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Big Pharma is right, pharmacare WOULD be a radical change – for the better
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Dogwood News This Week: the road ahead
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It’s been a wild year. More climate disasters, more raids on Indigenous land defenders. A major war in Ukraine and a rush to develop new oil and gas projects. A financial crunch and a health care crisis… -
His name was Juvencio Cerquera
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Sylvia,
An Indigenous leader from the Kokonuko people in Columbia was just shot dead while trying to reclaim their lands from a multinational paper giant. Now the local communities are pleading for
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Nestlé does worse than last year!
Read MoreSylvia, Nestlé moves up one place in the ranking and becomes the 3rd worst plastic polluter in the world!
With more than 178,000 signatures asking it to do better , we would expect some progress, but Nestlé seems to be heading the wrong way. The good news is that we are
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Condo development on wetlands
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PAOV — You can make a difference. Sign now to help Michelle protect the Petrie Island wetlands.
Protect Petrie Island Wetlands! / Protégez les zones humides de l’île Pétrie! 
2,507 have signed Michelle Petersen’s petition. Let’s get to 5,000!
Sign now with a click (Le français suit)
As residents
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Join the BCHC AGM to get an update on our work in 2022
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A reminder that all BCHC members are invited to attend the 2022 BC Health Coalition Annual General Meeting next week, to be held virtually on Wednesday, November 30 from 1pm to 3:30pm .
Click on the button below to register for the AGM.
Register HereAfter registering, you will
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Third grader Kian killed on his way home
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV - Last week, the murder of 9-year-old Kian Pirfalak , who was driving home with his father in Iran, shocked the world.
It’s been reported that 56 children have been killed so far as a result of recent protests in Iran. Last week it was third-grader Kian, this
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Live from Mexico City
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We are currently live in Mexico City with our local partner organizations Kanan Derechos Humanos, Racismo MX, Cejil, el Consejo Civil Mexicano Para la Silvicultura Sostenible and Greenpeace México to make a statement against the human and environmental rights violations -
your answers, PAOV
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PAOV,
Nearly 500 people have already filled out our 2022 supporter survey , but I'm still waiting to hear from you .
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Last chance to add your name
r1Read MorePaov,
Next week we will join our friends Greenpeace Canada and Leadnow to deliver nearly 35,000 petition signatures in support of an oil and gas Windfall Profits Tax.
We plan to rally outside the Prime
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Orangutans shot dead
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Sylvia,
25 orangutans will die today. Just like yesterday, and tomorrow.
Palm oil deforestation is killing the last orangutans on our planet, and if we don’t act now, there won’t be any left by the end of the decade.
Orangutans need trees to
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the name's Bond.
Read MoreToxic bonds are propping up the dirtiest companies on earth - and none more so than KEPCO.
KEPCO is a major polluter issuing billions of dollars in bonds to fund its reliance on coal. But we can cut them off.
Will you add your voice and call on global investors to
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[evoz] Reminder: Cafe Simpatico Nov 25 at Paul Phillips Hall Fernwood
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Presented by the Victoria Central America Support Committee
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Nominate Iranian Women for Nobel Peace
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV – this petition is taking off on Change.org, and we think you might be interested in adding your name. Sign now to help:
Nominate Iranian Women for Nobel Peace Prize for courageously arising for Women’s Right 
Nassim Bayat started this petition to Richard J. Durbin, and it
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⚡ New premier = phone blitz for old-growth!
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Taking over Procter & Gamble
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Sylvia,
We've been so successful using shareholder action to get companies to change their bad behaviour...that they're trying to shut the whole program down!
After a SumOfUs shareholder resolution helped force Apple to publish its first-ever human rights policy , the US stock regulator made a new rule
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96 elephants killed today
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Sylvia,
In the legendary Serengeti, almost a quarter of the elephants live in a tiny area protected by a team of just 10 specially-trained rescue dogs and their handlers.
They sniff out poachers and sound the alarm -- the dogs have helped arrest hundreds of
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Torturing chickens?
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV — “Those that don’t die from the abuse spend their miserable lives trapped with dead birds at their feet.” Global hospitality company Millennium Hotels received praise and profit when they pledged to end the use of small and cruel cages for chickens in their supply chains. However,
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Last week was powerful
r1Read MorePaov,
Last week was powerful. In case you missed our last email, climate activists in Ottawa, St. John’s and Montreal went undercover as “Ministry of Just Transition” officials and visited the offices of Canada’s biggest oil and gas lobby group to
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Dogwood News This Week: guess who's back?
