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ACTIVlist Update - October 7, 2016
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Will Trudeau use the carbon tax as political cover to approve the Kinder Morgan pipeline? Atlantic chapters host Gordon Laxer speaking tour
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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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced this week that he will implement carbon pricing in Canada.
The Council of Canadians Prince Edward Island, Fredericton, Saint John and South Shore chapters are hosting a 4-community tour featuring Gordon Laxer speaking on his book After the Sands: Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians.
Look good while you do good
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Hey Paov,
The Global Citizen concert to end AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria was our first ever major Canadian event. World leaders, influencers and musicians gathered in Canada with Global Citizen to celebrate the 12.9 billion dollars committed to the Global Fund.
And now, you can look good while you do good.
Commemorate this major event in style with a Global Citizen 2016 Montreal t-shirt.
Take action and order yours now!
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Internet Insider: Delivering your voices to Brussels + Latest on our Supreme Court case
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INTERNET INSIDER
October 6, 2016
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Getting Ready for the Tory Storm in Manitoba
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- Published on Friday, 07 October 2016 03:45
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1312 .... October 7, 2016
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Getting Ready for the Tory Storm in Manitoba
David Camfield
No one has a crystal ball that allows them to foresee precisely what's going to happen as the new Tory government of Manitoba really gets down to business in the months ahead. But there are some things we can be pretty sure about.
The Tories will claim that it's vital to curb provincial government spending to reduce Manitoba's deficit and move toward balancing the budget. In reality, there's no deficit crisis. Not only was the share of provincial revenue spent on servicing the debt in the 2015-16 fiscal year low, it was lower than it had been three years prior. The Tory "cure" -- austerity -- for the non-existent crisis might not even lower...
R&F.ca Weekly Update
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Green Jobs BC Conference Registration Now Open
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PAofVic --
Registration is
Now Open for Jobs Today, Jobs Tomorrow - Green Jobs
BC Conference 2016
Now is the time to unite around a
shared vision for green jobs here in BC. And, there's no better way to
do that than by joining us at Jobs Today, Jobs Tomorrow the
2016 Green Jobs BC Conference which will be held on November
24th and 25th at the Anvil
Centre in New Westminster.
Jobs
Today, Jobs Tomorrow participants will deepen their understanding
about global trends and the opportunities for job growth in the
transition to a low carbon economy. We will also explore strategies to
green existing...
Urgent: Nestlé
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A sad day for animals - we were outspent
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Dear PAOV,
There's no way to sugar coat it: Yesterday was a bad day for animals.
Members of Parliament voted against an important animal protection bill last night. Bill C-246 is dead.
Tune in, Canada!
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Hey Paov,
Tune in to ETALK on Monday, October 10 at 7 p.m. ET for an exclusive backstage special from the Global Citizen Concert to end AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Liz Trinnear covers the concert with ETALK from the star-studded blue carpet, to all that's being done to support global health and development, and the music inspiring thousands in the audience and an entire nation watching at home.
Liberia: Union rights now - reinstate fired union leaders
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Deeds, Not Actions - National Call to Action
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ACTIVlist Update - October 5, 2016
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Big Pharma is using stealth marketing in Canadian papers Environmental Assessment panel rolls through Halifax
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 CBC has reported that drug companies are using stealth ads -disguised as news- as a part of a marketing campaign involving a well-known Canadian comedian, a doctor and a public relations firm.
On Monday I joined Charlene Morton, Marion Moore, and Marilyn Keddy from the South Shore chapter as they presented their recommendations to the environmental assessment (EA) review panel in Halifax.
Migrants Rocky Reception
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- Published on Tuesday, 04 October 2016 23:00
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“This is not the Europe I was dreaming of.”Those words, spoken by an Ethiopian migrant who recently arrived in Italy, sum up the dysfunction and chaos endemic to the country’s migrant reception system.
Unpacking CETA
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- Published on Tuesday, 04 October 2016 21:30
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1311 .... October 5, 2016
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Unpacking CETA
Peter Rossman
"The Parties hereby establish a free trade area..."
-- CETA Article 1.4
"Trade, like Religion, is what every Body talks of, but few understand: the very Term is dubious, and in its ordinary Acceptation, not sufficiently explain’d."
-- Daniel Defoe, A Plan of the English Commerce (1728)
The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), like other looming mega-treaties, is a comprehensive vehicle for expanding the scope of transnational investment by rolling back the capacity of governments to regulate in the public interest. The attack on democratic governance is not restricted to the notorious Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism, which privileges transnational capital by creating a parallel legal system exclusive to transnational investors. The invasive claims of transnational...
ACTIVlist Update - October 4, 2016
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How to protect water through the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act - Part 1 How to protect water through the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act - Part 2
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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This four-part blog series will help people to participate in the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) consultations organized by the federal government and to advocate for better assessment and protection of water.
This is the second part in a four-part blog series that aims to help people...
A strategy for justice and peace
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- Published on Tuesday, 04 October 2016 10:45
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