ACTIVlist Update - November 24, 2016
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Fredericton chapter calls on Canadian banks to divest from Dakota Access Pipeline WIN! Federal government tables amendments to the Canada Elections Act Public comment period on neonicotinoid pesticide ban closes February 17 Trudeau privatization bank could finance Site C transmission line, spur deal for Trans Mountain pipeline approval Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter at public meeting on PDI utility sale this evening Barlow signs message of support for Anishnabe and Cree women in Val d'Or Barlow, Yussuff & Silas challenge the Trans-Pacific Partnership at public forum in Winnipeg ---------------- MEDIA RELEASE: Elections Act changes a win for democracy, say Council of Canadians and Canadian Federation of Students
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The Council of Canadians Fredericton chapter is calling on major Canadian banks to divest from the Dakota Access Pipeline.
In November 2014, the Council of Canadians and the Canadian Federation of Students filed an application in the Ontario Superior Court challenging provisions of the Harper government's Fair Elections Act for infringing... on the right to vote guaranteed to Canadians under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The Council of Canadians supports the call for an immediate ban on neonicotinoid pesticides.
The Trudeau government appears open to helping to finance a hydro-transmission line – a power line that could cross many rivers now left unprotected by the Navigation Protection Act – from the Site C dam in Treaty 8 territory in northeastern British Columbia to Alberta through its new infrastructure privatization bank.
The Council of Canadians Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter opposes the proposed sale of Peterborough Distribution Inc. (PDI), the city-owned utility that distributes electricity in Peterborough, Lakefield and Norwood, to the provincial electricity transmission and distribution utility Hydro One.
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow has signed a message of support for Anishnabe and Cree women and girls directly affected by sexual violence by the Sûreté du Québec.
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow challenged the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) at a public forum in Winnipeg last night.
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