ACTIVlist Update - October 4, 2018

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Published on Thursday, 04 October 2018 11:44

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This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to canadians.org. Please use this link to forward ACTIVlist to a friend and encourage them to join! Thank you for your interest and support.

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B.C.’s thirsty LNG and fracking industry is a threat to water supplies
On Monday, a consortium of big energy players made a final investment decision that approved LNG Canada, a $40 billion dollar fracked gas project, paving the way for more fracking in B.C.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Coastal tour companies stage ‘peaceful paddling’ flotilla against offshore drilling

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Ground zero

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Published on Friday, 05 October 2018 11:40

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Guess who ISN'T covered by privacy laws

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Published on Thursday, 04 October 2018 05:32

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Paov, I’ve got a pretty straightforward question for you: do you think that Canada’s political parties should follow Canada’s privacy laws?

72% of people in Canada do.1 As does the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.2 And so does the all-party committee that...

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Free Public Transit

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Published on Wednesday, 03 October 2018 21:13

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A Socialist Project podcast ... No. 6 ... October 4 2018
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Free Public Transit

Episode 6: Canadians consider healthcare to be a right -- we don’t think the amount of money people have should determine whether they can see a doctor. Is it possible to think of public transit as a public good? We talk to Herman Rosenfeld, a member of Free Transit Toronto, to explore the idea of free public transit.

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Poverty Reduction Legislation has been Tabled!

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Published on Wednesday, 03 October 2018 16:54

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Friend --

Yesterday, the BC government tabled the Poverty Reduction Act (Bill 39)! Congratulations to you all for getting...

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YOU. JUST. WON.

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Published on Wednesday, 03 October 2018 16:47

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WE. JUST. WON. The CRTC just denied Bell’s dangerous application to censor the internet and force the end of net neutrality in Canada. And it wouldn’t have been possible without you.

The dangerous proposal would have allowed a few unaccountable corporations, like Bell, to blacklist sites. It would have put unprecedented control over what we view on the net in the hands of a handful of unaccountable, profit-driven corporations.

Luckily, you sprang into action against Bell and we won!

Help spread the good news about your people-powered win by sharing this news!

Members like you really did a lot to secure this win amazing win against Bell.

First, almost 100,000 members like you signed the petition calling for the end of Bell’s dangerous censorship plan. This immediately made it so...

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Costco

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Published on Wednesday, 03 October 2018 15:02

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ACTIVlist Update - October 3, 2018

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Published on Wednesday, 03 October 2018 13:23

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This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to canadians.org. Please use this link to forward ACTIVlist to a friend and encourage them to join! Thank you for your interest and support.

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Nestlé is draining a French village of its water – is Canada next?
A video posted on the Focus on Europe website looks at how “in Vittel, France, Nestlé is bottling so much spring water that the water table is sinking.”

Offshore Nova Scotia: Not Worth The Risk rally in Halifax
People rallied outside the Maritimes Energy Association’s Core conference today in downtown Halifax, chanting ‘Water is Life’, holding signs and...

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We defeated Bell

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Published on Wednesday, 03 October 2018 08:31

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The CRTC rejected Bell’s website blocking proposal “FairPlay Canada”.

I have great news for you, Paov!

Yesterday, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) rejected Bell Canada’s dangerous website blocking proposal.1 This is a huge win for the open Internet in Canada.

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Solidaires Score Important Breakthrough in Quebec Election

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Published on Wednesday, 03 October 2018 04:15

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1679 ... October 3, 2018
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Solidaires Score Important Breakthrough in Quebec Election

Richard Fidler

The October 1 general election campaign in Quebec unfolded as two distinct contests. One was the competition between the Liberals and Coalition Avenir Québec for control of the government. The other was a battle between the Parti québécois and Québec solidaire for hegemony within the pro-sovereignty movement.

In the end, the CAQ replaced the Liberals in government on a platform that claimed to offer "change" but in substance promises even more of the same capitalist austerity inflicted on the Québécois under successive governments since the mid-1990s. PLQ support is now heavily concentrated in its minority Anglophone enclaves of western Quebec.

The real change, however, was registered in the surge of support for Québec solidaire,...

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Trans Mountain

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Published on Tuesday, 02 October 2018 19:26

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The NEB are not expecting a lot of comments from us -- they've made it about as difficult as possible to participate (you need a fax machine or need to send a letter in the mail!). But we're not going to let that stop us. By clicking below, you can add your voice now.

Trudeau is trying to ram the Trans Mountain pipeline through despite the Supreme Court’s decision to quash the project.

The deadline to submit a comment on the scope of the new hearings for the pipeline is TOMORROW -- can you add your voice now?

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ACTIVlist Update - October 2, 2018

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Published on Tuesday, 02 October 2018 11:46

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This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to canadians.org. Please use this link to forward ACTIVlist to a friend and encourage them to join! Thank you for your interest and support.

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NAFTA 2.0: better but still deeply flawed
Canadian and American negotiators came to agreement on a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), or NAFTA 2.0.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Reject Teck Frontier Mine, Council of Canadians tells Joint Review Panel

They tried to exclude us -- now they cant ignore us

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Published on Tuesday, 02 October 2018 10:09

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Dear friends,

Thanks to people like you, in just 4 days, the National Energy Board received over 3500 faxes demanding that the new review of the TransMountain pipeline consider climate change, marine protection, and Indigenous consent. Together, we’ve overwhelmed the NEB’s fax machine in Calgary to the point that they can’t keep up with the sheer volume of submissions.

With stacks upon stacks of comments piling up, it’s impossible for them to ignore our message -- and we have until tomorrow to keep the pressure up. Will you take a minute to click and fax the NEB telling them to fix the broken pipeline review process?

Why are we faxing our submissions instead of using 21st century technology? Well, it turns out that the easiest way to participate in the NEB’s process for public comments...

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I'm not supposed to show you this

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Published on Tuesday, 02 October 2018 08:40

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We must FIGHT BACK AGAINST THEIR ATTACKS ON PR NOW! Will you help?

Please read this email - it's never been more important

Dear FVC Supporter,

One of the first rules of campaigning is never to showcase your opponent's talking points. Today, I'm breaking that rule so you know what we're up against.

Scroll down to the bottom of this email to see just three of the ads the NO campaign is swamping social media with in BC. In communities from Victoria to rural and interior BC, we're hearing these messages at the door.

The claims in these ads are COMPLETE FABRICATIONS. There's no gray zone here.

Let me rephrase that. These ads are outright lies.

Elections BC doesn't investigate lies. Political speech is exempt from Advertising Standards. So opponents can say whatever they want to scare voters and ensure they keep first-past-the-post.

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