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Virtual gender affirming care
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV — “Virtual gender affirming care is lifesaving.” In Ontario, virtual care for trans and gender diverse people has increased health care access and equity across the province. Virtual care is also a preferred method to access care for many trans and gender diverse people since it is
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what you tell us matters
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I’d never heard the term 'atmospheric river' before November 2021. I was 4,000 kilometers from home on vacation with my family, huddled around my brother-in-law’s phone watching B.C. flood with water when I learned what it meant.
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[evoz] Invitation to Cafe Simpatico Nov 25
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Cafe Simpatico --- Celebrate & Socialize
Join the Central American Support Committee for a post-Covid celebration with music, song and refreshments. CASC celebrates its return to monthly Cafe Simpatico events and continuing solidarity with its brothers and sisters i n Latin America.
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Game over for the bees.
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Sylvia,
Glyphosate is the most widely used pesticide on the planet. Billions of kilograms of the poison have been sprayed across our fields and parks – seeping into our food and our bodies. We haven't even begun to understand the damage
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"The Ontario government has failed my child"
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV — You can make a difference. Sign now to help petition starter Lauren and her son, George.
Help George get approved for the RSV Vaccine by his 4th birthday - November 23. 
14,917 have signed Lauren Dempsey’s petition. Let’s get to 15,000!
Sign now with a click George
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Buying one of the worst companies
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Sylvia,
We've been so successful using shareholder action to get companies to change their bad behaviour...that they're trying to shut the whole program down!
After a SumOfUs shareholder resolution helped force Apple to publish its first-ever human rights policy , the US stock regulator made a new rule -- anyone
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Odelia and Nerissa need your help
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV — Odelia and Nerissa have a bail hearing approaching. The sisters from Keeseekoose First Nation in Saskatchewan have spent 30 years imprisoned for a murder someone else confessed to. The sisters have maintained their innocence for those 30 years. In June, Federal Justice Minister David Lametti formally
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Help us hit 10,000 signatures
r1Read MorePaov,
It’s amazing what you can get away with if you look the part.
Last week I joined a group of undercover climate
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VOA Farsi should cover Azerbaijani provinces of Iran
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV – this petition is taking off on Change.org, and we think you might be interested in adding your name. Sign now to help:
VOA Farsi should cover Azerbaijani provinces of Iran 
Yashar Hakak Pour Maraghi started this petition to Adam Gartner, and it now has 5,875 signatures
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96 elephants killed per day
Read More Sylvia,
In the legendary Serengeti, almost a quarter of the elephants live in a tiny area protected by a team of just 10 specially-trained rescue dogs and their handlers.
They sniff out poachers and sound the alarm -- the dogs have helped
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November E-News from Canadian Friends Service Committee
Read MoreDownload this newsletter in PDF .
Beware the Popular Idea That You Know a Hidden Truth
From "woke" to "red pilling", a simple idea—that your side is awake to the secret way things are while everyone else sleepwalks—has made its way across intense
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Cervical cancer prevention
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV — “I can’t afford $600 dollars for a vaccine that I was never given in grade school free.” Human papilloma virus (HPV) can cause cervical, vaginal, and throat cancer, as well as complications to pregnancy and fertility. To protect against HPV, doctors strongly recommend getting HPV vaccines
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⚡ On Nov 21, call the NEW premier about OLD forests!
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Dogwood News This Week: would they really arrest him?
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Bees. Dead. Everywhere.
Read More Sylvia,
Glyphosate is the most widely used pesticide on the planet. Billions of kilograms of the poison have been sprayed across our fields and parks – seeping into our food and our bodies. We haven't even begun to understand the damage
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World Cup Horror
Read MoreMore than 6500 migrant workers died while constructing the World Cup in Qatar.
Calls are growing on Qatar and FIFA to compensate the workers and their families for the tremendous abuse and exploitation they face.
With the World Cup around the corner and FIFA’s president up for re-election, now’s our
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Facebook and TikTok
Read MoreHi Sylvia,
I wanted to share an update about our campaign to stop Facebook, YouTube and TikTok spreading election disinformation ahead of Brazil’s Presidential elections.
