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This is a milestone for Indigenous rights and reconciliation!

Bill C-15 passed the final vote in Canada's Senate. This moment is the culmination of years of hard work. It took countless meetings to build relationships, strategize, and inform key decision makers. It took countless presentations, educational resources, and media

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Nestlé Waters is trying to silence and bully the whistleblower who exposed its illegal plastic dump. He really needs your help today.

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Yesterday I had five minutes to present to the Victoria City Council about ocean dumping from exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) and I wanted to fill you in on how it went:

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On June 1, 2021, BC Premier “Lie and Log” Horgan held a bogus press conference to “address” forestry issues. He said “fibre”and “value-added” a lot and talked about how fancy the Old Growth Strategic Review is—even though it came out last year

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Make plastic from coal: that’s the horrifying new plan from Adani Enterprises. It's an idea so controversial even other fossil fuel companies are alarmed.

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Kanieke’ha:ke social worker Wanda Gabriel on trauma

CFSC holds in the Light all affected with the news of 215 children found in unmarked graves at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

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A Call For Accountability: Kamloops Indian Residential School

Katie Koopman started this petition to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Citizens of Canada,

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PAOV — A private woodlot operator on Gambier Island is set to begin logging the old-growth forests of Whispering Creek. Along with irreversible damage to the old-growth forest, the drinking water of the nearby community is at risk. This petition is calling for an immediate end to the

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PAOV — “If Google could find the resources for including Maori on its app, there is no reason to believe that it will have any difficulty in including Canada’s most widely spoken indigenous language on its app.” Google Translate supports over 100 languages but Cree, spoken by over

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Dear Friends of SJS,

See below for a job opening at the Rainbow Health Cooperative.

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Our posting for our position of full time

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The Keystone XL pipeline is finished. We need a Just Transition Act now.

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Paov,

We got some huge news yesterday. TC Energy terminated the Keystone XL pipeline.

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PAOV — The Catholic Church operated the majority of residential schools in Canada. Among its recommendations, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has called for a papal apology — yet Pope Francis has not offered one. Some say the pope’s recent statement addressing the discovery of

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We won !!! Over 115 000 SumOfUs members got together and it paid off: Accorinvest, Accor , Ibis and STN have heard your demands and are finally granting dignified and decent working conditions to the courageous women working at the Ibis des Batignolles hotel .

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Ban conibear traps in Manitoba!

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Dear Friends of SJS,

Please consider providing whatever support you can to this request from John Lutz (History, UVic)

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Paov --

Last week, we held a public webinar to mobilize our community around the appeal for the Cambie case, set to be heard on June 14th at the BC Court of Appeal. To continue building momentum, we have launched a pledge campaign to defend public healthcare.

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Dollarama warehouse workers have put their lives in danger, especially during the pandemic. Workers and unions are calling Dollarama -- Canada’s Amazon.

Sign the petition before this week’s shareholder meeting to call on Dollarama to protect its warehouse workers!

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Dollarama’s warehouses are cramped and dangerous. Over 1,000

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PAOV — “To show commemoration to someone who did such heinous things and keep a statue of that as a permanent reminder on indigenous land is an abomination.” A monument on Parliament Hill celebrates Sir John A. MacDonald’s accomplishments as Canada’s first prime minister

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May 31st
After a quiet weekend, the RCMP resumed arrests of blockaders near the Fairy Creek watershed just outside of Port Renfrew, B.C., on Monday. Over the weekend, protesters built out a series of blockades across forestry roads, designed to obstruct RCMP access to the Fairy Creek, Waterfall and Caycuse

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I’ve got some good news and bad news on Bill C-12 -- Canada’s climate accountability bill.

The good news is that after months of stalling this critical legislation, the Trudeau government is finally allowing it to

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There's still time to register for tomorrow's webinar - "Defending public health care: the Cambie Trial". We'll be launching our public support campaign and building momentum leading up to the appeal hearings in the week of June 14. We need your help to show that support for public

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Anti-Asian racism has played a major role in public discourse about money laundering in BC.

There’s a disproportionate focus on money from China in news stories about money laundering. There’s also a strong tendency to conflate foreign money with dirty money.

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As part of the Faith in the Declaration coalition, CFSC helped organize and moderate a very popular event with the Commissioners of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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PAOV — The ongoing threat of old-growth logging at Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island is putting the habitat of a protected owl species in jeopardy. Western screech owls, listed as “threatened,” have been seen in the area. Petition starter Jessica is calling on the provincial government to

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Friends, 

We are cancelling our planned emails today to take pause and acknowledge the heaviness of the moment that we are in.

