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Proportional Representaion
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- Published on Thursday, 31 May 2018 09:45
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We’re ready to go all in on the biggest campaign we’ve ever run in BC to win proportional representation for our Province. But before we can get to work, we need to know if you’re with us.
It’s on! BC’s Attorney General has just recommended that in October of this year, British Columbians will vote in a referendum on proportional representation. [1]...
IFPTE Local 160 in Toronto is Looking for a Staff Director
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- Published on Thursday, 31 May 2018 09:19
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About that bailout
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- Published on Friday, 05 October 2018 11:40
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I'm worried
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- Published on Thursday, 31 May 2018 08:57
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Paov,
My name is Alana Schultz, and I'm in charge of fundraising at OpenMedia.
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The Canadian Pension Plan: The Deadly Hand of the Market
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- Published on Wednesday, 30 May 2018 22:12
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1614 ... May 31, 2018
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The Canadian Pension Plan: The Deadly Hand of the Market
Judith Deutsch
A recent article in the Toronto Star and its accompanying photo bear comment. The reaching hands are not of rioting, starving people grasping for food but of stockbrokers on the trading floor. The article, about protecting individual portfolios, counsels people to know of their options though "the majority of investors have little or no understanding of puts and calls and, in most cases, don’t want to be bothered." A number of practices keep the public uninformed, including a plethora of neologisms that defy comprehension, lack of transparency, and skewed computations that omit life’s crucial externalities. Economics has been called the "dismal science," but "abysmal" more fittingly describes its deadly impact on people worldwide.
No Kinder Morgan Bailout! Victoria March on May 31st @ 5:30pm
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- Published on Wednesday, 30 May 2018 16:16
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ACTIVlist Update - May 30, 2018
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- Published on Wednesday, 30 May 2018 13:43
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board should support the public good, not Trudeau's pipeline
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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Over the years, The Council of Canadians has been critical of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board's investments in Goldcorp (the transnational mining corporation), Laricina Energy Ltd. (that has major holdings in the tar sands), and Anglian Water (the private, for-profit water company in England).
Media Release: Young Albertans disrupt Morneau's meeting with business leaders to oppose pipeline purchase
May E-News - What we told a parliamentary committee
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- Published on Wednesday, 30 May 2018 10:37
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Your cell phone bill is too high
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- Published on Wednesday, 30 May 2018 10:07
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Paov,
When the government asked The Big Three to come up with affordable data plans for Canadians — because of the desperate need to do something about our highest-in-the-world mobile bills1 — they came back with data-only plans of 500MB for $30 a month.2
Meanwhile, just this weekend Rogers quietly announced a flash-in-the-pan deal only for new customers in Manitoba for 30GB for $80 (plus Canada-wide calling).3, 4
WHAT IS A FAIR PRICE FOR DATA?
Let’s...
Bezos
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- Published on Wednesday, 30 May 2018 09:11
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At Amazon’s annual general meeting, we’re asking shareholders to give CEO Jeff Bezos someone to answer to by appointing an independent chair of the board.
Join our Tweetstorm to tell Amazon shareholders: #BezosNeedsABoss!
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With Amazon, convenience has a cost. Behind the two-day shipping and monthly toilet paper deliveries, Amazon has another side that Jeff Bezos, as both CEO and chair of the board, doesn't want you to know about: profiting from far-right media like NRATV, paying employees so little they can’t put food on the table, and skirting taxes that pay for social services.
Our communities are suffering under Jeff Bezos’ leadership. And it’s no surprise: lack of accountability is built into Amazon’s corporate structure, where Bezos is both...
The government just bought Trans Mountain pipeline
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- Published on Tuesday, 29 May 2018 21:48
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Kinder-Morgan Fiasco: The Cat Is Out of the Bag at the CPPIB
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- Published on Tuesday, 29 May 2018 14:39
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1613 ... May 30, 2018
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Kinder-Morgan Fiasco: The Cat Is Out of the Bag at the CPPIB
Bob Farkas
In the weeks and months ahead, there will be many political casualties of the Liberal government’s crisis surrounding the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. The first of these, however, was the carefully-crafted illusion that the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s (CPPIB) investment decisions are free from political influence. Over two decades, the Board had painstakingly constructed the pretence that Board decisions stood above retail politics.
Despite occasional whispers of politically-inspired Board investments and industrial policy by stealth, the public position of the Board has been a steadfast insistence on autonomy and independence. For two decades, a parade of faith groups, trade unionists, environmentalists, and mining justice activists beat a...
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ACTIVlist Update - May 29, 2018
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- Published on Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:28
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Better ways to spend $4.5 billion
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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There is a lot to say about today's announcement that the Liberal government is ready to buy the Kinder Morgan pipeline and expansion for $4.5 billion.
Trudeau commits to buy Kinder Morgan pipeline as First Nations water advisories increase
This morning the Trudeau government confirmed that it would pay $4.5 billion to buy the Kinder Morgan pipeline. The pipeline project is estimated to cost up to...
BREAKING: Trudeaus buying Kinder Morgans pipeline
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- Published on Tuesday, 29 May 2018 11:25
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PAOV,
We just learned that the Trudeau government will spend $4.5 billion in public money to buy the TransMountain pipeline from Kinder Morgan along with the company’s core assets.
There’s a victory here. Indigenous-led and people-powered organizing has officially forced one of the world’s largest oil companies to abandon a massive tar sands pipeline. Unfortunately, this also means that the Canadian government isn’t just at the beck and call of oil companies, it’s become one.
Like many of you, we hoped that Kinder Morgan abandoning this project would be the end of this fight, forcing Justin Trudeau to reject pipeline politics so we could get on with the work of pushing Canada to lead the 100% renewable energy revolution. But it’s not,...
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- Published on Monday, 28 May 2018 17:00
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...ACTIVlist Update - May 28, 2018
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- Published on Monday, 28 May 2018 13:31
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Fact-checking Notley's Kinder Morgan talking points
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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As Kinder Morgan’s May 31 decision deadline for their Trans Mountain Expansion project approaches, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and her NDP government are doubling down on how ardently they can support the pipeline.
What is the current status of the Canada-China Free Trade Agreement talks?
In September 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced that there would be exploratory talks toward a...
Bees
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- Published on Monday, 28 May 2018 13:14
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The European Union (EU) just banned bee-killing pesticides by the end of the year. Meanwhile, Canada is falling far behind.
Call on Canada to catch up to the EU and protect the bees.
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Canada is now falling dangerously behind in the global fight to save the bees.
Last month, the European Union (EU) banned the three major bee-killing neonic pesticides -- and the ban will be enacted by the end of 2018. Meanwhile, Canada will ban only 1 of the 3 bee-killing neonics, and only by 2022.
And make no mistake, Canadian bees need saving. Just last week, CBC reported that beekeepers in New Brunswick are finding that...
Railway workers fight against privatisation - please take a few seconds to show your solidarity
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- Published on Monday, 28 May 2018 06:49
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