ACTIVlist Update - June 1, 2017
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Canadians asked to read the book 'Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-Up Call' this month Barlow speaks at Group of 78 luncheon on the threat trade deals pose to water The Council... of Canadians mourns Mavis Otuteye, renews call for Safe Third Country agreement to be scrapped Liberals reject electoral reform in House of Commons vote Montreal chapter attends 'Soif de savoir, soif d’agir!' forum Kitchener-Waterloo chapter writes letter to the editor backing pharmacare for all Kitchener-Waterloo & Guelph chapters at 'Water is Life' conference with Maude Barlow Comox Valley chapter challenges Scheer's Kinder Morgan motion ahead of vote next week 14 chapters respond to the Liberal government voting down electoral reform Cowichan Valley chapter meets with NDP MP Alistair MacGregor to discuss pharmacare
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A group of Indigenous activists associated with Idle No More and Defenders of the Land have launched 'Canada Reads: The Unsettling of Canada Edition'.
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow spoke at a Group of 78 event in Ottawa earlier this week.
The Council of Canadians mourns the death of Mavis Otuteye and in the wake of the tragedy of her passing has renewed its call for the Trudeau government to rescind the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement.
The Liberal government voted against electoral reform in the House of Commons today - breaking a key promise they made during the October 2015 federal election.
The Council of Canadians Montreal chapter attended the "Thirst for knowledge, thirst for action!" forum on May 30.
The Council of Canadians Kitchener-Waterloo chapter has had a letter to the editor published in the Waterloo Region Record in support of pharmacare.
The Council of Canadians Kitchener-Waterloo chapter tabled at the 'Water is Life' event at the University of Waterloo yesterday that featured Maude Barlow, Vandana Shiva, Chief Leslee White-Eye, and Shiv Chopra.
The Council of Canadians Comox Valley chapter has countered Conservative leader Andrew Scheer's pro-Kinder Morgan pipeline motion in advance of an upcoming vote in the House of Commons.
Council of Canadians chapters across the country are responding to the Liberal government voting down electoral reform in the House of Commons yesterday.
The Council of Canadians Cowichan Valley chapter met with NDP Member of Parliament Alistair MacGregor to discuss the need for a national pharmacare program that would provide universal access to prescription drugs for everyone in this country.
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