Last Friday, the T k 'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation reported the discovery of a

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Environmental racism remains a major issue in Canada. Finally, a law to tackle it is being debated in the House of Commons. Sign the petition to pressure MPs to vote in favour of Bill C-230. END ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM

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Canada’s first law on environmental racism has passed its

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We’ve all spent more time in our homes than we would’ve liked this last year. If you’re anything like me, having a house full of lush green leaves has made it a little more bearable.

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The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is one of the largest funders of the dangerous Line 3 pipeline – and we have a plan to stop them. By running hard-hitting online ads in leading Canadian newspapers, we can pressure RBC to immediately

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As you read this, I am either on the old growth logging blockades on unceded Ditidaht and Pacheedaht territories on Vancouver Island, or I am in jail.

This won’t be the first time I have protested the logging of

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The shipping industry’s loophole for dumping wastewater into the ocean needs to be closed. Demand bilateral action by the U.S. and Canada to ban scrubbers and protect the North American coast. SEND EMAIL

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A few weeks ago the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) released a

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PAOV — “According to Google, Palestine does not exist...this is an important issue, as Google Maps are now regarded as definitive by people around the world, including journalists, students and others carrying out research into the Israel-Palestine situation.” Petition starter Zak is calling on Google to identify Palestinian

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Dear Friend,

Join us for our upcoming digital panel: No One Left Behind: Reflections on human rights and civil liberties during the COVID-19 pandemic .

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B.C. catches flak over rise in old-growth logging approvals

By Katarina Sabados | News | May 6th 2021
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/05/06/news/bc-catches-flak-over-old-growth-logging-approvals
Clearcut old-growth forest in Caycuse Valley, B.C. Photo by Wilderness Committee

Despite the B.C. government's stated commitment to protect old forests, old-growth logging approvals in British Columbia jumped 43 per cent in the

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PAOV — Nove and Dexter, two American Bullys, are being held under Ontario’s Dog Owners Liability Act, which limits and regulates pit bull ownership in the province. Petition starter Alix claims that neither dog is a pit bull; both are registered with the American Bully Kennel Club (ABKC).

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Paov --

Over the years we have been involved with the Cambie case, we have seen that the battle in the court of public opinion is just as crucial as the one in the courtroom. We need your help to build public support.

Join us next Tuesday, June 2nd

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In 16 days, Switzerland could become the first country in the world to ban ALL pesticides.

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Your monthly update from the BC Health Coalition

UPDATE BCHC continues advocacy on Pharmacare and paid sick days

BC Health Coalition members participated in the Canadian Health Coalition's Pharmacare lobby days. Big Pharma pays professionals to argue their side. We show up for our families, friends, colleagues and

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Justice for Animals Rescued From Montrose Rd in Niagara Falls, ON

Jasmin Sewell started this petition to John Greer, Jim Diodati, Sylvia Jones, Provincial

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You're invited!

This Thursday, May 27th at 7 pm Eastern

Brew some tea and join us for a conversation with Elaine Bishop, member of Winnipeg Monthly Meeting, former Clerk of Canadian Yearly Meeting, and former Coordinator of CFSC.

This is the fifth installment in our on-going series all year

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Dear Friends of SJS,

Rally for Palestine, Saturday, May 29, Noon, at the Legislative Assembly, Belleville St.

May 29-June 4:

Socialist Studies Conference Programme

Attached please find the programme for the May 29-June 4 free, open-access events: 2021 Society for Socialist Studies Conference Programme: Socialist Solidarities in Times of Crisis

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Climate Change Solidarity: How 30 Years of North-South Partnership is Helping Ometepe Coffee Cooperatives Weather the Storm

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Zara’s millionaire CEO is bankrolling Uyghur genocide in China.

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Paov --

We're writing to provide you with an update on the appeal in the Cambie case, set to be heard at the BC Court of Appeal the week of June 14th, and also invite you to a public event launching our public campaign in support of public health

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PAOV — A black bear in Abbotsford, nicknamed Georgina by locals, and her two cubs are at risk of being euthanized by local authorities. Development around their habitat has limited their roaming ground. Petition starter Paula is demanding that the bears be relocated instead of euthanized. You can

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PAOV — “Music is a lifeline, don’t let the district take this away.” Petition starter Coral is urging the Greater Victoria School District (SD61) to cancel proposed cuts to music education funding, fearing the impact this will have on students. More than 20,000 people have signed Coral’s petition

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The Intercept’s investigation into Oracle has struck a nerve.

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