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Largest tar sands mine ever?
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- Published on Thursday, 08 February 2018 16:16
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Thanks to new legislation passed today, the broken review processes for tar sands and pipeline projects will be reformed. But there’s one big project still being reviewed under the old rules -- the largest tar sands mine ever proposed.
Tell Ottawa to review Teck’s Frontier Mine under its new climate and Indigenous rights regulations.
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Breaking news: Ottawa just announced major changes to how pipelines and tar sands projects are approved! Now, new projects will have to pass new rules. This is great news.
But here’s the problem: the largest open-pit tar sands mine ever proposed in the history of Canada is still slated to...
What a week.
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- Published on Thursday, 08 February 2018 15:32
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Friends,
This has been one interesting week. In the past few days we’ve seen Indigenous peoples in BC launch a call for bold action to stop Kinder Morgan, the Alberta government attack small BC businesses on behalf of a massive Texan oil company, and the Trudeau government’s rollout of new environmental legislation. Oh, and the House of Commons voted the United Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) into law last night.
That’s a lot, and so I have to warn you, this email is on the long side. But, we think it’s important to try and explain exactly what’s happening this week, and what it means for all of us.
So let’s start with the most recent events. Earlier today, Catherine McKenna introduced sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental assessment regime....
Its not too late to join us for a wild ride
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- Published on Thursday, 08 February 2018 12:38
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Hey,
Reload your activist arsenal with some metamemetic ammunition:
Scorching temperatures, money madness, cool fascismo . . . we’re living through one of the most perilous moments ever in human history.
Thinking Differently About Poverty
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- Published on Thursday, 08 February 2018 12:29
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© Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty One of poverty’s many harms is the way it restricts its victims’ access to justice. Unfortunately, most of the world’s governments still treat poverty and the law as separate issues. Shielding judges and attorneys from political meddling is obviously crucial, but enforcing this barrier too rigidly makes it harder for policymakers to see how poverty and legal needs interact. There’s a long way to go, but the grassroots work being done in the United States and Colombia is deeply encouraging.
Voices
Latin America & the Caribbean
Why Latin America Is a Hotbed of Political Innovation
After years of authoritarian rule in many countries, a wave of political engagement is sweeping across Latin America, transforming the region into a seemingly bottomless reservoir of new ideas for modernizing democracy.
Fight back against SLAPPs
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- Published on Thursday, 08 February 2018 11:48
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This Week Was Bonkers
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- Published on Thursday, 08 February 2018 09:07
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Idaho, Kicker test! tell your Governor to say
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- Published on Thursday, 08 February 2018 06:16
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Social Justice Coalition Meeting Thursday 7pm
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- Published on Friday, 05 October 2018 11:40
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SOCIAL JUSTICE COALITION MEETING is scheduled for
7pm Thursday, Feb. 8 in the BCGEU Hall at 2994 Douglas
We extend our invitation to all committees and organizations who are working for Social Justice to join together.
r42
Social Environmental Alliance #310 - 599 Pandora Avenue
Victoria, BC
Canada
ACTIVlist Update - February 7, 2018
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- Published on Wednesday, 07 February 2018 13:57
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Big Oil pushes for NAFTA, Council calls for end to energy proportionality and ISDS provisions
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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Recent statements and news reports have highlighted that Big Oil is pushing to both save and deepen climate-killing provisions in NAFTA, including the energy proportionality and investor-state dispute settlement provisions.
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Writing a Letter to the Editor in your local paper is an easy and effective way to make a difference in your...
February 2018 Events List
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- Published on Friday, 05 October 2018 11:40
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“Deliberately destroying food”
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- Published on Tuesday, 06 February 2018 04:31
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Breitbart
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- Published on Monday, 05 February 2018 14:39
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Amazon continues to advertise on Breitbart and we are upping the pressure!
Every step of the way SumOfUs members like yourself and our allies have been involved in tremendous online and offline efforts to curb Amazon’s destructive growth. In order to win this fight, we need you to sign the petition urging Amazon to finally ditch Breitbart!
Our efforts are working! With direct actions at Amazon’s HQ, shareholder resolutions filed to reduce Jeff Bezos’ unrestricted power, and our viral holiday video outside Whole Foods, their recent $13.7 billion purchase, Amazon has already requested a meeting for us to share our concerns.
While we have their attention, it is time we show them that hundreds of thousands of SumOfUs members won’t stand for another dollar going to Read more: Breitbart
ACTIVlist Update - February 5, 2018
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- Published on Monday, 05 February 2018 11:46
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Climate Agreement calls for Better Transit, not Freeways Cautions to consider as Trudeau government tables water and energy project review legislation
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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The City of Victoria recently sent a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau, B.C.'s Premier Horgan and key Ministers requesting the prompt and complete implementation of the Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change promise to shift investments from higher to lower emitting types of transportation.
Last night, The Globe...
Two journalists in jail
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- Published on Monday, 05 February 2018 04:49
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Red and Green: The Ecosocialist Perspective
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- Published on Sunday, 04 February 2018 22:33
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 1552 ... February 5, 2018
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Red and Green: The Ecosocialist Perspective
Michael Löwy
The contemporary international political economy is marked by a great contradiction. On a planet characterized by finite resources, the economy is predicated upon an absurd and irrational logic of infinite expansion and accumulation. With its fossil fuel based operations continually spewing carbon into the earth’s atmosphere, the capitalist system’s productivist obsession with profit has brought humanity to the brink of an abyss. Climate change is accelerating much faster than predicted – the accumulation of CO2, the rise in temperature, the melting of the polar ice, the drought, and the floods: everything is happening too quickly. In fact, the scientific assessments are now perceived as being too optimistic. The question is: after a certain level of increase in...
What we learned from you
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- Published on Saturday, 03 February 2018 09:59
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Event: Challenging Solitary Confinement
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- Published on Friday, 02 February 2018 13:08
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ACTIVlist Update - February 2, 2018
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- Published on Friday, 02 February 2018 13:04
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WIN! Council of Canadians celebrates removal of Cornwallis statue from Halifax park Chapters this Week! ___________________ MEDIA RELEASE: Council of Canadians rejects Liberal approval of...
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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On January 30, the Canadian Press reported, "Halifax council has voted to immediately remove a statue from a downtown park, with several councillors calling the bronze figure of the city’s controversial military founder a barrier to reconciliation."
Here's a snapshot of recent and upcoming chapter actions across the country!
Andrew Casey
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- Published on Friday, 02 February 2018 05:39
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