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Sending horses to slaughter?

Details: Published on Thursday, 22 December 2022 13:42; Written by editor

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PAOV — A year has passed since the federal Minister of Agriculture Marie-Claude Bibeau received a mandate letter directing her to end the export of live horses for slaughter. No action has yet been taken. Last week, 100 horses were exported from Vancouver for slaughter. Join over 290,000 people in demanding the end of live horse export.

Canada, stop exporting live horses for slaughter.

294,487 have signed Canadians Against Live Export - YYC’s petition. Let’s get to 300,000!

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Lee Harvey Oswald, the CIA, and LSD: New Clues in Newly Declassified Documents

Details: Published on Thursday, 22 December 2022 02:03; Written by editor

Healthcare wait times

Details: Published on Wednesday, 21 December 2022 13:40; Written by editor

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PAOV — More than 26,000 people have signed Yudhvir’s petition to improve healthcare wait times. Will you add your name?

Define healthcare benchmarks for all medical services in Ontario.

28,248 have signed Yudhvir Goyal’s petition. Let’s get to 35,000!

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We have to write this letter with a heavy heart as healthcare has touched rock bottom in Ontario. In the past few years, many family physicians are reducing patients, walk-in...

Ravi thinks its going to be tough.

Details: Published on Wednesday, 21 December 2022 08:02; Written by editor

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A carpet of dead bees

Details: Published on Tuesday, 20 December 2022 23:41; Written by editor

Sylvia,

Beekeepers are finding a carpet of dead bees where hives used to live – and it's about to get much worse.

Bayer and Syngenta are using an “emergency” loophole in the law to try and dismantle the progress we've made on banning neonics in Europe, and now fields are again drenched in these toxic pesticides.

But we could close this bee-killing loophole!

Right now, local bee-defenders are preparing to sue against these fake "emergencies" and make governments enforce the ban. If everyone reading this chips in the cost of a jar of honey, we could raise the funds they need to fight to close this bee-killing loophole – can you chip in to help?

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Iran to execute athlete

Details: Published on Tuesday, 20 December 2022 14:34; Written by editor

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Footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani has been sentenced to death by the Iranian regime for supporting the women’s rights protests. PAOV, will you add your voice to urge the Iranian regime to stop his execution?

STOP THE EXECUTION OF AMIR NASR- AZADANI

213,268 have signed Natalia Marcellino’s petition. Let’s get to 300,000!

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Iranian footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani could face execution

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According to ’Iranwire’, Amir Nasr-Azadani (26) was...

Happy Holidays from CoDev!

Details: Published on Tuesday, 20 December 2022 11:14; Written by editor

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Ekō -- our new name

Details: Published on Tuesday, 20 December 2022 08:05; Written by editor

Sylvia,

Exciting news – you recently voted on two name options to launch a new chapter for SumOfUs – and we have a winner!

Welcome to the global community of Ekō! Where we will continue to fight together for people and planet over profits. I can’t tell you how proud it makes me to be co-creating this new era together, as a community of change-makers. There’s nothing like it out there and there’s nothing like us anywhere!

The new Eko logo

Thank you for being part of this process of change and for your continued commitment to growing our impact around the world – representing both the power and diversity of our membership and work.

In the new year we'll start changing our name across platforms and updating our website. We appreciate your patience while we navigate this process and look forward to sharing more updates with you soon!

Thanks for all that you do,
Emma and the team

SumOfUs is a community of people from around the world committed to curbing the growing power of corporations. We want to buy from, work for and invest in companies that respect the environment, treat their...

Save the dolphin Manoliño: he is injur

Details: Published on Tuesday, 20 December 2022 07:28; Written by editor

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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:

Save the dolphin Manoliño: he is injured and his life is in danger.

Yasmín Rodríguez (@entre_aletas ) started this petition to Galician Ministry of Environment, and it now has 11,931 signatures

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Bonobo forest

Details: Published on Monday, 19 December 2022 23:38; Written by editor

Sylvia,

A 20-year ban on industrial logging has been lifted in the Congo Basin, opening up the only home of endangered bonobos to even greater threats from deforestation and illegal poaching.

Without their rainforest home, these gentle apes won't survive. But there is a surefire way to save these bonobos: secure official protection for two million acres of rainforest, and defend it from loggers.

And we can help for as little as £1 / €1 / $1 per acre!

If everyone reading this email chips in, our community-led partners can secure thousands of more acres of critical bonobo habitat right away. Can you help save the bonobos?

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A personal request from Jeremy Scahill

Details: Published on Monday, 19 December 2022 17:00; Written by editor

We wanted to make sure you didn’t miss this important note from Intercept co-founder Jeremy Scahill. Can you chip in to help reach our goal today?

