This weeks guest is Nathan Cullen. Nathan spent 15 years working as a Member of Parliament for the N.D.P. He represented the riding of Skeena-Bulkley Valley. It's an area that he loves and has worked hard to protect. Some of Nathan's greatest political achievements so far have been to push back 'open net fish farms' , protect the Sacred Headwaters of The Skeena, Nass and Stikine Rivers (from Shell who would have liked the exploit the area for it's rich deposits of coal bed methane) and helped to stop the controversial Enbridge "Northern Gateway" Pipeline that would have put the local environment and Indigenous people's at risk. Nathan grew up in Toronto and took "International Development Studies and Environmental Studies' in University. He then went on to work with different NGO's all over the world from Central America, South America and Africa . Nathan talks about his experiences working in groups to effect change, why he almost quit being a politician, how it's easy for politicians to loose their integrity, working to get child soldiers out of Sierra Leone after the blood diamond conflict, the need for reconciliation in Canada, when to get out of the way, knowing when to stop talking and much more.
This weeks guest is Nathan Cullen. Nathan spent 15 years working as a Member of Parliament for the N.D.P. He represented the riding of Skeena-Bulkley Valley. It's an area that he loves and has worked hard to protect. Some of Nathan's greatest political achievements so far have been to push back 'open net fish farms' , protect the Sacred Headwaters of The Skeena, Nass and Stikine Rivers (from Shell who would have liked the exploit the area for it's rich deposits of coal bed methane) and helped to stop the controversial Enbridge "Northern Gateway" Pipeline that would have put the local environment and Indigenous people's at risk. Nathan grew up in Toronto and took "International Development Studies and Environmental Studies' in University. He then went on to work with different NGO's all over the world from Central America, South America and Africa . Nathan talks about his experiences working in groups to effect change, why he almost quit being a politician, how it's easy for politicians to loose their integrity, working to get child soldiers out of Sierra Leone after the blood diamond conflict, the need for reconciliation in Canada, when to get out of the way, knowing when to stop talking and much more.