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Vet who hit and choked pets faces criminal charges
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Dear PAOV,
We just got the news: Authorities laid animal cruelty charges against the St. Catharines veterinarian who abused animals!
Abusive vet Dr. Rekhi was busted last year on surveillance footage for horrific animal abuse. He choked, punched, and hit vulnerable dogs and cats in his care. Animal Justice stepped in right away, filing a legal complaint with law enforcement. We're incredibly relieved that he now faces 16 counts of criminal animal cruelty.
These charges are now the only way to protect animals from Dr. Rekhi. Despite the heartbreaking cruelty he inflicted on cat and dog patients, the College of Veterinarians of Ontario refused to revoke his vet license. His vet clinic...
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Justin Trudeau Just Asked the Pope for an Apology
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R&F.ca Weekly Update
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- Published on Friday, 02 June 2017 03:15
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CoDev E-Bulletin May 2017
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- Published on Thursday, 01 June 2017 17:15
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Urgent Action: Violence Against Protesters in Buenaventura
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- Published on Thursday, 01 June 2017 16:15
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ACTIVlist Update - June 1, 2017
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- Published on Thursday, 01 June 2017 14:15
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Canadians asked to read the book 'Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-Up Call' this month Barlow speaks at Group of 78 luncheon on the threat trade deals pose to water
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A group of Indigenous activists associated with Idle No More and Defenders of the Land have launched 'Canada Reads: The Unsettling of Canada Edition'.
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow spoke at a Group of 78 event in Ottawa earlier this week.
BREAKING: Trump withdraws from Paris
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- Published on Thursday, 01 June 2017 13:45
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Friends,
Today, we were planning to launch something special, but our plans went out the window when we saw the news that Donald Trump was preparing to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement.
He just finished his speech, and what’s clear is that other world leaders -- including Justin Trudeau -- must now stand up and take action to confront the climate crisis. We cannot settle for empty statements or the status quo.
2016 was the hottest year ever, and a huge wake up call. But 2017 is a fire alarm. If the world’s largest economy abandons climate action, we must all recommit to...
BREAKING: Trump destroys Paris Climate Deal
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- Published on Thursday, 01 June 2017 13:00
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Speak up on brain-harming pesticide before June 5!
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- Published on Thursday, 01 June 2017 11:00
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In times like these, we need LabourStart more than ever
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- Published on Thursday, 01 June 2017 06:15
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Workers at Asahi Australia need permanent jobs, not casual work!
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- Published on Thursday, 01 June 2017 05:15
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Ragpicking Through History: Class Memory, Class Struggle and its Archivists
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- Published on Wednesday, 31 May 2017 22:30
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1424 .... June 1, 2017
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Ragpicking Through History: Class Memory, Class Struggle and its Archivists
Tithi Bhattacharya
In 1990, I watched the Polish film maker Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Blind Chance (1981/1987) without registering the paralyzing potential of a particular scene.
The protagonist, Witek, meets an old Communist by chance on a train. As a result of that meeting Witek decides to join the Communist Party. Later, again by sheer chance, he runs into an ex-partner, also his first love. A beautiful, tender and fierce sex scene follows. In the calm of the after, Witek, almost absentmindedly, whistles the Internationale. His partner murmurs something approvingly. And then Witek says "How would you like it if I sang this everyday?" The young woman recoils. She knows he has joined ‘The Party’. She...
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10 Game-Changers in B.C.s NDP-Green Agreement
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- Published on Wednesday, 31 May 2017 19:45
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ACTIVlist Update - May 31, 2017
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Hamilton chapter hosts talk by anti-poverty activist 17 chapters mobilize to demand that the Trudeau government implements pharmacare now
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The Council of Canadians Hamilton chapter hosted a talk last night by local anti-poverty activist Laura Cattari.
Seventeen Council of Canadians chapters mobilized this past week to demand that the Trudeau government implements a national pharmacare program that would provide universal access to prescription drugs for everyone in this country.
2x the impact
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Dear Paov, Over 20 million people in northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen are currently at risk of starvation due to severe drought conditions or intensifying conflict.
On Monday, Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced that for every eligible donation made by individual Canadians to registered Canadian charities between March 17 and June 30, 2017, the Government of Canada will contribute an equivalent amount to the Famine Relief Fund.
At Global Citizen, we believe in creating change through the actions...
You helped us achieve these victories in May!
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NEWSLETTER
MAY 2017
No more bear shootings!
Animal Justice came out swinging after law enforcement gunned down a bear in Toronto instead of tranquilizing and relocating the animal. Now we're partnering with the Don Cherry Pet Rescue Foundation to help buy tranquilizers for the Toronto Police!
Read our opinion piece in the Globe and Mail >>
#PigTrial victory: Compassion is not a crime!
Save Movement founder Anita Krajnc was acquitted of criminal mischief for the compassionate act of giving water to thirsty pigs outside a slaughterhouse. Animal Justice wrote an exclusive Globe & Mail...
Can you write a letter to the editor about the electoral reform vote?
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- Published on Tuesday, 30 May 2017 14:45
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Fair Vote Canada supporters,
When Justin Trudeau decided to break the campaign promise to make every vote count our Liberal Members of Parliament who campaigned on this promise did not get a vote.
That's about to change.
On Wednesday, May 31, we expect there will be a free vote in the House of Commons on a motion to adopt the report of the all-party committee on electoral reform (ERRE). Read more here: http://www.fairvote.ca/errevote/
If the other parties vote yes - and we expect they will - we only need yes votes from 20 Liberal MPs for the motion to pass.
A yes vote by Liberal backbenchers would send a strong message to the government that many MPs did not agree with the Prime Minister's decision and want the government to put the promise to make every vote count in 2019 back on the table.
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