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Justice for Animals Rescued From Montrose Rd in Niagara Falls, ON

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PAOV – this petition is taking off on Change.org, and we think you might be interested in adding your name. Sign now to help:

Justice for Animals Rescued From Montrose Rd in Niagara Falls, ON

Jasmin Sewell started this petition to John Greer, Jim Diodati, Sylvia Jones, Provincial Animal Welfare Services, Paula Milne and it now has 40,240 signatures

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Join us to tomorrow as our monthly series continues

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You're invited!

This Thursday, May 27th at 7 pm Eastern

Brew some tea and join us for a conversation with Elaine Bishop, member of Winnipeg Monthly Meeting, former Clerk of Canadian Yearly Meeting, and former Coordinator of CFSC.

This is the fifth installment in our on-going series all year long on the last Thursday of the month to celebrate Canadian Friends Service Committee's Read more: Join us to tomorrow as our monthly series continues

Finding the way out

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Zara

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Zara’s millionaire CEO is bankrolling Uyghur genocide in China.

With your help, we’re putting his shameful secret on full display in a national newspaper.

Can you chip in to stop Zara profiting from Uyghur genocide?

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"They have a chair called the 'tiger.' My ankles were shackled, my hands locked to the chair ... They had thick wooden and rubber batons ... needles to pierce the skin, pliers for pulling out your nails.”

Mass torture, rape and forced sterilisation -- welcome to life in a Uyghur concentration camp in China.

And Zara is buying cotton produced by inmates in these state-run factories.

Uyghur activists are pleading with them to stop. So far, Zara has refused. You could...

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Euthanizing black bears

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PAOV — A black bear in Abbotsford, nicknamed Georgina by locals, and her two cubs are at risk of being euthanized by local authorities. Development around their habitat has limited their roaming ground. Petition starter Paula is demanding that the bears be relocated instead of euthanized. You can help by signing the petition today.

Do not euthanize Georgina and her Cubs!

1,094 have signed Paula Schieven-Pietersma’s petition. Let’s get to 1,500!

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Council This Week

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Saturday! Challenging the COP26 "Business as Usual" Climate Agenda

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What if I told you there was a better way?

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Greater Victoria School District

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PAOV — “Music is a lifeline, don’t let the district take this away.” Petition starter Coral is urging the Greater Victoria School District (SD61) to cancel proposed cuts to music education funding, fearing the impact this will have on students. More than 20,000 people have signed Coral’s petition — if you agree, add your name.

School District #61 - Don’t deprive students of an education in music.

20,529 have signed Coral Lemay’s petition. Let’s get to 25,000!

We wont be bullied

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In February, Intercept investigative reporter Mara Hvistendahl delivered a major scoop, uncovering evidence that tech giant Oracle had marketed and sold software to be used for surveillance by police in China and other oppressive regimes around the world.

So how did Oracle react to the story? Did the company challenge our reporting? Admit its actions and pledge to reform its policies?

Nope. Oracle responded by attacking our reporter. Viciously.

Oracle executive Ken Glueck first lashed out in lengthy blog posts. He asked people to help him dig up dirt on Hvistendahl personally. Then he harassed her on Twitter, getting himself temporarily suspended from that platform.

Despite all the bullying, threats, attacks, and insults, Oracle hasn’t refuted our central findings. And that’s why we won’t back down when Oracle or any other giant corporation, politician, or...

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Implementing UNDRIP – What will this mean for the Indigenous people?

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Dear Friend,

The Canadian government is once again debating the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ (UNDRIP) application in Canada, a nation that would not exist but for genocide and the theft and occupation of Indigenous lands.

On December 3, 2020, the federal government introduced Bill C-15, An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the House of Commons. The bill attempts to establish a process for the domestic implementation of the UNDRIP.

The rights and principles affirmed in UNDRIP constitute the minimum standards for the survival, dignity, and well-being of Indigenous peoples of the world.

But what might the implementation of Bill C-15 mean for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis rights holders in relationship to Canada? Read more in my new blog featuring various perspectives on Bill C-15.

Despite the hard work and perseverance of Indigenous peoples to bring about what became UNDRIP, Canada’s journey towards its endorsement...

Pentagon Plans to Monitor Social Media of Military Personnel for Extremist Content

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At the Ministry now: we need your help!

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It’s time to put pressure on French President Macron to drop funding for Big Oil giant Total's destructive project in the Arctic.

Thanks to your support, this morning, we’re heading to the French Ministry of Economy to hand over your signatures in a very spectacular way!

It's a surprise, so we can’t tell you more just now but, A, to strengthen our stunt, you can also act by directly calling out Macron and the French government on social media.

A, can you tell Emmanuel Macron, that the world doesn’t want him to finance the destruction of our planet?

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190,000 signatures have already raised the alarm on a matter that has so far been kept well hidden from the public.

These last few months, French President Macron has talked a lot but done literally nothing about climate chaos. Even worse, while he himself warned that participating in melting the Arctic ice "would kill us all", he is now ready to write a blank check to...

Proposed golf development

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PAOV — “Nova Scotians are rightfully concerned about the park, the process, and the precedent.” Thousands are calling on Nova Scotia to formally protect Owls Head Provincial Park, a biodiverse coastal headland on the province’s Eastern Shore. The park was removed from Nova Scotia’s Our Parks and Protected Areas Plan without public consultation, and the province signed a letter of offer to sell the land to a developer for a proposed golf resort. Petition starter Lindsay wants to see Owls Head formally protected to preserve both access and coastal ecosystems. If you agree that Owls Head should be protected, add your signature today.

Save Owls Head Provincial Park

It shouldnt be allowed in Canada

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Barn owl experiments

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PAOV — A John Hopkins University researcher is studying barn owls for medical research. Petition starter Mannat wants the experiments to stop. Concern has been raised by PETA over inhumane treatment and torture of the owls, which includes implanting electrodes into the owls’ brain while they are fully conscious, as well as implanting bolts in their skulls to hold the owls in a stationary position. If you agree that these experiments should stop, sign the petition today.

Stop Tormenting Barn Owls

1,458 have signed Mannat Benipal’s petition. Let’s get to 1,500!

Even a Big Oil cheerleader agrees with us

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Friends,

Today, the International Energy Agency, a notoriously pro-fossil fuel organization, made a surprising move. In a landmark report, the IEA confirmed that building or investing in any new fossil fuel projects is dangerously out of step with securing a safe climate. 1

We’ve been saying these things for a long time. But, now, even some of Big Oil’s biggest allies agree. This has three major implications for Canadian climate politics.2 Let me break them down for you:

First, this report makes it clear that we cannot afford to waste any more public money on fossil fuel projects. In particular, we simply cannot spend another dollar on the Trans Mountain pipeline. The costs of the TMX pipeline are ballooning every day and the IEA report is further proof that backing this project means breaking Canada’s climate commitments. Now is as good a time as any to tell the Trudeau government to...

Covid ravaging India

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The world is watching in horror as India collapses under a gigantic wave of Coronavirus.

Only 0.2% of vaccines have been given to low income countries, while rich countries hoard vaccines and pharma companies refuse to suspend their profit-pumping patents.

But the US and other governments are changing their tune, and we have a real shot to win -- can you chip in for an urgent campaign to make vaccines available for all?

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Patients gasp for air, but there’s no oxygen to give them. Desperate families watch their loved ones die in front of them, unable to help.

The world has failed India and the rest of the Global South. Vaccine deliveries have slowed to a trickle, while pharma companies cash in big on the Coronavirus, selling to the highest bidder.

But as...

Reminder: Saturday Webinar on COP26 - International Perspectives

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