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I'm a disabled Canadian
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- Published on Thursday, 04 May 2017 06:00
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We made history for animals in Parliament
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- Published on Thursday, 04 May 2017 04:45
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Dear PAOV,
Canadians expect our government to protect vulnerable animals from cruelty. Yet more often than not, politicians ignore animals and instead do the bidding of the industries that profit from hurting and killing animals.
For example, the Agriculture Committee in the federal House of Commons is supposed to work on improving farming laws. Yet most people are shocked to learn that in over 20 years, the Committee never once considered passing new laws to protect farmed animals—even though hundreds of millions of animals suffer and die each year to become food.
This finally changed last month, when Animal Justice lawyer Anna Pippus helped make history by testifying at the Agriculture Committee....
ACTIVlist Update - May 3, 2017
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- Published on Wednesday, 03 May 2017 14:15
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Parliamentary Budget Officer downplays argument that CETA will help the economy Council Board member Kavanagh warns against bulk water exports in upcoming NAFTA talks
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 Council of Canadians has been calling for the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) to do an analysis of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) since September 2015.
Newfoundland and Labrador-based Council of Canadians Board member Ken Kavanagh warns that the Trudeau government must reject any discussion...
Next Week! Peace and Disarmament Summit!
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- Published on Wednesday, 03 May 2017 13:45
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Trump needs Caterpillar to build his wall
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- Published on Wednesday, 03 May 2017 09:15
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Convenient Untruths About "Human Nature"
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- Published on Tuesday, 02 May 2017 22:00
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1407 .... May 3, 2017
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Convenient Untruths About "Human Nature:"
Can People Deal with Climate Change and Nuclear Weapons?
Judith Deutsch
At this most critical of times, do current erroneous assumptions about human nature play a role at a deep level in the prevalent responses to catastrophes? Apropos, Raymond Williams summarized Antonio Gramsci's view of hegemony as a "central system of practices, meanings and values saturating the consciousness of a society at a much deeper level than ordinary notions of ideology."
There are new and old normals and it is hard to know where public knowledge is on this. Movies from similar times evoked normal, even beautiful scenes from daily life, of intimacy and love, but with ordinary life shadowed by foreboding threats: The Garden of the Finzi Continis...
CoDev E-Bulletin April 2017
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- Published on Tuesday, 02 May 2017 17:15
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Green Jobs BC Election News - Reminder to Vote on May 9th
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- Published on Tuesday, 02 May 2017 15:30
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PAofVic --
April News from
Green Jobs BC
How time flies! BC is one week away from a general election on May 9th and this newsletter features a few resources to help you understand where the major political parties stand on the transition to a low-carbon economy and green jobs.
Green Jobs BC Candidates Meeting 2017
On April 13, Green Jobs BC hosted a Candidates Meeting at the main
branch of Vancouver's Public Library.
Three candidates shared
their vision for how BC will move forward on creating good, green jobs
while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
In attendance:
- George Heyman (BC NDP and Candidate Vancouver-Fairview)
- Andrew Weaver (BC Green Party and Candidate Victoria-Oak Bay)
- Andrew Wilkinson (BC Liberal Party and Candidate Vancouver-Quilchena)
The questions for the candidates focused on our four priority areas for green job growth in BC:
- Green Buildings
- Clean, Renewable Energy
- Public Transportation
- Sustainable Forestry
You...
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ACTIVlist Update - May 2, 2017
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- Published on Tuesday, 02 May 2017 14:15
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Stop Alton Gas town hall video Four key arguments why pharmacare is needed now European Union raises Canada's ultra-filtered milk pricing strategy as...
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 Council of Canadians has been supporting grassroots Mi'kmaq activists and non-Indigenous communities fighting the Alton Gas storage project for several years.
The Council of Canadians is mobilizing for a national day of action in support of pharmacare on May 27 (and the days on either side of that date).
I am crossing the Pacific to visit the tar sands.
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- Published on Tuesday, 02 May 2017 12:45
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Friends,
For more than twenty years, the people of the Pacific Islands, including myself, have been waiting for countries like Canada to stop digging up fossil fuels. Despite our calls, world leaders continue to support the expansion of the oil and gas industry -- just like Justin Trudeau is doing with the tar sands. Now, as climate change raises sea levels, threatening our homes, communities and cultures, we are rising up and taking matters into our own hands.
