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Be a part of our history

Details: Published on Thursday, 06 October 2022 12:07; Written by editor

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Hi Friend,

During my time working at the BCCLA, I’ve heard from various supporters about how much they are concerned about government overreach, police complaints and oversight, and people being educated on their rights.

For over 60 years, the BCCLA has been taking on issues like these all thanks to your passionate care and our shared drive for a better future.

For another 60 years and beyond, we will strive to continue to tackle systemic issues with bold solutions. From educating the public, advancing law reform, and litigating at all levels of court, we are committed to justice and a shared future based on equality and inclusion.

Will you become a member today so we can make our future come true?

BECOME A MEMBER TODAY

This work takes time and BCCLA members...

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Council Catch-Up

Details: Published on Thursday, 06 October 2022 12:00; Written by editor

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Free "Tax Big Oil" sticker

Details: Published on Thursday, 06 October 2022 08:07; Written by editor

Great news, Paov:

We hit our End of Fiscal Year fundraising goal and as a result, we head into the next twelve months in a very strong position to run the kind of groundbreaking climate campaigns that can — and will — end the era of fossil fuels.

If you were one of the people who made a donation to help us hit our goal, thank you. From the bottom of my heart. If not, that's okay! We are all growing our climate movement in the ways we can.

As a way to say thank you for all you do, I'd like to send you a token of our appreciation on behalf of all of us here at 350.org. Please accept this small gift, a sticker inspired by the Tax Big Oil campaign 350 Canada just launched. I hope you’ll enjoy using your sticker to bring the message to your community and start some conversations about climate justice.

Can I send you the limited edition "Tax Big Oil" sticker today? You can put it on your water bottle, laptop, or anywhere you'd like.

RSVP: Naomi Klein and Mohammed Rafi Arefin interview Egyptian activists

Details: Published on Wednesday, 05 October 2022 08:31; Written by editor

Just a decade ago, Cairo’s Tahrir Square was synonymous with a hopeful, youth-led movement for liberation and democracy. Today, as Egypt prepares to host next month’s United Nations climate summit, journalists are routinely arrested and thousands of political prisoners languish behind bars.

As the world gets hotter, basic freedoms are under ever greater assault around the globe.

Tomorrow, Naomi Klein and Mohammed Rafi Arefin will moderate a conversation with Sanaa Seif, sister of one of Egypt’s highest profile political prisoners Alaa Abd El-Fattah, as well as Omar Robert Hamilton, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, and Bill McKibben.

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Freedom for Iranian men & women

Details: Published on Tuesday, 04 October 2022 20:19; Written by editor

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PAOV – this petition is taking off on Change.org, and we think you might be interested in adding your name. Sign now to help:

Freedom for Iranian men & women

Amin Kh started this petition to United Nations, and it now has 7,078 signatures

Sign now with a click

Iranian regime has breached human rights many times before and the...

Can we trust them?

Details: Published on Tuesday, 04 October 2022 11:45; Written by editor

Paov,

It seems like life is getting harder for everyone these days. With one notable exception.

The oil and gas industry is expected to make US$4 trillion in 2022, far exceeding their profits from previous years1. This comes at a time when nearly 6 million Canadians are struggling to put food on their tables2, and while communities across Atlantic Canada deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, a storm supercharged by the climate crisis Big Oil created.

Meanwhile, even as the cost of oil drops, these companies keep gouging customers with record-breaking gas prices3. We know where that cash is going and it isn’t good. A new analysis by the Pembina Institute makes it clear that Canadian oil and gas companies are spending essentially none of their record profits on implementing their “net zero” promises4.

We clearly can’t count on Big Oil to invest in a better future out of the goodness of their own hearts. It’s time to make polluters pay their fair share.

Paov, will you sign our new petition calling on Prime Minister Trudeau and Environment Minister Guilbeault to tax the fossil fuel industry’s excess profits and fund a...

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William needs your help

Details: Published on Monday, 03 October 2022 15:23; Written by editor

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PAOV — Tomorrow, petition starter William will sit down with the Northwest Territories health minister and the territorial government to ask them to provide free access to the HIV prevention medication PrEP. PrEP reduces the risk of contracting HIV from sex by 99%. The Northwest Territories does not cover PrEP and it can cost up to $250 a month out of pocket. HIV rates in Canada are rising. There is also an unprecedented syphilis outbreak in the territory and experts say that a syphilis infection can make it easier for HIV to be transmitted due to genital inflammation or lesions. If you think that all Canadians should have access to preventative medication, sign William’s petition in this critical moment.

Minister Green, Dr...
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Recent highlights from the Council of Canadians

Details: Published on Monday, 03 October 2022 14:00; Written by editor

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Update from Guatemala: primary women's health care facility

Details: Published on Monday, 03 October 2022 09:59; Written by editor

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Mentorship Program Launching Today!

Details: Published on Monday, 03 October 2022 06:37; Written by editor

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Hi Paov,

The Climate Career Portal Mentorship program is launching today, and we have an exciting team of Mentors to introduce to you! Mentors are wonderful sources of support, expertise, motivation, and guidance. They can help you to break down a large career transition into small, achievable steps. Our team of Mentors have a wide range of experience and specialties, and are ready to help you begin your net-zero transition.

