Month: December 2012

The SDTC Cleantech Maze

Policy Publication Resources

For more background on the subject matter the following are some very important reports and publications.

Canadian Commercialization: Problems, Failure, & Research Success.

When you look at the maze of  images below you will see some of Canada’s  most proud and recognizable organizations. However, in the 2010 Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) Cleantech Report, the membership partners attained the letter grade of D for  commercialization. This is clearly unacceptable for a developed nation like Canada. The dependency we have placed on the “Crown” when it comes to “Business Development” has inhibited our country’s ability to perform and capitalize on the global growth within the Renewable and Environment sector. Continue reading →

64th Senate Committee on Aborginal Peoples

Senate of Canada Committee on Aboriginal Peoples.

Serving as the Federal Government Liaison for the Eastern Woodlands Metis Nova Scotia. Doing my best to help support our most vulnerable.

“Our mission with the Eastern Woodland Métis Nation is to promote and preserve the Metis identity and heritage in our community.  We strive to promote education, training, business opportunities, leadership, health and justice.  Our goal is to be economically sustainable and self‑reliant.  Our values of the ultimate authority of the Eastern Woodland Métis Nation reside with its membership.  A consensus is sought from the grassroots membership and is ensured by organizational structures that take into account traditional values that our ancestors have given to us with the belief that the whole community and not just one individual group is to be represented.  Our vision is to be self‑actualized, as laid out in the Royal Commission Report on Aboriginal Peoples” 

Unrevised Transcript, December 5th, 2012 : Senate of Canada Committee on Aboriginal People.