ACTIVlist Update - June 12, 2017
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- Published on Monday, 12 June 2017 15:15
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A group of Canadian teachers could decide the future of Chile's water supply Hands Across the Water - Marching over the Nashwaak River for the Future We Want Private-pay clinics and double-billing cause hardship and lengthen wait-times Community, Education and Decolonization for Canada’s 150th Chapters this Week! Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, Centre Wellington & London chapters at Waterstock Fredericton chapter & allies march against the Energy East pipeline Winnipeg chapter attends Indigenous Climate Summit __________________ MEDIA RELEASE: Private-pay clinics and double-billing cause hardship and lengthen wait-times MEDIA RELEASE: Council of Canadians condemns Wynne government giving green light to fracking in Ontario
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Currently in the throes of a freshwater crisis, Chile is facing the consequences of Pinochet-era policies that have left nearly all the country’s freshwater supplies and water-related services in the hands of multinational corporations.
At the same time as oil prices continue to... sink, people of all ages are speaking up louder and louder for leadership on climate change.
The Globe and Mail has published this feature article that reveals that: 63 per cent of the 699 doctors who work at 71 private-pay clinics also work in the public system.
As Canada’s 150th anniversary approaches, we at the Council of Canadians feel like it’s important to take some time to think about our relationship to this land and its people.
Council of Canadians chapters take action for social, economic and environmental justice.
The Council of Canadians Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, Centre Wellington and London chapters were at the Wellington Water Watchers-organized Waterstock gathering in Erin (about 80 kilomtres north-west of Toronto) today.
The Council of Canadians Fredericton chapter marched against the proposed Energy East pipeline yesterday afternoon.
I'm grateful to have had the chance to attend the Indigenous climate summit hosted by the Turtle Lodge with Winnipeg Chapter activist Jobb Arnold on Friday.
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