ACTIVlist Update - October 18, 2016
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NWT chapter challenges TPP at parliamentary trade committee hearing Barlow says Muskrat Falls dam violates UNDRIP Ontario... says trade rules limit how they can address Nestle water-takings CETA decision delayed at EU meeting, Trudeau government bullies to get deal Cayley-Daoust says Trudeau's pipeline spill liability rules are weak If you care about medicare you should pay attention to this Council activists occupy legislature lobby as Muskrat Falls dam flooding begins Barlow says Ontario bottled water proposals are "bare minimum first steps" Butler calls for new health accord, implementation of pharmacare --------------------- MEDIA RELEASE: New report calls for universal pharmacare as health ministers meet
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The Council of Canadians Northwest Territories chapter spoke against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT) by video conference today.
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow has tweeted, "Trudeau government should honour it's commitment to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and stop Muskrat Falls!"
Ontario environment minister Glen Murray says trade disciplines limit what the Ontario government can do with respect to Nestle water-takings.
News reports suggest that European Union member state representatives will not agree to conclude, sign and move toward the provisional application of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) at a critical meeting in Luxembourg today!
Council of Canadians energy and climate justice campaigner Daniel Cayley-Daoust says the Trudeau government is underestimating the potential costs of a pipeline spill.
Today the provincial and territorial health and finance ministers met in Toronto to discuss the Canada Health Accord and the future of medicare (tomorrow important negotiations on a new health accord begin with the federal government).
Council of Canadians organizers Angela Giles and Robin Tress, along with Moncton chapter activists Duc and Ylang Phi and allies, took part in an occupation of the lobby of the Newfoundland and Labrador legislative building today in opposition to the Muskrat Falls dam.
The Council of Canadians is calling on the Ontario government to do much more to protect the human right to water.
Council of Canadians health care campaigner Michael Butler spoke to media at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto today as provincial and territorial ministers met there in advance of a federal-provincial-territorial meeting tomorrow (October 18).
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