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Resistance from coast to coast
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 June 2018 15:11
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Friends,
I’ve been fighting Kinder Morgan for over half a decade now and I have never seen such rapid and large-scaled demonstration of resistance to this pipeline.
Yesterday, thousands of people in more than 100 communities all across the country mobilized for snap actions to show Prime Minister Trudeau that he can’t dump billions of our tax dollars into Kinder Morgan’s climate wrecking, Indigenous rights violating, failing pipeline and tanker project. Now let’s drive that message home. Will you sign the petition calling on Trudeau to hold cross-country consultations on his Big Oil buy out?
The resistance to Kinder Morgan has come a long way and I'd like to thank you for everything you've done to be a part of it. Here are some of the highlights from the photos I...
How you can help stop Doug Ford
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 June 2018 10:21
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Stop anti-union aggression at AB InBev Sonepat India!
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 June 2018 09:45
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Beekeepers at the Bayer AGM
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 June 2018 07:21
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Bayer’s annual shareholder meeting was a PR disaster -- and it’s all thanks to you!
With the international spotlight of the world on Bayer, we made sure to get one message trending online on Twitter, into the press and right in front of the shareholders’ noses: Bayer’s profits come with a hefty price tag -- the massive global die-off of our bees.
With your help, we sponsored beekeepers' attendance at the shareholder meeting and directly confronted Bayer about its bee-killing pesticides. The beekeepers joined a group of incredible SumOfUs volunteers, and together we made our protests heard, handed out leaflets and staged a mock-funeral for “the last bee”.
You don't have Facebook? No problem, here's the video on Youtube.
Punitive Austerity: Ford, the Tories and the Coming Cuts
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- Published on Monday, 04 June 2018 21:47
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1616 ... June 5, 2018
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Punitive Austerity: Ford, the Tories and the Coming Cuts
Natalie Mehra
Many Ontarians are captured by the idea of getting the same or more services for less money. But few know what the numbers might actually mean. Since Doug Ford [Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario] did not release a clear platform, Ontarians know more about how much a beer may cost if the Conservative leader is elected than they know about how much their hospitals may be funded. This is a serious problem because the numbers that Mr. Ford has revealed are disturbing.
On Wednesday in a radio interview, Mr. Ford said that he was going to eliminate the provincial deficit in three years. This is on top of major revenue...
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Thank you!
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- Published on Monday, 04 June 2018 17:00
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...ACTIVlist Update - June 4, 2018
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- Published on Monday, 04 June 2018 14:12
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Chapters this Week! 22 chapters to say #StoptheKMbuyout at rallies on June 4! Remembering Kimy Pernia Domico and his fight for Indigenous rights and water justice
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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Here's a snapshot of recent and upcoming chapter actions across the country.
Twenty-two Council of Canadians chapters will be mobilizing across the country with the demand #StoptheKMbuyout!
Kimy Pernia Domico was an Indigenous Embera Katio water justice activist in Colombia who was disappeared on June 2, 2001.
BREAKING: 100+ communities rising to oppose the pipeline buy out
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- Published on Monday, 04 June 2018 12:52
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Friends,
Today, people are rising all across Canada against Trudeau’s decision to buy the TransMountain project from Kinder Morgan with over $4.5 billion of public money. Over 100 actions at MPs’ offices are happening, and it all came together in a matter of days.
By making this decision, the Trudeau government has made all of us shareholders of the TransMountain pipeline project and they should be prepared to hear from us everywhere they go. While people take action at over 100 events today, will you join thousands of others in demanding public consultations on Kinder Morgan’s pipeline in every riding across Canada?
Toronto-Centre - Finance Minister Bill Morneau's office
Read more: BREAKING: 100+ communities rising to oppose the pipeline buy out
Our privacy policy
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- Published on Monday, 04 June 2018 08:44
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I’ve been working with my team at SumOfUs to update our Privacy Policy -- so we can make it easier for you to understand how we use and protect your information to carry out the mission of putting people and planet over profit.