Ahead of this hugely important election, SumOfUs exposed how tech companies are letting conspiracy theories, electoral lies and posts inciting violence
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Were all asking ourselves the same question
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Huge legal gaps allow wildlife collapse in BC
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PAOV, stop the execution of Iranian protesters!
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV — Just now, the Iranian court and parliament have issued and confirmed the execution of seven people in connection with recent protests. That includes 22-year old Mohammad Ghobadlou, whose lawyer was not allowed to attend his hearing according to reports.
Thousands more innocent protesters, fighting for basic
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Land defenders on COP27
Land defenders on COP27 r1Read MoreWe hope you will be able to join us on Tuesday November 15 at 10 am ET to hear PBI accompanied environmental defenders speak about the United Nations COP27 climate summit now happening in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
To sign up for this webinar, please
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Mass Casualty Commission: Advocating to Enhance Democratic Policing and Protect Marginalized Communities
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Dear Friend,
When a man impersonating an RCMP officer killed 22 people in Nova Scotia in April 2020, the RCMP failed to warn Nova Scotians. This failure perplexed and angered the public, becoming one of the
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Support the BCHC with a sustainable monthly donation
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Dear Paov --
We've been busy! Over the last four months, we've organized an Accountability Assembly to hold the BC government accountable to their seniors' care mandate, fought for a winning decision at the BC Court of Appeal on the Cambie
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Thanks for your donation!
Read MoreHi there Sylvia,
Thank you so much for your donation. I can’t tell you how much it means to us here at SumOfUs. By donating, you’re leading the charge to stop Nestlé bullying Didier and other activists. Now more than ever, this is work that needs to be done.
We’ve
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One farmer vs. Nestlé
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Sylvia,
Didier Thouvenin is a farmer in Vittel, France -- home to one of Nestlé's massive water-guzzling projects.
Together with other whistleblowers, he exposed that Nestlé was illegally dumping huge amounts of plastic and chemical waste, forcing it to admit to creating NINE massive
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Quick action: Send Big Oil the bill for climate chaos
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Right now, climate activists dressed as officials from the “Ministry of Just Transition” are delivering giant invoices to the offices of Canada’s biggest polluters to put them on notice that
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Sentenced to death
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV — You can make a difference. Sign now to help Mohammad.
Stop Execution of Mohammad Ghobadloo 13,976 have signed Rose Mosafari’s petition. Let’s get to 15,000!
Sign now with a click Mohammad Ghobadloo, only 22, was captured by Islamic Republic forces, just because he demanded human rights
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Watch "In Loving Memory of Mark Nykanen" on YouTube
XRTV editor Lorraine Scollan generously created a video tribute to XRTV host Mark Nykanen for an online celebration of his life, which was held on November 4th hosted by Wet'suwet'en Matriarch Marlene Hale.Read More
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Were hiring a new Director of Engagement & Development and Donor Relations & Development Manager
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Dear Friend,
Are you a passionate person looking for an opportunity to work with people dedicated to equality, liberty, and justice? Do you have experience in fundraising, communications, and event planning?
The BCCLA is hiring for our Director of Engagement & Development and Donor Relations & Development
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Cutting down mature cedar for parking lot
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV — “Nature is part of the healing process. Work around it!” A mature deodar cedar tree outside Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver is set to be cut down to build a ramp and short-term parking area for the hospital’s new acute care tower. Petition starter Jon
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Rogers Outage
Read MoreA,
Canadians pay the highest cell phone bills and one of the most expensive home internet prices in the world – and it’s about to get a lot worse if we don’t speak out now.
The telecom industry is already ruled by the monopoly of Rogers, Bell, and Telus – and now
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Provincial parks being developed
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV — Only 5% of Nova Scotia coastline is protected public land. West Mabou Beach Provincial Park on Cape Breton Island is designated as protected, but is in danger of being developed into a 18-hole golf course. This area is a priority ecosystem for conservation, and home to
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The end of daylight savings
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV — It’s almost time to turn back our clocks. Health experts say that daylight savings can cause more harm than good, disrupting our circadian rhythm and even increasing the likelihood of traffic accidents and heart attacks. Petition starter Irene believes Canada should abolish daylight savings time — add
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Dogwood News This Week: what's next?
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Unbelievable: we need to stop them
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Look at them.
These are the CEOs of two of the biggest insurance giants on the planet: Lloyd’s and Chubb . Why am I bringing them up you may wonder?
