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What Do Canada's Unmuzzled Scientists Want?
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- Published on Thursday, 17 March 2016 13:00
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Sanders and the Left After Super Tuesday
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 March 2016 23:45
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1234 .... March 17, 2016
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Sanders and the Left After Super Tuesday:
Why there is still hope and why the Left should rejoice and push forward
Brad A. Bauerly and Ingar Solty
While some have become skeptical, there are those -- from The Nation via Politico and Tom Cahill (U.S. Uncut) to Robert Reich -- who are now saying that this is not the end of the line for Bernie Sanders U.S. presidential bid.
And it is indeed true that we should remind ourselves that ever since the 1980s the Democratic party leadership has scheduled the primary season in ways that voters in more conservative states would go to the polls first in order to prevent leftist grassroots candidates from challenging the neoliberal party establishment. Keeping that in...
ACTIVlist Update - March 16, 2016
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- Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45
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McKenna delays decision on Pacific NorthWest LNG project
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Federal environment minister Catherine McKenna was to decide whether or not to grant approval to the proposed Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal by the regulatory deadline of March 22.
Help stop the Agua Zarca Dam
Less than two weeks after the murder of Berta Cáceres on March 3, another member of her organization has been killed. Nelson Garcia was murdered on...
Decolonization, Reconciliation& New Directions
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 March 2016 23:45
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Age of Austerity
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 March 2016 22:30
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1233 .... March 16, 2016
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Age of Austerity:
Capital, the Financial Crisis and the State in Canada
Geoffrey McCormack and Thom Workman interviewed by Robin Chang
The financial and economic crisis of 2008 has left a continuing legacy on social welfare, showing up in slow economic growth, unemployment and underemployment, and increasing social conflict. In the debate over the future of the world economy, many foresee a long depression, and the intensification of neoliberal austerity. Geoffrey McCormack and Thom Workman's new book is concerned with Canada's unique economic and social history over the period of neoliberalism, including the financial and economic crisis of 2008. In The Servant State: Overseeing Capital Accumulation in Canada (Fernwood 2015), McCormack and Workman present a classical Marxist perspective, and intervene into a range of...
ACTIVlist Update - March 15, 2016
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TransCanada backs legal challenge against U.S. climate legislation
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A number of Canadian companies - including TransCanada, BMO Financial, Cenovus, Resolute Forest Products and Suncor - are helping to finance a legal action to block U.S. President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan.
Defend the right to public water and sanitation services on World Water Day
To commemorate World Water Day on March 22, we are pleased to announce the launch of "Public...
Secret tax scheme: tip of the iceberg
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 March 2016 14:00
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KPMG, a massive multinational accounting firm, organized a “sham” tax scheme to help millionaires dodge taxes - and the Canada Revenue Agency let them off the hook.
Tell our government to close tax loopholes and stop tax dodging in the upcoming budget
Stop tax dodgersLast week, a CBC investigation uncovered a secret tax scheme that could be just the tip of the iceberg. KPMG, a massive multinational accounting firm, organized a “sham” tax scheme to help millionaires dodge taxes with offshore accounts.1
It gets worse. Last May, bosses at the Canada Revenue Agency made a secret backroom deal to let them off the hook with no consequences. The CRA drags normal people through the courts, but these super wealthy clients got amnesty – even after several CRA staff raised the alarm about a secret deal they knew to be wrong.2
Tax evasion is huge problem in Canada. One study showed that tax evasion costs us up to $81 billion - that’s half our total healthcare spending. But we can stop it.3
Our new government is set to table its first budget on March 22, and we have a chance to turn public outrage about this secret tax deal into lasting changes to make sure the super wealthy pay their fair share. Click here to call on our new government to end KPMG’s “sham” tax deal, and close tax loopholes in the budget.
This isn’t about messing up a tax return. KPMG helped clients dodge $130 million worth of taxes through offshore accounts on the Isle of Man, and they took a 15% cut.
Your neighbours need help...
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 March 2016 12:45
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Hi, we’re Zach and Chris, and we’re Global Citizens.In making our film Salam Neighbor, we spent a month living in Za'atari Camp in Jordan next to 85,000 Syrian refugees. We were there to capture the stories and reality of our new neighbours who lost family, homes, security and schooling when conflict began in Syria 5 years ago.
On the 5th Anniversary of the Syrian conflict, sign the petition calling on world leaders to prioritize education in emergencies funding for children.
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The bees are going EXTINCT
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 March 2016 09:30
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Trump rejects workers' vote for a union at Las Vegas Hotel
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- Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45
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ACTIVlist Update - March 14, 2016
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- Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45
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CETA does not ensure a government's right to regulate
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Does the recently amended Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) really protect a government's right to regulate?
The Iroquois Caucus in Quebec & Ontario oppose the Energy East pipeline
Indigenous opposition is growing across Canada against the Energy East pipeline.
Big Pharma challenged in India
The Council of Canadians has argued that Big Pharma is a serious threat...
Last day! Tell EPA to protect bees.
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- Published on Monday, 14 March 2016 12:30
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New video - Will Trudeau make this very bad drug deal?
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- Published on Monday, 14 March 2016 10:00
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Dear PAOV,
I’m writing you today to share a new video we’ve made. First though, I’d like to share a story which explains why I think this video is so important.
Nine years ago I met a woman who forever changed the way I thought about health.
I was working with a medical program that supported the needs of HIV positive people in rural Ghana. One morning I drove deep into the countryside with a local healthcare worker until we arrived at a small bright blue church surrounded by tall grass. This is where I met a twenty-year-old woman named Regina. She was alone in the chapel, sitting in silence. She had a bright smile and it widened when I told her there was a city in Canada named after her.
Read more: New video - Will Trudeau make this very bad drug deal?
The bees are going EXTINCT
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- Published on Monday, 14 March 2016 07:15
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Portugal's Political Impasse
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- Published on Saturday, 12 March 2016 20:45
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1232 .... March 13, 2016
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Portugal’s Political Impasse
Charles-André Udry
The election of conservative candidate Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa as Portugal's new president on January 24 (with 51.99 per cent of the vote and a 48.84 per cent voter turnout) adds a new element to the existing ‘tripolar’ situation, which may be analyzed as follows.
First, we have a Socialist Party (SP) government, serving alongside the newly elected president, presided over by the party's general secretary (Prime Minister) Antonio Costa. Costa's government is based on conditional parliamentary support he received from the Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda, in Portuguese) and the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP).
However, the Left Bloc's conditions differ significantly from those of the PCP. The PCP is, in turn, very different from the Left Bloc;...
Don't let Canada Goose get away with this
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- Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45
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Leading the legal fight for animal protection
Federal regulators won't stop Canada Goose from deceiving consumers
Dear PAOV,
I usually write to you with good news, but today I need to share a disappointing update.
Last year Animal Justice made headlines when we filed a groundbreaking legal complaint against jacket company Canada Goose. We asked the federal Competition Bureau to take action to stop Canada Goose...
ACTIVlist Update - March 11, 2016
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- Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:45
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10,000 comments submitted on Pacific NorthWest LNG project, federal decision could come on March 22
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Today is the deadline to comment on the proposed Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.
Quinte & London chapters take part in Seedy Saturday
The Council of Canadians Quinte and London chapters recently participated in Seedy Saturday events.
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