Author and social commentator Rafe Mair and documentary film maker Damien Gillis will be in Williams Lake tonight, March 25 for a town-hall style presentation on their new online non-profit journal The Common Sense Canadian — a voice for the public and environment.
Mair and Gillis are touring 30 B.C. communities and will be making their presentation in the Williams Lake secondary commons theatre from 7 to 9 p.m. The two-hour event will feature Gillis’ new short documentary on the proposed Enbridge pipeline to B.C.’s North Coast, called Oil in Eden, plus a key-note speech by Mair.
There will be an opportunity to ask questions and discuss issues on topics such as rivers, hydro bills, oil tankers and democracy.
“These aren’t matters of left and right, but of right and wrong,” Mair says. “It’s time for common-sense Canadians to band together — through our own media and community organizing — to address our greatest challenges: protecting our environment and democracy.”
Mair is a former lawyer and minister responsible for constitutional affairs in the Bennett cabinet during the 1980s, who went on to become a broadcaster and writer on public affairs.
Books include The Last Cast about fly fishing; Canada: Is Anyone Listening?; Rants Raves and Recollections that made the B.C. best seller list for many weeks; Still Ranting; and Rafe: A Memoir. The event is co-presented by the Council of Canadians Williams Lake chapter.
Admission is by donation.