ACTIVlist Update - May 9, 2016
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TAKE ACTION: Liberal MPs – federal pipeline reviews need real change
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We’ve launched a new action alert, in just a few easy steps you can tweet, call or email your Liberal MP with key demands for the Energy East pipeline review.
An invitation to protest the TPP this week!
The House of Commons standing committee on international trade will be in Montreal, Quebec City, Windsor and Toronto this week to hear testimony on... the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Bad medicine pt. 4
Despite the increased patent rights over the past decade we are seeing less R&D, higher drug costs, and increased research into specialty drugs(specialty drugs – that cost up to $500,000 per year – now account for 25% of private drug spending in Canada).
Sudbury chapter in solidarity with the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation
The Council of Canadians supports the Atikmeksheng First Nation in its struggle to protect its waterways. On April 22, the chapter presented a $400 cheque to the Atikmeksheng First Nation to help it save the waterways within its boundaries threatened by the toxic pollutants remaining from an abandoned mining site.
Kamloops chapter hosts 41st Annual Peace Walk
The Council of Canadians Kamloops chapter hosted the 41st annual walk for peace this past Saturday (May 7).
Trudeau considers letting U.S. war resisters stay in Canada
The Council of Canadians joins with the War Resisters Support Campaign in calling on the Trudeau government to allow war resisters to stay in Canada.
Solidarity with the Halifax Typographical Union
The Council of Canadians stands in solidarity with the Halifax Typographical Union and the 57 reporters, photographers, editors and support staff at the Halifax Chronicle Herald who have been on strike for the past 109 days.
Mines continue to put waterways in British Columbia at risk
Major concerns are being raised about the waterways threatened in British Columbia by mining.
Council of Canadians to be at 'Break Free' kayak climate action in Burnaby, May 14
Council of Canadians organizer Diane Connors will take part in the 'Break Free' climate action in Burnaby next weekend.
TTIP talks on verge of collapse, CETA ratification vote expected later this year
Talks on the United States-European Union Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) appear to be on the verge of collapse.
St. John's chapter in 3,000-person strong protest against austerity
The Council of Canadians St. John's chapter protested the provincial government's austerity budget again today.
Bad medicine pt. 3
In this third article in the Bad Medicine series we will look at how changes to patent regimes resulting from trade deals- like the TPP and CETA- create less transparency into the pharmaceutical industries research and development (R&D) and their nefarious influence on medical practices.
Media Release: TPP critics to make case against the controversial deal at Montreal consultations
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