As part of this we’ve also improved our transparency to you: our website shows more clearly how we’re funded and what we do with your donations.
Our new privacy policy came into effect on Friday, May 25, 2018. Here are the biggest updates:
- We’ve reorganised our Privacy Policy to make it easier to understand the data we have, how we use and protect it, and your choices.
- We’ve removed outdated parts of our Privacy Policy, which covered the create your own petition platform which we no longer offer.
- We are restricting our services to people over the age of 16.
- We’ve made it easier for you to request changes to how we...
Amazon Workers Organize
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- Published on Sunday, 03 June 2018 21:13
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1615 ... June 4, 2018
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Amazon Workers Organize
First-ever Agreement Between Amazon and Unions Halts Inhumane Work Hours in Italy
UNI Global Union
Amazon employees in Italy have made history. Workers announced on May 23rd the first-ever direct agreement between unions and the company anywhere in the world. The Italian agreement tackles inhumane scheduling, one of the core labour problems at Amazon fulfilment centres globally.
The deal, which is supplementary to the nationwide sectoral collective labour agreement, ensures fairness in scheduling through reductions in mandatory night shifts and distributing weekend work in a just way. Amazon is notorious for long hours, punishing quotas, and little break time during shifts. In some facilities, workers say they do not have time to even use the restroom.
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I'm worried
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- Published on Sunday, 03 June 2018 07:13
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Paov--Did you see the email we sent the other day? We got a great response and we’re so close to eliminating our fundraising shortfall. Will you chip in to push us over the top?
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IAM is Looking for a Canadian Research Director in Toronto
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- Published on Sunday, 03 June 2018 06:00
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Nancy Fraser: Feminism and Marxism
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- Published on Saturday, 02 June 2018 21:58
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Nancy Fraser: Feminism and Marxism
Noted scholar Nancy Fraser joined us for a wide-ranging interview covering Marx’ and Engels’ view of social reproduction, the tension between class, gender, and race, and the need for a “Feminism for the 99%”. Nancy Fraser was interviewed by Albert Scharenberg of the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, New York.
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BREAKING NEWS: Referendum question just announced - take action!
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- Published on Friday, 01 June 2018 14:47
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BREAKING NEWS! A question for voters - and two things you can do now to make sure every vote counts!
Today the BC government announced the question that voters will be asked in the referendum on proportional representation:
1. Which should British Columbia use for elections to the Legislative Assembly? (Vote for only one.)
The current First Past the Post voting system
A proportional representation voting system
2. If British Columbia adopts a proportional representation voting system, which of the following voting systems do you prefer? (Vote for the voting systems you wish to support by ranking them in order of preference. You may choose to support one, two or all three of the systems.)
Dual Member Proportional (DMP)
Mixed Member Proportional (MMP)
Rural-Urban PR
Game on!
Read more: BREAKING NEWS: Referendum question just announced - take action!
The E.U.s gift to Monsanto
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- Published on Friday, 01 June 2018 09:42
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It's back
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- Published on Friday, 01 June 2018 07:59
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We thought it was gone for good, Paov.
The Prime Minister himself said it was a bad idea.1 Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly was even forced to admit it was a terrible plan.2 A poll showed 70 per cent of Canadians were against it.3
But yesterday, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications (CRTC) Commission dug the Internet Tax out of its grave, proposing fees on Internet services to fund Canadian content production.4
USA: Workers at Wendt need our solidarity now
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- Published on Friday, 01 June 2018 07:10
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ACTIVlist Update - May 31, 2018
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- Published on Thursday, 31 May 2018 13:35
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Trump's trade war brings retaliatory tariffs, questions about the future of NAFTA
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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Council of Canadians honorary chairperson Maude Barlow has tweeted, "US has launched trade war. In effect killed WTO and NAFTA."
Blue Planet Project promotes blue communities in Spain
Blue Planet Project founder and global water justice advocate Maude Barlow has just tweeted, "Meera Karunananthan and I are in Madrid with water activists and public water operators to promote Blue Communities."
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