ACTIVlist Update - July 21, 2016
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Quinte Chapter protests disposable water bottles and promotes 'Plastic-Free July' Barlow calls on McKenna to stop Enerdu dam in Almonte Peterborough chapter calls on Monsef to take action for immigration detainees Council of Canadians calls for governments to implement pharmacare Chilliwack chapter at launch of Sea Shepherd campaign against farmed salmon Real climate leadership for people and the planet 3 Essential Steps needed by National Energy Board for open, fair public hearings on Energy East Canada's trade minister in the UK, May government reaffirms commitment to help get CETA ratified Trudeau popular in the polls, but concerns begin to emerge OPG plays games with Minister's orders ------------------------- TAKE ACTION: 91% of Canadians want a National Pharmacare Program 
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A few Quinte Chapter members headed out to Belleville’s Waterfront and Ethnic Festival held at Zwick’s Park on Saturday, July 9th.
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow has joined the call for federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna to issue an emergency order to stop the construction of the Enerdu Power Systems hydroelectric dam... on the Mississippi River in Almonte, a town of 50,000 people located just south-west of Ottawa.
The Council of Canadians Peterborough chapter was at a rally yesterday to demand an end to immigration detention.
Council of Canadians health care campaigner Michael Butler will be in Whitehorse this July 20-22 to intervene at the Council of the Federation meeting of premiers.
The Council of Canadians Chilliwack chapter attended the launch of a new Sea Shepherd Conservation Society campaign yesterday.
We need to keep it in the ground, develop meaningful relationships and take bold climate action.
Speaking with the public about Energy East at the weekly information table of our Council of Canadians Fredericton chapter is a great litmus test of public opinion on this project.
Canadian trade minister Chrystia Freeland met with the United Kingdom's new Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox in London yesterday to discuss the implementation of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) as well as future UK bilateral 'free trade' agreements.
There is no doubt that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is exceedingly popular.
The Council of Canadians has joined with 43 other concerned groups to send a letter to federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna concerning Ontario Power Generation’s proposal to site a nuclear waste dump on the shores of Lake Huron in Kincardine, Ontario.
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