Ben Pasha

Ben is a former student intern at CPJ. Ben has a varied background in social services and social justice as a frontline worker having worked with; kidsLINK and Family and Children Services in the Kitchener-Waterloo Region and with the Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre and the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Ottawa. Before moving to Ottawa, Ben studied legal studies and sociology at the University of Waterloo where he also played varsity hockey and was a three-time academic all-Canadian.

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Posts by Ben Pasha

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is Cleaning Up Its Act

By Ben Pasha | March 31, 2014

“These standards make Nova Scotia one of the most progressive energy jurisdictions in the world”

– Darrell Dexter, former Premier of Nova Scotia 

Nova Scotia is making major moves to renewable energy sources that can be seen as a benchmark for the rest of the country. The province, notorious for its reliance on coal, has begun a shift towards renewable resources. In April 2010, Nova Scotia passed the Renewable Energy Plan, committing to have 25% of its energy come from renewable resources by 2015 and 40% reliant on renewables by 2020. Nova Scotia is seeing the results of these measures already with the use of renewable energy sources increasing from 11 to 17% between 2006 and 2011 and it is expected that the 2020 target will be met.

How is Nova Scotia meeting these ambitious commitments? Here are five key changes:

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Carbon pricing would boost government’s credibility

By Karri Munn-Venn, Ben Pasha | March 26, 2014

(Originally published in Embassy News) The timing seems all too perfect. The critical COP 21 climate conference in Paris at the end of 2015 comes but a few months after the next federal election here in Canada. Nearly two years out, preparations for both events have already begun. But will they actually coincide to bring…

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