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About Lawrence Solomon

Lawrence Solomon is one of Canada's leading environmentalists. His book, The Conserver Solution (Doubleday) popularized the Conserver Society concept in the late 1970s and became the manual for those interested in incorporating environmental factors into economic life. An advisor to President Jimmy Carter's Task Force on the Global Environment (the Global 2000 Report) in the late 1970's, he has since been at the forefront of movements to reform foreign aid, stop nuclear power expansion and adopt toll roads. Mr. Solomon is a founder and managing director of Energy Probe Research Foundation and the executive director of its Energy Probe and Urban Renaissance Institute divisions. He has been a columnist for The Globe and Mail, a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, the editor and publisher of the award-winning The Next City magazine, and the author or co-author of seven books, most recently The Deniers, a #1 environmental best-seller in both Canada and the U.S. .

Immigration backlash

(May 15, 2013) The risk of a backlash against immigrants in Canada, as in other parts of the West, is undeniable, and also unnecessary. Continue reading

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Proportional rep – Is this what we really want?

(March 20, 2013) Canada could end up with a Pamela Anderson Party. Continue reading

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Celsius not rising

(February 7, 2013) Public opinion won’t change as long as temperatures don’t. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Warmer temperatures would be a benefit, not a problem, for Toronto

(January 30, 2012) However, city councillors preparing Toronto for a warming trend may be caught short by chilling, new climate-change data. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Bring back the rental market

(November 23, 2012) Halve the rate of home ownership. Continue reading

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