Christopher Majka - Politics, Public Policy & Advocacy

Christopher Majka - Politics, Public Policy & Advocacy

Christopher Majka
photo: Lois Siegel
I maintain an interest and involvement in a variety of off issues related to politics, electoral reform, public policy, environment, biodiversity, and arts and culture policy. Below are links to a variety of articles, guest editorial, op-ed articles, and letters to the editor that I have written on these subjects. Questions or comments? Please send me an [email].

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Public Policy

Crime Omnibus Bill - Say no!: Facebook, December 10, 2011.
Hall Dalrymple Out: The Coast, December 8, 2011.
Crossed a line: The Chronicle Herald, December 7, 2011.
An Inconvenient Occupation: Behind the Numbers, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, November 16, 2011
Legislate Sanity: The Coast, November 10, 2011.
Occupy ... the world: The Chronicle Herald, October 20, 2011.
Let's try for a rational approach: Moncton Times & Transcript, August 9, 2011.
Let's cheer: Quebecois are supporting a nationalist party: Vancouver Sun, August 6, 2011.
We're with you, Jack: The Chronicle Herald, July 28, 2011.
Standing with Jack: Family from Coast to Coast: Facebook, July 27, 2011.
Fifty-eight hours: Facebook, June 27, 2011.
MP Megan Lelsie reads my letter opposing the attempt to legislate an end to the lockout of postal workers: Hansard, 41st Parliament, 1st Session, June 23, 2011.
Convention centre: Time to press reset: The Chronicle Herald, April 23, 2011.
Convention Centre in Nova Scotia: Economic Wellspring or Bottomless Pit?: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, December 13, 2010
Conventional Wisdom: Corporate Welfare: The Coast, October 14, 2010.
Centre smells rank: The Chronicle Herald, October 9, 2010.
Gun Registry Flip-Flops: Mid-North Monitor, October 6, 2010.
The Gun Registry: Lessons Learned: Facebook, October 5, 2010.
Sign of things to come?: The Chronicle Herald, September 12, 2010.
Lack of political leadership, bad electoral system preventing public policy changes: The Hill Times, August 23, 2010.
NSCAN's Open Letter to Tony Clement and Stephen Harper: Facebook, July 26, 2010.
Case for lack of balance: The Chronicle Herald, May 26, 2010.
Assults on civil society: The Chronicle Herald, March 7, 2010.
Report filled with speculation: The Chronicle Herald, August 21, 2009.

Climate Change & Environment

Submission to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Project Review Panel: Facebook, January 18, 2012
Where is Canadian Leadership on climate change?: Facebook, December 13, 2011
Too much slash and burn: Toronto Star, August 6, 2011.
Creating Change: What to do when the sky is falling: Facebook, August 5, 2010.
Climate Change Accountability Act: Facebook, April 14, 2010.
Climate Change and Parliamentary Democracy: both on the rocks?: The Hill Times, October 27, 2009.
Disgraceful record: The Chronicle Herald, December 16, 2008.
Poor climate change record: Toronto Star, December 16, 2008.
Canada's disgraceful climate change record on display: Vancouver Sun, December 13, 2008.
Overkill: Mysterious East. March/April 1971: 21-22.

Politics and Electoral Reform

Do Canadians want political cooperation?: Editorial: Project Democracy, February 5, 2012.
Leaning Left: Harping: The Coast, January 19, 2012
Voters, polling, and Canadian democracy: where have all the flowers gone?: Editorial: Project Democracy, June 28, 2011.
One Month Later: Lessons for Canadian Democracy: Facebook, June 3, 2011.
Project Democracy: 2011 Electoral Analysis - Part 1: Final Report: Project Democracy, May 31, 2011.
What to do about those 6,201 frustrations: Facebook, May 5, 2011.
Political frustration: In 2011 the electoral pot boils over: Editorial: Project Democracy, April 26, 2011.
Pundits Guide to Elections: red herrings, errors, and misinformation: Facebook, April 25, 2011.
Project Democracy - the 2011 election game changer: Facebook, April 11, 2011.
A debate not worth having: The Chronicle Herald, March 31, 2011.
All viewpoints deserve place at cabinet table: The Chronicle Herald, January 27, 2011.
Who's influencing whom?: The Chronicle Herald, June 6, 2009.
No bearing on character: The Chronicle Herald, April 11, 2009.
Liberal leader Ignatieff can't have it both ways: The Hill Times, February 26, 2009.
Social democratic debut: The Chronicle Herald, February 26, 2009.
Prime Minister Harper will have to face music sooner or later: The Hill Times, December 8, 2008.
Traditional voting system out of tune with the times: The Chronicle Herald, November 5, 2008.

Arts and Culture

New Nova Scotia arts council established: Arts Nova Scotia: The Coast, December 1, 2011.
Stephen Harper's attack on the arts: does arts funding lead to terrorism?: Facebook, June 29, 2011.
Arts Nova Scotia: Do it right: The Chronicle Herald, May 21, 2011.
Nova Scotia Cultural Action Network congratulates government on progressive arts & culture initiatives: Facebook, February 15, 2011.
Levels of Provincial Cultural Funding: Facebook, April 13, 2010.
Nova Scotia 2010-11 Culture Division budget: Facebook, April 13, 2010.
Dance Story in sharp step: The Coast, February 26, 2009.
Arts do matter, but do reporters have to get it wrong every time?: ArtsNova Bulletin, October 13, 2008.
Unifying force: The Chronicle Herald, October 1, 2008.

Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle

Worrisome beetle found in New Brunswick - BSLB advances: citizens are no further ahead: Rural Delivery 36(7) [January/February, 2012]: 49-52.
Worrisome beetle found in New Brunswick: Atlantic Forestry Review, November 2011, pp. 34.
The brown spruce longhorn beetle in Cape Breton: the good, the bad and the ugly: Victoria Standard, November 2, 2009.
Beetlemania: Reader's Corner: The Chronicle Herald, October 21, 2009.
Is the Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle the threat its made out to be?: CBC Radio, Maritime Noon, October 17, 2009.
Please Remain Calm: The Globe and Mail, October 17, 2009.
A pest of trees or just of taxpayers? Mystery surrounds the Brown spruce longhorn beetle.: Atlantic Forestry Review, March 2009, pp. 19.
Pest or not? The Brown spruce longhorn beetle.: Atlantic Forestry Review, Guest editorial, January 2009, pp. 7.
The Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle: Is it a problem?: Shunpiking Magazine, March 2007.
Beetlemania or invading borers?: The National Post, July 11, 2000.