[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - October 9, 2015
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Has your polling station moved?
Yesterday, the CBC reported that 436 voters in Calgary received voter information cards from Elections Canada directing them to the wrong polling station. And this isn’t an isolated incident.
Open letter to Opposition Party Leaders on Tar Sands Expansion Freeze
There is a lot at stake with this federal election, including our capacity to start addressing climate change, the most pressing issue of our time. Putting a freeze on further tar sands expansion and related infrastructure is a critical step, yet two of the major opposition parties has not made these commitments. So far, we have mostly vague promises of an improved process for reviewing tar sands pipelines.
Construction of Site C dam now underway
The Journal of Commerce reports, "Construction crews are now more than two months into construction for the Site C dam megaproject. Workers are continuing site preparation activities, including clearing work, building access roads and starting construction of a 1,600-person worker accommodation camp."
What happens after Election Day?
Stephen Harper has claimed he won’t use procedural tricks to stay in power after Election Day if the Conservatives fall short of any of the other parties by even one seat. Here's the problem: arguing that “the party that wins the most seats in our system forms the government” is itself a procedural trick. Why? Because it’s not true.
Federal Appeal Court judges to rule on Northern Gateway pipeline
The Canadian Press reports, "The fate of the Northern Gateway pipeline project is now in the hands of a trio of Federal Appeal Court judges who reserved their decision [on Thursday October 8] on whether to uphold or quash the government's approval of the controversial project." If the environmental approval certificates were quashed by the court, the project could not continue.
Early indications give hope for a higher voter turnout this election
While it's too early to say whether there will be a higher overall voter turnout this election, the indications look positive.
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