ACTIVlist Update - May 23, 2017
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Northampton, Massachusetts city council to vote on 'blue community' motion on June 1 Common Frontiers calls on Trudeau to rethink his antagonistic policy toward Venezuela Trudeau government endorses plan to reach Trans-Pacific Partnership deal by November 10-11 Is Trudeau standing up to Trump or ready to rebrand the TPP as the new NAFTA? Chapters this Week! London chapter highlights the 'Rethink 150' art & storytelling initiative Northumberland chapter talks NAFTA encuentro on 89.7 FM South Shore chapter screens Silver Donald Cameron's film 'Green Rights' in Mahone Bay Victoria chapter marks International Conscientious Objectors Day with rally at recruiting centre 14 chapters to call on Trudeau to do more than tinker with prescription drug prices Quill Plains chapter calls on the NEB to include upstream & downstream emissions in Energy East review Kent County chapter asks DFO to provide updates on fish found near turbine in Bay of Fundy ______________________ MEDIA RELEASE: International Health Community Rejects TPP Revival in Open Letter to Trade Ministers meeting in Hanoi
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Northampton is poised to become the first blue community in the United States. The city of just over 28,000 people is situated 170 kilometres west of Boston.
Our ally Common Frontiers is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to rethink his policy towards Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government.
On May 19, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer wrote to Congress officially triggering the 90-day consultation period required to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The Trudeau government has committed to pursuing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), amending the text to allow for the deal to be implemented without the United States, allowing other countries to join the now eleven country trade bloc, and completing this work in time for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders summit on November 10-11.
Globe and Mail writers Parliamentary reporter Steven Chase, Washington correspondent Adrian Morrow and Quebec business correspondent Nicolas Van Praet argue in today's news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Council of Canadians chapters take action for social, economic and environmental justice.
The Council of Canadians London chapter is promoting awareness of the 'Rethink 150: Indigenous Truth' art and storytelling initiative.
The Council of Canadians Northumberland chapter was interviewed on Northumberland 89.7 FM on May 19 about an upcoming gathering in Mexico City of civil society and labour activists that will be strategizing around the imminent renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The Council of Canadians South Shore chapter screened the film Green Rights on May 19
The Council of Canadians Victoria chapter rallied against recruitment outside a Department of National Defence (DND) Recruiting Centre yesterday.
Fourteen Council of Canadians chapters are planning to meet with their Member of Parliament this coming week - equipped with this report and toolkit - to demand the Trudeau government implement a national 'pharmacare' program that would provide universal access to prescription drugs for everyone in this country.
The Council of Canadians Quill Plains (Wynyard) chapter has told the National Energy Board (NEB) that it supports the inclusion of upstream and downstream greenhouse gas emissions in its list of issues when evaluating the 1.1 million barrel per day Trans Canada Energy East tar sands pipeline.
The Council of Canadians Kent County chapter has written to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) asking for daily online updates about the injured fish found near a tidal turbine in the Bay of Fundy.
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