ACTIVlist Update - October 20, 2016
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New Council of Canadians chapter launched in Kitchener-Waterloo WIN! Gatineau city council rejects the Energy East pipeline Winnipeg chapter fights against the Energy East pipeline Northumberland chapter celebrates Elma Parker Trudeau backs away from promise of electoral reform Lui meets with federal officials about the Navigation Protection Act review OceanaGold loses its World Bank challenge against El Salvador Barlow to present World Council of Churches with blue community certificate, Oct. 25 TiSA negotiators set Dec. 5-6 as deadline for conclusion of talks The Trudeau Liberals one year after the election Hamilton chapter protests Line 10 outside NEB hearing PEI chapter calls on federal finance committee to raise corporate taxes Centre Wellington chapter makes fight against Nestle well in Elora a cross-country grassroots effort Kent County chapter presents to Canadian Environmental Assessment Act review panel Saskatoon chapter hosts Barlow at 'Boiling Point' event ----------------------- ACTION ALERT: Tell Ontario to expropriate Nestlé’s well for local community and phase-out bottled water permits MEDIA RELEASE: Expropriate Nestlé well for community’s drinking water: Council of Canadians
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About 25 people came together in Kitchener-Waterloo last night to launch a local chapter of the Council of Canadians, Canada’s largest social activist group.
On September 29, Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow wrote to about 2,000 of our supporters in the Ottawa-Gatineau area.
The Council of Canadians... Winnipeg chapter is part of a four-person team fighting the proposed 1.1 million barrel per day Energy East pipeline.
The Council of Canadians Northumberland chapter is expressing its appreciation of Elma Parker.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to be backing away from his pledge of electoral reform.
Council of Canadians water campaigner Emma Lui met with the manager of the Navigation Protection Act review, her director and the Director General of Environmental Programs at Transport Canada yesterday.
The Blue Planet celebrates the rejection of OceanaGold's challenge against El Salvador, but highlights that the challenge should never have been allowed and that the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) is still highly problematic.
Blue Planet Project founder Maude Barlow will be in Geneva to present a blue community certificate to the World Council of Churches (WCC) on October 25.
The Blue Planet Project opposes the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) because it would make it easier to privatize local water systems and harder to remunicipalize them, while its deregulation agenda for the mining and energy sectors would further imperil sources of drinking water.
One year ago today the Trudeau Liberals were swept to power when they won 184 seats in the House of Commons with the promise of "real change".
The Council of Canadians Hamilton chapter protested alongside allies today against the Enbridge Line 10 pipeline.
The Council of Canadians PEI chapter made a presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) today in Charlottetown.
At our Groundswell 2016 conference in St. John's this past weekend, Council of Canadians Centre Wellington chapter activist Diane Ballantyne highlighted an editable template letter with chapter activists from across the country.
The Council of Canadians Kent County chapter presented to a federal expert panel on environmental assessments at their hearing in Fredericton on October 11.
The Council of Canadians Saskatoon chapter hosted Maude Barlow for a public event on Boiling Point: Government Neglect, Corporate Abuse, and Canada’s Water Crisis.
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