There are some remarkable encounters; Gene Fowler is one of those. I’ve never met him, but I just needed two or three phone calls, a tiny bit of research on the internet and a few incursions on his Facebook page to get an idea of how colourful this character is.
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September 10th 2010 No Comments
« Mon père, mon héros ! »… ou AbitibiBowater, encore une fois !
Nous reproduisons ici un billet provenant du blogue personnel du réalisateur-terrain de PIB Dominic Morissette : http://www.dominicmorissette.ca/blog/
Je ne peux m’empêcher de passer sous silence la fermeture définitive de deux usines d’AbitibiBowater, celle de Dolbeau et celle de Gatineau. Fermetures que la compagnie a annoncées il y a de cela près de deux semaines, soit au [...]
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September 1st 2010 No Comments
Le bon du mauvais
Il y a de ces rencontres marquantes; Gene Fowler en est une. Je ne l’ai jamais croisé, mais il ne m’a fallu que deux ou trois échanges téléphoniques, un peu de recherche sur Internet et quelques incursions sur sa page Facebook pour me convaincre de la truculence du personnage.
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August 24th 2010 2 Comments
Rural Alberta Gets Onboard Battle River Railway Co-op
As we wrap up production on the GDP project, we’re spotlighting an inspiring cooperative initiative in rural Alberta – an illustration of what communities can achieve when they’re united around a common economic vision.
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July 27th 2010 2 Comments
The $10 life: priceless
Last summer, I wrote this short blog post – $10 life – a highly touching story about a woman called Rose Simpson, downsizing her credit-fuelled suburban life.
Since then, Rose and her partner’s lives have been good. They still work in the video business, only they now do it part-time, and work on projects that interest [...]
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July 23rd 2010 No Comments
Complicated Legacy of Indian Act: A Conversation with Ray Wanuch
While attending the Summit for a People-Centred Economy earlier this summer, we met Ray Wanuch – executive director of the Council for the advancement of Native Development Officers. We asked for his perspective on the crisis and its impact on Canada’s Aboriginal commmunites.
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July 23rd 2010 No Comments
Saint-Georges-de-Beauce – un an plus tard…
… ou presque. Le photographe Renaud Philippe s’était rendu rencontrer Daniel à St-Georges-de-Beauce au mois d’août 2009. Ce dernier avait eu le malheur de perdre deux emplois à temps plein, bien payés de surcroît, en l’espace de quelques jours. Merci, crise économique !
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July 22nd 2010 No Comments
Scoop! US Treasury invests in hotel biz
The US Treasury has increasingly been in the news over the last 2-3 years – largely because of the economic downturn and the lead role that its boss played in the talking-tough-with-banks drama of 2008-2009. So we’re used to seeing Mr. Geithner in the media, both American and Canadian.
What we’re less used to is [...]
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July 14th 2010 No Comments
Winds of Recovery on Great Lakes
While the winds of recovery are blowing some life back into Great Lakes shipping, industry insiders are still cautious about the long-term forecast.
Last summer Dominic Morissette, one of the GDP Project’s resident photographers, travelled to the shores of Lake Ontario. His mission: to gauge the recession’s impact on the vital shipping arteries of the continent’s [...]
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July 9th 2010 No Comments
L’entrevue PIB : Annie Béchard, CDÉC Rosemont – Petite-Patrie, Montréal
Le projet PIB a rencontré Annie Béchard à l’occasion du Sommet pancanadien de l’économie citoyenne qui s’est tenu à Ottawa à la fin mai 2010. La conseillère en gestion spécialisée en économie sociale nous parle des jeunes qui se passionnent pour l’économie sociale, d’une récession toute en douceur et de l’avenir prometteur de l’économie sociale [...]
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