ACTIVlist Update - March 24, 2016
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Fredericton chapter calls for halt to provincial government's water strategy process Saskatchewan chapters call for transition to renewable energy Peterborough chapter supports local Leap Manifesto organizing Council of Canadians campaigners comment on Trudeau's federal budget Council of Canadians lukewarm on water funding in federal budget New report calls for changes to the Fisheries Act 9 questions that Brian Gallant's Government must answer before any Water Strategy process CETA and Sweden's call for a trade ban on North American lobsters Could GM potatoes be headed to Europe via CETA?
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The Council of Canadians Fredericton chapter is calling for a halt to New Brunswick's water strategy process.
Four Council of Canadians chapters in Saskatchewan have joined with allies under the umbrella of Green Energy Project Saskatchewan to call for a Commission of Inquiry and Public Consultation to examine the optimum means of transitioning Saskatchewan... away from fossil fuel dependence.
The Council of Canadians Peterborough chapter is organizing locally around the Leap Manifesto.
The Council of Canadians is giving mixed reviews to the federal budget released earlier this week.
The Trudeau government released its first budget yesterday on World Water Day.
The Council of Canadians endorses the West Coast Environmental Law report calling for the changes to the Fisheries Act made under the Harper government to be immediately repealed.
Why now? Is the Water Strategy being done for industries like Energy East, Sisson Mine, massive forest clearcutting, and shale gas fracking?
The Swedish government is concerned about imported North American lobsters spreading diseases to European lobsters in their coastal waters and is calling for a trade ban on live lobsters.
Could genetically modified potatoes soon be exported to Europe courtesy of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)?
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