Support Bill C-230

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Published on Friday, 04 June 2021 16:16

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– this is huge.

Canada’s first law on environmental racism has passed its first and second reading and is about to return to the House of Commons for its third and final vote.

Environmental racism refers to the fact that a disproportionate number of people in Canada who live in environmentally hazardous areas are members of an Indigenous or racialized community. Bill C-230 (The National Strategy to Redress Environmental Racism Act) highlights how decisions to place industrial plants and their waste streams, toxic dumps, oil and gas wells, and other environmental hazards in these communities are a result of racial discrimination.

If enough MPs vote in favour of passing Bill C-230 in its third reading, we could finally see real action from the government. But they won’t speak up unless they know a majority of Canadians are backing them.

Michael, will you show federal MPs there is huge public support for ending environmental racism...

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Were taking on one of Line 3s largest fun

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The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is one of the largest funders of the dangerous Line 3 pipeline – and we have a plan to stop them. By running hard-hitting online ads in leading Canadian newspapers, we can pressure RBC to immediately drop their funding for this Indigenous-right denying and climate-wrecking pipeline.

Will you chip in to run ads like the one below in leading Canadian newspapers?

We want to get these ads up and running as soon as possible and so far, 123 people have chipped in — but we're still $570 short and running against the clock. Our deadline is midnight tonight. Will you chip in what you can now so we can launch these powerful ads next week?

You can bet that RBC doesn’t want anyone knowing it’s funding this destructive project, and these ads could push this Canadian bank to stop financing this dangerous pipeline for good.

With determination,

Logan McIntosh
Digital and Campaign Strategies Director
Stand.earth

When you read this I might be in jail

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Published on Friday, 04 June 2021 12:26

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This is the last stand for old growth in B.C. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ 

As you read this, I am either on the old growth logging blockades on unceded Ditidaht and Pacheedaht territories on Vancouver Island, or I am in jail.

This won’t be the first time I have protested the logging of old growth rainforests on Vancouver Island. The first time was 27 years ago when as a young 23 year old, I spent many months living in a clearcut coordinating blockades with a local community group in Clayoquot Sound. I was arrested that summer of 1993. 27 years later, ancient giant trees are still falling and forest defenders are again facing arrest on unceded Ditidaht territory – also known as Fairy Creek and Caycuse.

This week independent scientists published maps of the critical old growth forests left in British Columbia that remain under threat and urgently need logging deferrals. The Fairy Creek and Caycuse watersheds are two of these areas. If the B.C. NDP had followed through with their election promise to implement the old growth panel recommendations, there would be no blockade. There would be no arrests.

So from wherever you are, will you help keep the pressure high...

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Ship waste dumping is accelerating the acidification of the ocean

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Oh, ship.

A few weeks ago the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) released a shocking new global report on ship pollution cheat devices, or scrubbers, and it’s clearly exposed the shipping industry’s sh*tty practices.

We know scrubbers dump toxic, acidic wastewater straight into the ocean, but how do we make the shipping industry stop when there’s little incentive for it to do so? I’m glad you asked

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Google Maps + Palestine

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Published on Friday, 28 May 2021 20:30

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PAOV — “According to Google, Palestine does not exist...this is an important issue, as Google Maps are now regarded as definitive by people around the world, including journalists, students and others carrying out research into the Israel-Palestine situation.” Petition starter Zak is calling on Google to identify Palestinian borders in Google Maps. If you agree, you can help by signing the petition today.

2,213,994 have signed Google: Put Palestine On Your Maps!’s petition. Let’s get to 3,000,000!

Upcoming panel - No One Left Behind: Reflections on human rights and civil liberties during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Published on Friday, 28 May 2021 20:30

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Dear Friend,

Join us for our upcoming digital panel: No One Left Behind: Reflections on human rights and civil liberties during the COVID-19 pandemic.

When: Wednesday, June 23, 2021; 7:30pm - 8:30pm PST / 10:30pm - 11:30pm EST

Where: Livestream on YouTube. RSVP by June 20th to receive a link.

Who: Lama Mugabo, Judith Sayers, Elene Lam, and Emilie Coyle. Moderated by Veronica Martisius, BCCLA Staff Counsel. Read more about the panelists and moderator.

ASL and live captioning available.

The COVID-19 pandemic has served as a flashpoint for human rights and civil liberties, with communities fighting for vital public health measures. Addressing the social determinants of health, such as race, class, gender, housing, colonialism, disability, age, working conditions, and immigration status, are essential for a meaningful public health response to COVID-19.

Over the...

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The big question

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Biden pursues drone sales to dictators. Democrats say nothing.

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Democrats are silent, but Joe Biden risks complicity in war crimes by selling drones to authoritarian regimes like the UAE.

When the Trump administration announced last July that it was loosening decades-old restrictions on the sale of military drones to authoritarian regimes, Democrats were quick to protest.

But now the Biden administration looks poised to keep this policy in place, allowing the sale of drones to countries like the United Arab Emirates, which Democratic and Republican administrations alike had refused to sell to since the 1980s. And what do we hear?

Crickets.

Amnesty International has called out U.S. drone sales for risking “complicity in likely war crimes in Yemen,” where the UAE has fueled a decadelong bloody civil war that’s killed nearly a quarter million people.

It was easy for Democrats to speak out on this horrifying policy when President Donald Trump was to...

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Cutblock approvals is the result of a “fire sale

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Published on Friday, 28 May 2021 20:30

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B.C. catches flak over rise in old-growth logging approvals

Despite the B.C. government's stated commitment to protect old forests, old-growth logging approvals in British Columbia jumped 43 per cent in the last year, a new study based on provincial government data shows.

According to mapping research by the Wilderness Committee, logging was approved in 84,669 hectares of old-growth forest in 2020-21 compared to 59,228 hectares the year before.

Torrance Coste, national campaign director for the Wilderness Committee, says the increase in cutblock approvals is the result of a “fire sale” on old-growth forests announced by the B.C. government.

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Taking the RCMP to court

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Pit bull ban

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PAOV — Nove and Dexter, two American Bullys, are being held under Ontario’s Dog Owners Liability Act, which limits and regulates pit bull ownership in the province. Petition starter Alix claims that neither dog is a pit bull; both are registered with the American Bully Kennel Club (ABKC). Alix is calling on the municipality to return Nove and Dexter to their loving home. You can help by signing the petition today.

4,273 have signed Alix Packard’s petition. Let’s get to 5,000!

URGENT: Bayer-Monsanto

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In 16 days, Switzerland could become the first country in the world to ban ALL pesticides.

Bayer and friends are in panic mode, going all out to stop it -- we need to match them blow for blow. Rush a donation to help blanket the country in ads -- and win the most important vote yet in our fight to save the bees:

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For 10 years, A, our community has been fighting for the bees, going toe-to-toe with Bayer over and over again. Now we face the most important vote yet.

On June 13, Swiss voters will decide whether to make their country the first in the world to ban ALL toxic pesticides.

If they do it, the battle for the bees will be forever transformed. It...

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AP Has Always Been Right-Wing

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