ACTIVlist Update - October 7, 2016
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Will Trudeau use the carbon tax as political cover to approve the Kinder Morgan pipeline? Atlantic chapters host Gordon Laxer speaking tour Peterborough chapter & allies host Avi Lewis talk on Localizing Leap Thunder Bay chapter holds "Who owns your food?" public forum Energy East pipeline spill would affect Ottawa's drinking water within 48 hours How to protect water through the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act - Part 3 How to protect water through the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act - Part 4 ------------------------- MEDIA RELEASE: CETA's "interpretive declaration" promises ring hollow: legal opinion
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced this week that he will implement carbon pricing in Canada.
The Council of Canadians Prince Edward Island, Fredericton, Saint John and South Shore chapters are hosting a 4-community tour featuring Gordon Laxer speaking on his book After the Sands: Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians.
This week, there were two competing narratives on free trade. While (astonishingly!) both the IMF and The Economist said there are problems with free trade, others asserted that free trade is under attack by "populists."
The Council of Canadians Peterborough chapter and its allies are key supporters of the Localizing LEAP committee in their community.
The Council of Canadians Thunder Bay chapter held a public forum on "Who owns your food?" earlier this week.
A new 30-page technical report commissioned by The Council of Canadians and Ecology Ottawa finds that a spill from the proposed 1.1 million barrel per day Energy East pipeline could have catastrophic impacts on the Rideau, Mississippi and Ottawa rivers and put the region's drinking water at risk.
This is the third part in a four-part blog series that aims to help people to participate in the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) consultations organized by the federal government and to advocate for better assessment and protection of water.
This is the last part in a four-part blog series that aims to help people to participate in the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) consultations organized by the federal government and to advocate for better assessment and protection of water.
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