The most profitable way for any public figure to build an audience is to tell people what they want to hear — which is usually that everything wrong with America is the fault of an opposing political faction or party.

Trust me, I get the temptation. I could spend all my time decrying the Trumpist far right — but pontificating about the obvious is a missed opportunity to shed...

You helped to meet this goal, now lets beat it.

Details: Published on Monday, 19 December 2022 13:31; Written by editor

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Pulling Back the Curtain on Canada's Mass Surveillance Programs

Details: Published on Monday, 19 December 2022 10:00; Written by editor

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Dear Friend,

Nearly a decade ago, the BCCLA filed lawsuits challenging secret spying programs operated by the Communications Security Establishment (“CSE”). As the government agency responsible for collecting intelligence from communications and computer systems and securing Canadian government cybersecurity, CSE has a duty to handle citizens' personal information with care.

The BCCLA challenged CSE’s mass surveillance of Canadians’ telephone and internet communications, arguing that their bulk collection of metadata and private communications violated Canadians' Charter rights to privacy.

We wrote about this in ‘Pulling Back the Curtain on Canada's Mass Surveillance Programs’ - a two-part Commentary series by Greg McMullen.

After years of secret hearings, the case is now over. The BCCLA’s litigation ended with the government making sweeping changes to how Canada’s spy agencies operate, including an entirely new review body that can receive public complaints and new policies restricting how the identities of individuals can be shared.

While there are vast improvements to the secrecy and lack of accountability formerly in place, this new system...

Scumbag of the Year is back!

Details: Published on Monday, 19 December 2022 07:05; Written by editor

Scumbag of the Year is back!

Elon Musks Growing Purge of His Twitter Critics — at the Behest of the Far Right

Details: Published on Sunday, 18 December 2022 16:20; Written by editor

Where we go from here

Details: Published on Sunday, 18 December 2022 08:10; Written by editor

Paov,

This is one of my favourite emails to write. Every December, we take a moment to look back at the year, and look to the future. This moment always fills me with gratitude for the bold, unapologetic, people-powered climate movement we have built together over the years. Thank you for everything you have done to support 350 Canada and the climate movement.

For three years, we have been in a collective struggle grappling with a global pandemic and economic uncertainty that has upended how we show up and organize together. Despite this, we accomplished some amazing things together in 2022. We have a lot to celebrate.

In March, over 50 communities from coast to coast to coast took to the streets as part of the Day of Action for a Just Transition. From Victoria to Winnipeg to Lunenburg, thousands of people used art...

Let's create the longest wildlife corridor in East Africa!

Details: Published on Saturday, 17 December 2022 23:39; Written by editor

Sylvia,

A majestic and essential breeding ground for elephants is about to be sold off to international investors and destroyed, but a nearby Maasai community is trying to come to the rescue -- we can help them win!

These indigenous leaders already run a wildly successful conservancy and if they can show they have the resources to acquire the land and remove the fencing that threatens migrating herds, the sellers say they have a deal. But investors are already calling with big offers, so they need to move fast -- that's where we come in!

Just 200 dollars will allow the community to grow the conservancy by a whole acre of essential land! Together we can help create the longest wildlife corridor in East Africa. Are you in?

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Help Wanted! (Not Money!)

Details: Published on Saturday, 17 December 2022 16:12; Written by editor

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Sign this message to President Joe Biden: Issue an executive order requiring federal contractors to disclose their political spending.

Details: Published on Saturday, 17 December 2022 14:24; Written by editor

This is a message from a partner organization of The Intercept and does not imply the editorial endorsement of The Intercept or any of its staff. Our partner organization will collect your name and email address if you participate in the action below.

Republicans have won the House, making the passage of the DISCLOSE Act — a legislation that would shine a light on secret money spending in politics — very difficult. Despite broad support from the general public for shining a light on secret money in politics, Republicans in Congress have opposed and even blocked a vote on this critical legislation.

So long as Congress is unable to pass this critical legislation, it’ll be up to the Biden administration to take the needed steps to protect and strengthen our...

Dogwood News This Week: the bare minimum

Details: Published on Saturday, 17 December 2022 06:03; Written by editor

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90 per cent of gas piped into B.C. buildings comes from fracking, making it the third largest source of our province’s climate pollution.

The fact that we burn toxic, planet-heating gas in our homes, schools and workplaces and think nothing of it is a testament to the power of industry marketing campaigns that have branded gas as ‘clean’ and ‘natural'.

Powering buildings with clean electricity instead of dirty gas makes a lot of sense in a province like B.C with abundant hydro energy. While switching over existing buildings will take time, keeping gas out of the new ones being built should be step one,...