[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - May 8, 2015
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Media Release: Broken Covenant: Blistering report on 9 years of Harper agenda
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Post 2015 Declaration must contain the human right to water and sanitation say hundreds of civil society organizations
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WIN!... Ontario bill banning fracking passes second reading
The Council of Canadians supports Bill 82, legislation that would place a moratorium on fracking in Ontario.
How chapters can make a difference and protect their local health care
As chapters distant from the federal political scene and often from the provincial scene, it is difficult to make a significant difference in public health care.
Blue Planet Project calls for right to water to be named in Post-2015 Development Agenda
The Blue Planet Project has been working with allies around the world to ensure that the human right to water and sanitation is explicitly named in the United Nations (UN) Declaration for the Post-2015 Development Agenda, which includes the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In second vote, Lax Kw'alaams First Nation again unanimously rejects $1 billion for LNG terminal
Members of the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation have again unanimously rejected $1 billion for their agreement to the Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal.
Energy East pipeline = large dams in Manitoba
The Council of Canadians is opposed to the Energy East pipeline and large hydro-electric dams.
Council of Canadians opposes user-pay MRIs in Saskatchewan
The Council of Canadians is opposing the Saskatchewan government's new legislation that would allow more user-pay MRI scans in that province.
St. John's chapter opposes P3 plan for long-term care facilities
The Council of Canadians St. John's chapter is opposed to Newfoundland and Labrador premier Paul Davis' plan for a public-private partnership (P3) in long-term health care delivery.
A full house at Ottawa election town hall forum
It was a full house at the All Saints' Anglican/ First United Church in Ottawa this evening for the second of ten election-focused town hall meetings across the country.
MEPs and EU trade ministers reject Malmström's ISDS reforms
European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström has presented her proposals to resolve the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) controversy in the United States-European Union Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). She presented her ideas to the European Parliament's trade committee yesterday and to European Union trade ministers today.
Could feta defeat CETA?
The Syriza government in Greece is reportedly threatening to vote against the ratification of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) over the issue of feta cheese. Some 300,000 Greek livestock farmers earn their income from feta and Syriza argues that CETA undermines their livelihoods.
Marchers Demand "No More Goldcorp, No More Murders"
On April 30th, 50 people gathered in downtown Toronto to denounce the devastating impacts of Goldcorp on communities and the environment and to commemorate the lives of those killed resisting its mines.
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