[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - September 21, 2015

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Published on Monday, 21 September 2015 13:45
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Council of Canadians ACTIVlist Update

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Welcoming Caribou Legs to Ottawa as he completes his Vancouver-Ottawa run to protect waterways!


Harper's "old-stock Canadians" comment and cuts to health care for refugees

During the leaders' debate this past Thursday, Conservative leader Stephen Harper stated, "The only time we’ve removed [health care coverage] is where we have clearly bogus refugee claimants who have been refused and turned down.... We do not offer them a better health care plan than the ordinary Canadian can receive. I think that’s something that most new and existing and, and, old-stock Canadians agree with."


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Media Release: Paris Climate Summit: New report protects climate legislation from trade deals

OTTAWA – Hopes are high that world leaders will conclude with a multilateral agreement on climate change in Paris this December. But any agreement could be undone when government leaders attempt to implement changes back home.

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