Because a brand new report from our partners Insure Our Future just scored them as two of the top enablers
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Iranian diplomats
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV — Mahsa Amini was a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly violating Iran’s rules requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab. In the wake of her death, widespread protests have swept cities in Iran and around the world. More
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Maya Train to Court
Read MoreA, we are planning a petition delivery very soon, and we need as many signatures as we can get to convince the Mexican Supreme Court to take on the case of the Maya Train.
Despite all the criticism the Maya Train is receiving, including from UN bodies, high-profile international organisations
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Trudeau is skipping the UN climate summit
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The annual UN climate summit starts in 3 days, and despite this being a pivotal moment for climate action, Prime Minister Trudeau doesn’t plan to be there.1
Leaders from other high emitting nations like
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Did you see Minister Dix's response?
NationBuilder r1Read MorePaov --
On the evening of October 11, members of the BC Health Coalition, allied organizations, seniors, workers, and families from all over BC came together at our Accountability Assembly to host Minister of Health Adrian Dix. Five storytellers representing seniors, families, and workers shared their Home Support and
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Lobsang Yangtso
Read MoreWe helped Lobsang last year -- can you help do it again and make sure Tibet has a voice at the world's most important climate summit?
If you’ve saved your payment information with SumOfUs, your donation will go through immediately:
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Standing with Sex Workers in their Fight for a Safer Sex Industry
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Dear Friend,
This October, Canada’s sex work regime was challenged before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform v Canada . The BCCLA intervened in this case to
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Big things come from small places…
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Paov --
First Name/Friend,
Hinton, Alberta might not be on everyone’s radar, but we have been working closely in the small resource town and meeting incredible people.
Like many towns in Alberta, Hinton has a history as a resource-based economy. It also has seen first-hand the economic highs
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Demand Accountability from Global Companies Profiting from Cage-Free Promises!
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV – this petition is taking off on Change.org, and we think you might be interested in adding your name. Sign now to help:
Demand Accountability from Global Companies Profiting from Cage-Free Promises! 
Open Wing Alliance (OWA) started this petition to Brett Butcher, and it now has 14,608
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Recent highlights from the Council of Canadians
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Life-saving medicine denied
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV — Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases are surging. RSV can be severe and even deadly to vulnerable people, especially babies. Dr Anna Banerji has led extensive research showing that Inuit babies in Nunavut are among the highest risk and most vulnerable. However, their parents are not offered
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PBI is present on-the-ground now
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Peace Brigades International-Canada Making Space for Peace PBI is present on-the-ground now 
Photo of the week by PBI-Guatemala.
At any given moment, PBI has 55+ volunteers in the field accompanying at-risk human rights defenders who are on the frontlines of crucial social justice struggles
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Let's buy Procter & Gamble
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We've been so successful using shareholder action to get companies to change their bad behaviour...that they're trying to shut the whole program down!
After a SumOfUs shareholder resolution helped force Apple to publish its first-ever human rights policy , the US stock regulator made
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Cancer treatment not covered?
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV — Lauri’s son has a rare form of cancer but his treatment isn’t covered. The reason? He is too young. Because of a gap in coverage, each infusion of the immunotherapy drug — which is free for Ontarians over 60 — costs Lauri’s son $8,800. If you agree that
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Notice for 2022 BCHC Annual General Meeting
NationBuilder r1 Join us for our Annual General Meeting Read More NOTICE FOR 2022 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOVEMBER 30, 2022 @ 1pm
You are invited to attend the 2022 BC Health Coalition Annual General Meeting, to be held over Zoom on Wednesday, November 30 from 1pm to 3:30pm .
Please click on the button
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"We cannot just kill them because of human convenience"
Email template | Change.orgr1Read More PAOV — Frost the polar bear lives with her cubs on Svalbard, a Norwegian island near the North Pole. In their search for food, Frost and her cubs have broken into food storage areas when the island’s human inhabitants have left food remains like reindeer carcasses out, leading
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Let's buy Procter & Gamble
Read More A,
We've been so successful using shareholder action to get companies to change their bad behaviour...that they're trying to shut the whole program down!
After a SumOfUs shareholder resolution helped force Apple to publish its first-ever human rights policy , the US stock regulator made a
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Canada needs to Tax Big Oil
r1Read MorePaov,
The next big global climate summit is just over a week away and UN scientists are sounding the alarm that countries need to make faster, deeper emissions cuts to prevent catastrophe.1 Naturally,
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