ACTIVlist Update - July 6, 2016
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Canada's immigration minister to travel to Brussels over CETA visa issue Regina chapter supports "Colonialism No More" camp The Council of Canadians stands in solidarity with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers Mississippi Mills chapter attends vigil in the river Ontario ignored own scientific advice to clean up mercury at Grassy Narrows CETA to be considered a "mixed" agreement, now more vulnerable to defeat Trudeau government may privatize Canada's airports South Niagara chapter defends Thundering Waters Forest Council of Canadians calls for fair trade, rejects racism in anti-free trade arguments Newfoundland & Labrador government suspends decision to close 54 libraries Delta-Richmond, Vancouver-Burnaby chapters oppose Massey Bridge ------------------------ MEDIA RELEASE: CETA vulnerable to defeat: Council of Canadians
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The Canadian government's requirement of a visa for all travellers from Romania and Bulgaria has put a strain on the ratification of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). As a result, Immigration Minister John McCallum will be in Brussels next week to try to smooth over the issue.
The Council of Canadians... Regina chapter supports the Colonialism No More - Solidarity Camp, which is now in its 80th day of being in place in front of the INAC (Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada) office in Regina (Treaty 4 territory).
The Council of Canadians expresses its solidarity with the 50,000 workers represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) who received a lockout notice from Canada Post today.
On the evening of July 4th, members of the Mississippi Mills chapter of the Council of Canadians joined with allies to hold a vigil in the river that flows through the center of town to protest a planned hydroelectric project.
Another scandal has just come to light in the tragic mercury poisoning of Grassy Narrows First Nation.
It would appear that the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, will back down from its earlier statements and present the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) as a "mixed" agreement rather than an "EU-only" agreement.
Is the proposed "asset recycling" of Canada's airports a climate crime in the making?
The Council of Canadians South Niagara chapter will be organizing two 'peaceful awareness' rallies - one on July 7, the other on July 11 - to protect the Thundering Waters Forest.
The Council of Canadians rejects the politics of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, as well as the characterization that being critical of 'free trade' is the same as being isolationist.
The Council of Canadians St. John's chapter has been actively opposing the Dwight Ball government's austerity budget, which included closing 54 of the 95 libraries in the province.
The Council of Canadians Delta-Richmond and Vancouver-Burnaby chapters are opposed to the proposed Massey Bridge.
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