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Carbon tax to aid public transit
Organized crime boosts metro police argument
Climate change deepens women’s plight
Oxfam, an international nonprofit advocacy group battling global poverty and gender inequality, is using Earth Day as leverage to regionally launch a national campaign blaming climate change for the erosion women’s rights. At a Halifax, Nova Scotia conference, Oxfam is reiterating that poor women are least responsible for climate change, yet they are most burdened by its impact.
Sherri Brown, an SFU doctoral student in political science, can address the campaign’s many observations, for example that climate change is making women’s workday longer and deepening the food crisis for them and their families.
Brown, a Trudeau doctoral scholarship recipient, can also address how international funding for climate change research and mitigation measures is eroding funding to improve the plight of poor women in developing countries.
Sherri Brown, 778.227.4763; sherrib@sfu.ca
Carbon tax to aid public transit
Metro Vancouver mayors are reportedly eyeing carbon tax revenues to improve public transit. SFU transportation expert Anthony Perl endorses the mayors' idea and is available to comment as mayors are expected to address the issue later today.
Anthony Perl, 778.782.7887; aperl@sfu.ca
Prof pitches metro police argument
The co-author of a new report on why Vancouver and Victoria need to replace their numerous RCMP police units with an amalgamated metropolitan police force says its timing couldn’t be better. SFU criminologist Robert Gordon hopes rising public concern over organized crime activity and questionable RCMP conduct will encourage politicians and policymakers to act on the new report, which essentially reiterates previous research. Gordon notes that the 2012 expiration of RCMP contracts to provide metro Vancouver and Victoria municipalities with policing services should provide added pressure. “We’ve been making the arguments in this report for the last five years, but current issues make this a worthwhile discussion paper,” says Gordon.
Robert Gordon, 604.418.6640, 778.782.4305; rgordon@sfu.ca