Jeff Monaghan, the former Environment Canada contract employee arrested for allegedly leaking secret government documents concerning Kyoto, had some interesting opinions about the government for which he worked. He reveals his thoughts on his radio show.
"Bones" is Jeff Monaghan.
Date Recorded: 2006-9-??
Rise-Up - CKCU: Shadia Drury on the neo-cons, terrorism, and PM Harper
Series: Rise-Up - CKCU Download Series Podcast
Subtitle: Shadia Drury on the neo-cons, terrorism, and PM Harper
Program Type: Unspecified
Featured Speakers/Commentators: Shadia Drury
Producer: riseupradio
Broadcast Restictions: For non-profit use only.
Summary: Shadia Drury, author of Terror and Civilization, talks about terrorism, the neo-cons, and some Canadian politics.
Credits: bones@mutualaid.org
Jeff Monaghan (2:30): Do you think that, [since] Harper closes his speeches with "God Bless Canada", do you believe that the War on Terror has a religious basis?
Jeff Monaghan (11:38): [The political right manipulates the press to represent Stephen Harper as] a bit of an enigma, that he is a private man, [but] there's been speculation about what his position really is about religion and the state, although every once in a while you get these glimmers that he's quite radical in his neo-conservative views.
Date Recorded: 2006-11-22
CKCU: Jules Boykoff discusses climate change and the media
Series: Rise-Up - CKCU Download Series Podcast
Subtitle:
Program Type: Interview
Featured Speakers/Commentators: Jules Boykoff; author, professor
Producer: riseupradio
Broadcast Restictions: No excerpting/modifying without permission.
Summary: Jules Boykoff - who attented [sic] the UN sponsored Kyoto conference in Nairobi (2006) as a participant on a discussion panel addressing climate science and the media - discusses the Kyoto conference, media issues, and climate change.
Credits: bones@mutualaid.org
Jeff Monaghan (6:14): There's been the occasional piece of information that comes out that really challenges the skeptics in the Canadian media and it's normally based on trying to expose their conflict of interest, their funders, some of their personal backgrounds, but rarely do I ever see any structured analysis of the media and how it has an internal bias built into it especially for science reporting...[How can we] try to influence editors to get over giving coverage to the skeptics?
Date Recorded: 2007-05-08
Rise-Up - CKCU: Climate Change Plan - Leaked document reveals Tory 'doublespeak'
Series: Rise-Up - CKCU Download Series Podcast
Subtitle: Pembina Institute on the Tories' "new" Green Plan
Program Type: Interview
Featured Speakers/Commentators: Clare - Pembina Institute
Producer: riseupradio
Broadcast Restictions: For non-profit use only.
Summary: Clare discusses a leaked Government of Canada draft for the new green plan.
Credits: bones@mutualaid.org
Jeff Monaghan (12:50): I'm going to play a Youth Brigade song called "All Style, No Substance" for the Environment Department and Prime Minister Harper's commitment, or lack thereof, to climate change.
The next day, Jeff Monaghan was arrested for allegedly leaking secret documents from Environment Canada.
When the document was leaked last month, environmentalists stated that the person responsible was concerned for the environment and due process:
When environmentalists obtained the document last month, they identified the source as someone who "objects strongly to the secrecy of the Harper government, its continuous PR campaign and the abandonment of international standards for [greenhouse gas] reductions, and feels that the need for public information and scrutiny outweighs the importance of due process."
If it turns out that Jeff Monaghan is guilty of leaking the documents, I would suggest that his issues have as much to do with Stephen Harper and conservatism in general, if not more to do with that, than Kyoto and climate change in particular.
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