MEET OUR MENTORS

Buying Nestlé

Details: Published on Monday, 03 October 2022 06:10; Written by editor

We've been so successful using shareholder action to get companies to change their bad behaviour, that they're trying to shut the whole program down!

After a SumOfUs shareholder resolution forced Apple to publish its first-ever human rights policy, the US stock regulator made a new rule: anyone who wants to bring this kind of resolution will need to hold thousands of shares...and companies are setting VERY early deadlines to buy them!

They're trying to silence everyone but the richest shareholders. But A, we can beat them at their own game.

We've already bought shares in Apple, Google, Facebook, and Bayer Monsanto. Now if 5000 people reading this email chip in the cost of a coffee, SumOfUs can buy shares in Nestlé to have our say at its AGM -- ratcheting up the pressure over it stealing water from communities worldwide…and helping choke the ocean with disposable plastic.

For the next 24 hours, we will use everything you give to generate...

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The CIA Just Invested in Woolly Mammoth Resurrection Technology

Details: Published on Sunday, 02 October 2022 16:18; Written by editor

BC gas prices

Details: Published on Saturday, 01 October 2022 14:45; Written by editor

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PAOV — Gas prices are spiking across BC again and are predicted to set record highs this week. Some places are already seeing costs of more than $2.34 per litre. Sarah’s petition is calling on the BC government to regulate gas prices so that people can make ends meet. Show your support by adding your name.

Regulate BC’s Gas Prices

43,186 have signed SARAH OBERMANN’s petition. Let’s get to 50,000!

Sign now with a click

Webinar on Colombia, October 11

Details: Published on Saturday, 01 October 2022 11:33; Written by editor

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Peace Brigades International-Canada Making Space for Peace

I hope you can join us for our upcoming webinar on Tuesday October 11 at 2 pm ET to hear social leaders from the community of San Luis de Palenque, Colombia talk about their experiences with Toronto-based Frontera Energy.

To register, click here.

After protesting against the company over social, environmental and infrastructure concerns, eight community members were arrested in a pre-dawn military raid that involved a Black Hawk helicopter landing on their farmyards.

Notably, that happened after the company signed $1-million-plus protection agreements with the military.

That lead UN Special Rapporteur Michel Forst to express his concern about “the apparent connection between Frontera Energy, the army’s 16th brigade and the Attorney General’s Support Office in this criminalization.”

While this happened in November 2018, the social leaders face ongoing criminalization and will be in court this coming October 3-6...

Prime Minister Trudeau discuss the heinous South Korean dog meat trade with President Yoon

Details: Published on Saturday, 01 October 2022 04:17; Written by editor

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PAOV – this petition is taking off on Change.org, and we think you might be interested in adding your name. Sign now to help:

Prime Minister Trudeau discuss the heinous South Korean dog meat trade with President Yoon

6,722 have signed KoreanDogs.org Team’s petition. Let’s get to 7,500!

Sign now with a click

Petition: https://chng.it/b8wRSjbp

Click HERE for more action you can take. https://koreandogs.org/trudeau-yoon/

8 hours left

Details: Published on Friday, 30 September 2022 13:26; Written by editor

I’m going to be honest: I don’t like asking for money, and I know you probably don’t like being asked.

But with just 8 hours left to reach The Intercept’s September fundraising goal, I want to make sure you know what’s at stake.

Without The Intercept, who will break through the Pentagon’s propaganda to provide critical analysis and independent reporting on U.S. militarism?

Without The Intercept, who will take on the truly difficult investigations — the ones that require costly technology and legal expertise — to pull back the curtain on corporate and political corruption?

This goal is real. We budgeted to raise...

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Water crisis in Canada

Details: Published on Friday, 30 September 2022 08:17; Written by editor

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PAOV — There are still 31 boil water advisories in First Nations communities across the country, and 73% of First Nations water systems are at serious risk of contamination. Petition starter and global water activist Autumn Peltier has fought for years to bring clean water to every First Nation community. Over 105,000 supporters have joined Autumn in calling on the government for action. Add your voice by signing the petition now.

Indigenous Deserve CLEAN drinking water

107,052 have signed Autumn Peltier’s petition. Let’s get to 150,000!

a message for you, PAOV — from RAVEN

Details: Published on Friday, 30 September 2022 07:12; Written by editor

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PAOV,

Putting on your orange shirt today in support of the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation? Our friends at RAVEN are offering something else you can do. Read on to learn more…

Today, the venerable Murray Sinclair is urging us to review the 94 Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He invites us to consider, even as we reckon with the horrors of the past, that “Reconciliation is about our responsibility to the...

Council recognizes the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Details: Published on Friday, 30 September 2022 06:35; Written by editor

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Im disappointed

Details: Published on Friday, 30 September 2022 04:14; Written by editor

From time to time, I receive an email from someone who donated to The Intercept thanking us for our work. Sometimes, these emails come from people who would like to give more but could only afford $5 or $10.

As co-founder of The Intercept, I want you to know that we don’t take any of these donations for granted.

In fact, especially in these uncertain economic times, I couldn’t be more deeply honored to receive your faith and support.

But we’re now less than 24 hours away from the end of our September membership campaign, and I’m disappointed to report that we’re still...

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