placed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Party Campaign Launch</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2011/03/26/green-party-campaign-launch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us at the Crow&#8217;s Nest in Newmarket Sunday night at 8:30 for our Campaign Kick-off. A brief moment to enjoy the calm before 5 weeks of election craziness. Crow&#8217;s Nest is at 115 Prospect Street. Can hardly wait to see you there!]]></description>
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		<title>Harper Government More Important than Democracy</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2011/03/17/harper-government-more-important-than-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2011/03/17/harper-government-more-important-than-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week&#8217;s statement by PM Harper that being found in contempt of Parliament multiple times and being charged with election fraud are merely &#8216;distractions&#8217; is a clear sign of the lack of respect he has for Canadian democratic institutions. Make no mistake, these systems are in place as safeguards against abuses of power by those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil, Resiliency and Obfuscation</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2011/01/12/peak-oil-resiliency-and-obfuscation/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2011/01/12/peak-oil-resiliency-and-obfuscation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are already facing the largest income gap in Canada since 1929. The very richest among us, we're talking the top 10%, continue to get richer, at accelerating rates. But the normal people like you and me, we're slipping. Our <em>real</em> wages, those that account for inflation, have not increased since the early 80s.]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Building Local Capacity</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/11/10/the-importance-of-building-local-capacity/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/11/10/the-importance-of-building-local-capacity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Through my involvement with Greens and Transition Towns I&#8217;ve learned a lot about the importance of building local resiliency and local capacity. Capacity, to me, is the ability of our community to meet local needs. Do we have enough food, power generation, waste handling, water, services, etc. to take care of our citizens? Resiliency is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money or Happiness &#8211; Take Your Pick?</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/05/21/money-or-happiness-take-your-pick/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/05/21/money-or-happiness-take-your-pick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 16:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do we feel safe? Do we feel trust? Do we know our neighbours? Heck, do we know our kids and spouse? How strong are our connections to the community? How large are our social networks? Do we enjoy time in nature? Do we have access to beauty?]]></description>
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		<title>Canada Gets Chastised for Exclusive Arctic Leadership</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/29/canada-gets-chastised-for-exclusive-arctic-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/29/canada-gets-chastised-for-exclusive-arctic-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cannon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=216</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today marked the conclusion of a Summit to discuss issues surrounding the opening Arctic waters. It didn&#8217;t end as well as our Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Cannon, would have liked, according to the Montreal Gazette. U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton chastised Mr. Cannon, and by extension, the Canadian government, &#8220;for excluding aboriginal leaders and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annie Leonard&#8217;s New Water Video</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/22/annie-leonards-new-water-video/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/22/annie-leonards-new-water-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Treehugger for posting the new Annie Leonard video in honour of World Water Day 2010 &#8211; The Story of Bottled Water. Well worth the watching, it lays out the product cycle for water bottles and the idea of Manufactured Demand. Of course, the site seems to be down right now (could it have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy World Water Day &#8211; Water Bottle-Free!</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/22/happy-world-water-day-water-bottle-free/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/22/happy-world-water-day-water-bottle-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[March 22nd is World Water Day and it seems like an excellent time to muse over the current state of our water resources. Canada is so truly blessed with abundant fresh water and some of the healthiest tap water in the world and perhaps that is why we have been able to keep our per [...]]]></description>
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