[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - June 15, 2015
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- Published on Monday, 15 June 2015 13:30
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Media Release:
Go vote! Democracy town halls come to Toronto and London
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Harper's pre-election infrastructure announcements will promote privatization
The Harper government will be using its $14 billion Building Canada Fund to help it win the October 19 federal election.
Barlow speaks at labour gathering in Kingston
Council of Canadians... chairperson Maude Barlow spoke at a Kingston and District Labour Council event at Lake Ontario Park on Saturday afternoon. The other speakers at the BBQ & Family Day gathering were Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) president Hassan Yussuff, Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) president Robyn Benson and Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) secretary-treasurer Nancy Hutchinson.
EU member state Slovenia expresses concerns about ISDS reforms
European Union member state Slovenia appears to have concerns about the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the United States-European Union Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Given this, there is reason to be hopeful that these concerns would also extend to the ISDS provision in the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
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