ACTIVlist Update - March 13, 2017
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Public Safety Minister Goodale & US Homeland Security Secretary discuss asylum seekers
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The Council of Canadians has been calling on the Trudeau government to rescind the Canada-US Safe Third Country agreement.
Alberta to ban private, for-profit plasma collection clinics, other provinces should follow
The Council of Canadians has been opposing private, for-profit plasma collection clinics since March 2013.
Centre Wellington chapter screens 'Bottled Life', a film about Nestle water-takings
Chapter activist... Libby Carlaw tells us, "Over 40 supporters came out to see the powerful documentary outlining Nestle business practices around the world and their predatory practices illustrated in communities in Maine, Pakistan, and Nigeria.
Local groups oppose plan for nuclear waste site on Ottawa River
The Council of Canadians expresses its solidarity with local groups that are in opposition to a proposed radioactive waste disposal facility on the Ottawa River near the Chalk River nuclear facility.
UNESCO says national park threatened by Site C, tar sands as rivers no longer navigable
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has issued a report that raises concerns about the impacts of tar sands development and the Site C hydroelectric dam on the Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta.
Bulgarian president opposes CETA, says it will be referred to Constitutional Court
The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) continues to encounter obstacles in its lengthy ratification process in European member state parliaments.
Trudeau government implements Harper government's funding formula for health care
The Trudeau government has struck twelve deals with individual provinces and territories that end the 6 per cent funding escalator for public health care and worsens the risk of services being cut and privatized.
Northwest Territories chapter supports call for Conservative Senator to resign after comments on residential schools
The Council of Canadians Northwest Territories chapter has thanked their Member of Parliament -- Liberal MP Michael McLeod, who is Métis -- for calling for the resignation of Harper-appointed, Dryden, Ontario-based Conservative Senator Lynn Beyak given her remarks on residential schools.
Comox Valley chapter at rally in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
The Council of Canadians Comox Valley chapter rallied today in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
Council organizer AJ Klein challenges TD at #NoDAPL & #StopKM protest
Council of Canadians organizer AJ Klein spoke at the "Standing Rock Solidarity Rally - TD Out of KM and DAPL!" organized by our allies the Treaty Alliance and Climate Convergence Metro Vancouver.
What's needed for water protection in Trudeau’s 2017 budget?
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives launched its 2017 Alternative Federal Budget, High Stakes, Clear Choices, yesterday.
Health Accord loss means a new decade of our public health care being underfunded
Today the governments of Ontario, Quebec and Alberta all signed bilateral health funding deals with the Federal government.
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