I’m travelling with a delegation of Pacific Climate Warriors to deliver our messages of resilience to the people and politicians of Canada. Our hope, is that Justin Trudeau will honour our stories. Will you call on Prime Minister Trudeau to meet with us on our journey to Canada?
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Volkswagen union-busting
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- Published on Tuesday, 02 May 2017 08:30
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Yulin dog meat festival
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- Published on Tuesday, 02 May 2017 05:15
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Breaking TPP
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- Published on Tuesday, 02 May 2017 05:15
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BREAKING: Unelected and unaccountable trade representatives are meeting TODAY to bring their dangerous Internet censorship deal – the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – back from the dead.1
Back in November, one of the largest international uprisings in history defeated the TPP by forcing key governments to abandon the deal.2
But today, those countries who still cling to this disastrous, failed deal have gathered in Toronto like witches at a Black Mass. Their goal? Bring the TPP back from beyond the grave.
If...
'Things are serious': Update on the French Presidential Election
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- Published on Monday, 01 May 2017 22:45
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1406 .... May 2, 2017
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'Things are serious':
Update on the French Presidential Election
Stefan Kipfer
"C’est grave," (things are serious) said the monsieur who sells me the papers every morning. A resident of Mantes-la-Jolie (a working class town at the western edge of the Paris region), he laments a lack of clarity on the dangers of the Front National (FN) not only among colleagues and neighbours but also parties and politicians.
The situation in France is indeed serious. A week before the second-round vote, Marine Le Pen has made progress in the polls but still trails Emmanuel Macron by a margin of about 18 per cent. However, analysts have pointed out that mass abstention could bring her within winning range. There is no need to be alarmist to...
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May Day: Demand freedom for jailed trade union leaders in Turkey and Kazakhstan
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- Published on Monday, 01 May 2017 03:30
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A Day Without Immigrants
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- Published on Sunday, 30 April 2017 22:30
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1405 .... May 1, 2017
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A Day Without Immigrants
Labor for Our Revolution
Millions of immigrants, both documented and undocumented, who lead hard working and productive lives, are also union members.
Donald Trump launched his political campaign in 2015 with a racist attack on Mexican immigrants, painting them as rapists and murderers. He made attacks on our Muslim sisters and brothers his political trademark -- even going so far as to propose a religious test for immigration. This kind of race baiting and immigrant bashing has a long history in our country -- a consistent attempt by business elites to divide working class people in order to advance their pro-corporate agenda.
As leaders of the unions who supported Bernie Sanders for president, we refuse to go down that...
Busted! Ardene exposed for 'faux fur' scam
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- Published on Sunday, 30 April 2017 17:00
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NEWSLETTER
APRIL 2017
Ardene exposed for 'faux fur' scam
Accessories retailer Ardene was caught redhanded by Animal Justice for selling real animal fur, but calling it 'faux fur'. It's illegal to deceive unsuspecting consumers, and federal authorities are investigating our legal complaint.
Tell Ardene to go fur-free! >>
Agriculture Committee studies animal transport laws
Animal Justice lawyer Anna Pippus spoke up against animal transport cruelty in Parliament this month. She testified at the House of Commons Agriculture Committee, reminding politicians that Canada's outdated animal transport laws condemn millions of animals to suffer and die en route to slaughter.
May Day
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- Published on Saturday, 29 April 2017 22:15
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May Day
For more than 100 years, May Day has symbolized the common struggles of workers around the globe. Why is it largely ignored in North America? The answer lies in part in American labour’s long repression of its own radical past, out of which international May Day was actually born a century ago.
The seeds were sown in the campaign for the eight-hour work day. On May 1, 1886, hundreds of thousands of North American workers mobilized to strike. In Chicago, the demonstration spilled over into support for workers at a major farm-implements factory who‘d been locked out for union activities. On May 3, during a pitched battle between picketers and scabs, police shot two workers. At a protest rally in Haymarket Square the next day, a bomb was tossed into...
You have a message about Sarah Swanson
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- Published on Saturday, 29 April 2017 00:00
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