[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Summer Roundup - September 8, 2015
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Water everywhere, Canadian policy nowhere
July 29, 2015
Five years ago this week, the United Nations adopted a historic resolution recognizing the human rights to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as “essential for the full enjoyment of the right to life.”
It's time we talked about health care this election
August 21, 2015
The 2015 election campaign is well underway and the airwaves are fully saturated with political messages. Yet, of particular concern there seems to be a conspicuous absence of any talk regarding Canadian health care and the devastation caused to the system over the past 9 years of Conservative rule. In the only debate so far with all the national leaders, healthcare was given a passing mention only 3 times. At the same time, a recent poll highlighted that 73% of Canadian voters feel ‘fixing healthcare’ is an absolutely crucial policy plank for parties to address to win their vote.
TransCanada's 54 year old time bomb explodes
August 24, 2015
The Transportation Safety Board has released its report on the rupture and explosion of TransCanada’s pipeline in Otterburne, Manitoba in January of 2014.
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