ACTIVlist Update - February 19, 2016

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WIN! Refugee health care benefits to be fully restored
The Council of Canadians has joined with many allies over the past three years to call for the full reinstatement of the health care coverage that has been denied to refugees by the Harper government since 2012.


Council of Canadians supports renaming of the Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst historic site near Charlottetown
The Council of Canadians has asked Catherine McKenna to remove the name of Amherst from an historic site... near Charlottetown.


Council of Canadians assists Shoal Lake 40 representative to speak at the UN on the right to water
The Council of Canadians has contributed funds to help a representative from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation speak at the United Nations in Geneva on the violation of their right to water.


Liberals allow private, for-profit blood plasma clinic to open in Saskatoon
The Council of Canadians has been opposing Canadian Plasma Resources opening for-profit blood plasma donation clinics since March 2013.


PEI chapter screens '500 Years Later', will hold workshop on racism
The Council of Canadians PEI chapter and Cinema Politica Charlottetown screened the film '500 Years Later' last night as part of Black History Month.


Treaty 8 land defenders and allies face arrest if Site C injunction granted
BC Hydro is seeking to secure an injunction on Feb. 22 against land defenders opposing the Site C dam.


Trudeau government delays its decision on nuclear waste dump on Lake Huron
The Council of Canadians has been calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reject a plan to bury 200,000 cubic metres of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste near Lake Huron.


Peterborough chapter co-hosts public forum on confronting barriers to inclusion
The Council of Canadians Peterborough chapter is co-hosting a public forum on the structural, systemic and cultural barriers to inclusion.



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