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PepsiCo: we demand palm oil action
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- Published on Sunday, 10 September 2017 06:45
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Everyday people leading change in Canada
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- Published on Sunday, 10 September 2017 06:15
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ACTIVlist Update - September 8, 2017
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- Published on Friday, 08 September 2017 14:15
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Quill Plains (Wynyard) chapter launches e-petition in support of postal banking Chilliwack chapter at Vancouver protest against open-pen salmon farms TransCanada may abandon Energy East project, seeks 30-day...
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The Council of Canadians Quill Plains (Wynyard) chapter has launched a House of Commons e-petition calling for postal banking.
The Council of Canadians Chilliwack chapter joined a rally in Vancouver yesterday in solidarity with Indigenous peoples to call for an end to open-pen fish farms.
1 new update on the petitions you support, PAOV
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- Published on Friday, 08 September 2017 11:30
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R&F.ca Weekly Update
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- Published on Friday, 08 September 2017 03:15
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Kinder Morgans Pipeline Shall Not Pass
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- Published on Friday, 08 September 2017 01:15
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1479 .... September 8, 2017
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Kinder Morgan’s Pipeline Shall Not Pass
B.C. voters did not grant permission for bitumen pipelines
Michael Hale
Shortly after British Columbia’s recent election, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley publicly declared that one province cannot hold another hostage by blocking a pipeline. She was referring to the fact that both the B.C. New Democrats and the Green Party had campaigned on platforms focused on building the new energy economy and opposing new pipelines. Many who live in B.C. reject Notley’s specious logic and instead believe that one province cannot trample First Nations’ rights and ruin the earth for the rest of the country.
A significant majority of Canadians know that climate change is real and is already happening. Polling shows that most want Canada to...
News from the Ecosocialist Coalition
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- Published on Thursday, 07 September 2017 17:45
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ACTIVlist Update - September 7, 2017
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- Published on Thursday, 07 September 2017 12:15
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Chapters this Week!
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BC Hydro Violated Rules for Protecting Indigenous Sites
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- Published on Thursday, 07 September 2017 09:15
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Bayer and Monsanto are raging.
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- Published on Thursday, 07 September 2017 08:45
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Holding big business accountable
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- Published on Thursday, 07 September 2017 05:15
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Highway of Tears
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 September 2017 20:45
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One of BC’s most dangerous highways, the Highway of Tears, is about to lose an essential mode of transportation that could put more lives in danger.
Highway 16 is also known as the Highway of Tears because of the high number of primarily Indigenous women and girls who have gone missing or been murdered while travelling along the highway since the 70s.
Greyhound, who are the only providers of long-distance transport along the highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert, have applied to end all bus runs along the route. [1] A majority of the women who have gone missing or been murdered along the highway have disappeared while hitchhiking, and without an affordable transportation service, communities along the highway are being put at risk. [2]
Just last week, BC Transportation Minister Claire Travena said that she is considering options to replace the Greyhound service, but with lives potentially at risk, there’s no time to lose. [3] We need to speak out now to ensure that safe and affordable transportation is put in place immediately.
ACTIVlist Update - September 6, 2017
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 September 2017 20:15
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WIN! BC government cancels construction on George Massey bridge project Trudeau may join Trump's deregulation agenda via NAFTA council proposal
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The Council of Canadians is celebrating the British Columbia government's decision to cancel construction on the proposed Massey Bridge in Metro Vancouver.
The Cato Institute -- which was co-founded by billionaire Charles Koch on "the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace" -- is calling on the Trump administration to...
Help keep the pressure on the Port of Vancouver
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 September 2017 14:30
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Friends,
First, thank you for signing the petition urging the Port of Vancouver to reject Kinder Morgan’s construction permit. In the few days since we launched, thousands of people like you have taken action, but we need even more voices. That’s why we need your help.
Can you forward this email to five people you think might want to sign the petition?
We know the Port could issue Kinder Morgan their permit any day now, so we need your help to send a powerful message.
You can also help spread the word by encouraging your friends to sign the petition by sharing it with your social networks.
In respect and peace,
Clayton Thomas-Muller
Animals need lawyers
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 September 2017 04:15
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Help us represent them r33
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Your support today will go TWICE as far to help animals.
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Dear PAOV,
We kicked off the End of Summer Compassion Challenge last week. From now until September 22, all new monthly donations will be matched by a generous donor up to $10,000!
With your gift today, animals can get the
Quebec Independence -- A Key to Building the Left in Canada
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 September 2017 22:15
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1478 .... September 6, 2017
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Quebec Independence – A Key to Building the Left in Canada
Richard Fidler
The 2017 edition of the Université populaire (the People’s University), meeting in Montréal August 17-19, included a panel of speakers from Quebec and English Canada on the possibilities for building a convergence of left forces in both nations.
It was chaired and introduced by Andrea Levy, a Montréal-based editor of Canadian Dimension, and included André Frappier, a former president of the Montréal postal workers and now a leader of Québec solidaire; Kevin Skerrett, a leading activist in Solidarity Ottawa; Corvin Russell, a Toronto solidarity activist and recently co-author with Andrea Levy of an excellent paper, "Mapping the Canadian Left: Sovereignty and Solidarity in the 21st Century" and myself. I am a...
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ACTIVlist Update - September 5, 2017
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 September 2017 15:15
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Chapters take part in Labour Day events Trudeau spends a quarter of a billion dollars on highways to facilitate open-pit mines in Yukon
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The Council of Canadians Kamloops, Hamilton, Regina, Campbell River, London, Guelph and Peterborough-Kawarthas chapters took part in Labour Day activities yesterday.
The Trudeau government will spend $247 million of public funds to subsidize highway and bridge construction for mining corporations that want to build open-pit mines in the Yukon that...
Host a discussion about proportional representation in September!
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 September 2017 13:15
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Democracy Week: September 15-21, 2017
Host a Democracy Discussion in September!
Working Together to Elect Politicians Who Will Keep Their Promises on Electoral Reform
The fight for proportional representation is far from over. We need your help to take the next steps!
As a movement, we are stronger, more informed, and more determined than ever. And we are looking ahead to 2019.
We need to make proportional representation an election issue again - bigger than 2015.
Read more: Host a discussion about proportional representation in September!
Fixing the National Energy Board
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 September 2017 11:00
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REMINDER - Iran: Free jailed trade union leaders Reza and Esmail now
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 September 2017 02:00
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More Articles...
- Labour and the Corporate Economy
- The Hope of the Hopeless
- Job Action at Toronto Pearson Airport Shows Why Little Strikes Matter
- Breaking: NAFTA
- UN Committee Condemns Canada For Continuing To Violate Indigenous Land Rights
- R&F.ca Weekly Update
- Thanks for standing up for the coast and climate!
- Celebrate Labour Day with Some Instant Solidarity
- Kinder Morgan needs one permit - and we can stop it.
- Should the ADL partner with the IDF?
