ACTIVlist Update - April 24, 2017
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- Published on Monday, 24 April 2017 15:15
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Trudeau government seeks 'progress' on Canada-China 'free trade' within two years Hamilton chapter joins anti-poverty protest to demand Toronto mayor opens the armouries, adds shelter beds Council of Canadians campaigner asks Michigan to reject Nestlé bottled water permit application North Shore chapter passes resolution on electoral reform at public meeting with their Liberal MP France to choose between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen in presidential election on May 7 Windsor-Essex chapter conducts Leap Manifesto survey Kitchener-Waterloo, Victoria, Montreal & London chapters march for science Montreal chapter joins with Eau Secours! for 'water taste test challenge' at school in Châteauguay Cowichan Valley chapter to hold public forum on the proposed Malahat LNG terminal Guelph chapter to mark National Day of Mourning for Workers Kitchener-Waterloo chapter receives reply from Magnette on CETA 'investment protection' mechanism Trudeau government's regulatory delay means 55 million more tonnes of methane emissions What was behind Trump's comment on NAFTA and energy? London chapter joins global 'March for Science' as Trudeau & Trump fail to fund research Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter screens Oshkiigmong & To The Ends of the Earth Ontario government's new rules for Nestlé fall well short of public demands
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The Trudeau government is signalling it wants to move quickly on 'free trade' with China before the October 2019 federal election.
The Council of Canadians Hamilton chapter joined with the Ontario Coalition against Poverty (OCAP) and others who camped outside Toronto Mayor John Tory's $2.4 million luxury... condominium on Saturday night to highlight their demand that he do more to help the more than 5,000 people who are homeless in Toronto.
Council of Canadians water campaigner Emma Lui has written a letter to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to ask that it reject a permit application from Nestlé Waters North America.
The Council of Canadians North Shore chapter held a public forum on electoral reform with their Member of Parliament Bill Casey on April 20.
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will advance to a second vote on May 7 to be France's next president.
The Council of Canadians Windsor-Essex chapter along with Windsor on Watch is conducting a Leap Manifesto survey today.
The Council of Canadians Kitchener-Waterloo, Victoria, Montreal and London chapters took part in yesterday's March for Science.
The Council of Canadians Montreal chapter participated in a 'Water Taste Test Challenge' at a school in Châteauguay on April 21.
The Council of Canadians Cowichan Valley chapter will hold a public forum on the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry on April 26.
The Council of Canadians Guelph chapter will be at the Day of Mourning gathering in their community.
The Council of Canadians Kitchener-Waterloo chapter has received an email reply from Paul Magnette, the minister-president of the Belgian region of Wallonia.
The Canadian Press reports, "Canada is going to put off for three years its plan to regulate cuts to methane emissions in the oil and gas sector."
There is wide-ranging speculation on the implications of US President Donald Trump's recent comments about Canadian energy exports and the upcoming renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The Council of Canadians London chapter will be taking part in the March for Science in their community today.
The Council of Canadians Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter screened two films -- Oshkiigmong: A Place Where I Belong and To the Ends of the Earth -- last night in a space shared by the Unitarian Fellowship of Peterborough and the Beth Israel Synagogue.
The Ontario government has announced modest changes to how bottled water companies, including Nestlé Waters Canada, are regulated in the province - but their tweaking falls well short of the substantive demands made by more than 20,000 people during recent public consultations.
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