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See you at the rally on Saturday, Paov
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- Published on Saturday, 18 November 2023 06:06
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Thanks for coming to speak out against fracking
Hi Paov,
We’re looking forward to seeing you this weekend!
We hope to see you outside the BC NDP Convention at the Victoria Conference Centre on Saturday morning at 10 AM. We’ve got a great lineup of speakers and plenty of folks to raise our voices calling on the party to end fracking. Thanks for being there and please feel free to invite a friend.
Together we can show provincial government leaders that British Columbians expect them to do everything it takes to keep us safe. That means phasing out fossil fuel extraction and supporting workers and communities who are left in its wake!
For the climate,
Peter McCartney Climate Campaigner
Wilderness Committee
P.S....
Big moves for biodiversity in BC
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- Published on Wednesday, 15 November 2023 17:37
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[evoz] Social Justice Film Night
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- Published on Wednesday, 15 November 2023 10:00
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Our Social Justice Film Night will be presenting two on Palestine.
5:30pm Thursday, Nov. 16Cedar Shores - 75 Gorge Rd WestIn the Recreation Bldg.
Smokey on Bun & Beverages will be served @ 5:30pmFilms start @ 7pm
"Weaponising Water in Palestine"
Gaza’s only freshwater source, the Coastal Aquifer, cannot meet demand and has been depleted by over-extraction and contaminated by sewage. Rising temperatures and sea levels are only making life more difficult, while in Israel, residents do not have to worry about their taps running dry.
The next wave of privatization attacks is upon us
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- Published on Tuesday, 14 November 2023 15:34
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Dear Paov,
At the BC Health Coalition, we spent more than a decade engaged in the Cambie Case, which was finally settled this year. Together, we successfully defended our public healthcare system from those who sought to create preferential access based on the ability to pay.
Having lost the legal battle for private financing, privatization proponents now have a refreshed strategy: private delivery. While private providers have long been part of our health care system, we're seeing a fresh wave of privatization as investor-driven corporate providers aggressively lobby provinces for a greater role in healthcare delivery within our publicly funded system.
We’re pushing back. Join the BC Health Coalition on November 20, from 7:00pm - 9:00pm, for an in-person Townhall in Vancouver. Click here for more information on the event and to secure your spot.
There is money to be made through government contracts, and investor-owned companies are skilled at squeezing out profits from the public purse.
But the evidence is quite clear on
contracting healthcare to the private sector: private delivery costs
more to the public, does...
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West Coasts Marine Team is up to the
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- Published on Thursday, 09 November 2023 15:02
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One week left to join our postcard action
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- Published on Wednesday, 08 November 2023 13:23
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Paov,
Want to show your support for funding reform of BC’s contracted long-term care sector?
Health Minister Adrian Dix has said his ministry is developing a new funding model that ensures greater accountability in the contracted long-term care sector. We’ve launched a postcard action to send a strong message that the public supports these plans for funding reform.
If you are a family member, worker, senior or a concerned individual, go to BetterCareForSeniors.ca to request a free postcard to mail in to Minister Dix.
Sign up for a postcard today!Once you sign up, you will receive a free specially designed postcard. Write your personal story or your concerns about seniors care on the postcard. No postage is required, you can just drop it in the mailbox.
At our Campaign Call last week, the Seniors Advocate spoke on the need for improved accuracy and transparency in the monitoring and...
Interconnected problems need interconnected solutions
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- Published on Tuesday, 07 November 2023 12:02
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- Published on Tuesday, 07 November 2023 10:06
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Premier must abandon LNG plans
Hi Paov,
Ever since the BC NDP government took power, we’ve called out the incompatibility of their climate plan with proposals for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants. For years, we’ve done media interviews and written reports about how their math just doesn’t add up.
Now let’s show them we’re willing to take to the streets over it.
The BC NDP is having its convention in Victoria Nov. 17 to 19, and Frack Free BC will be there — inside and out — to convince them to finally take a stance against fossil fuel expansion.
On Saturday, Nov. 18, at 10 AM outside the Victoria Conference Centre, we’ll rally to demand Premier David Eby end fracking and abandon BC’s plans for LNG. Can you join us?
Another massive LNG plant on the West Coast?
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- Published on Saturday, 04 November 2023 10:06
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Ksi Lisims LNG is almost as big as LNG Canada
Hi Paov,
BC’s greenhouse gas emissions are slowly falling, but in 2025 that downward trend will slow or even halt as the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat starts operations, preventing the province from meeting its climate commitments.
Ksi Lisims LNG is a proposal in Nisga’a territory to liquefy almost as much gas as LNG Canada.
With climate disasters pummeling our communities, it’s hard to believe the BC Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO) is considering making the problem even worse. Let them know you won’t stand for it.
Backers of the project want to use hydroelectricity to liquefy the gas but that will only happen if BC Hydro — and its ratepayers — build it a brand new transmission line. Even then, the fracking required to fill it will make the facility among the province’s worst polluters.
While the...
Ocean conservation is climate action, Paov
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- Published on Thursday, 02 November 2023 12:02
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Stick up for public health care
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- Published on Thursday, 02 November 2023 09:00
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Dear Paov,
We're calling all advocates of public health care - health care workers, patients, seniors, researchers, and the public - to stick together for health care solutions, not privatization.
Our health care system is in crisis. We’re in urgent need of reform, innovation, and brave conversations about what the future must look like for public health care. While some are ready to give up on public health care, we think it’s time we invest in bold public solutions that can improve quality and access for everyone.
Join us in Vancouver for an in-person Townhall Meeting on November 20, from 7:00pm - 9:00pm at SFU Harbour Centre. Go to bchealthcoalition.ca/stickuptownhall to register and secure your spot today.
Register Now!We have decades of evidence and the wisdom of frontline healthcare workers pointing us in the right direction. At the Townhall, we will hear about the many possibilities for improving access and quality of health care within...
Clean up the toxic Tulsequah Chief Mine
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- Published on Saturday, 28 October 2023 10:05
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Stop the mine pollution in the Taku River
Hi Paov,
It's time for the BC government to keep their promise and clean up the toxic Tulsequah Chief mine.
The Tulsequah Chief mine in Northern BC, near Alaska, is right next to the pristine Take River, teeming with biodiversity. The mine has been flooding the Taku River with toxic run-off for over six decades. The Taku River is home to many species of salmon, vital to the ecosystem and to many species that rely on them.
In 2015, the BC government promised to clean up the mine. Yet eight years later its pollution continues unabated. We must demand they clean up this toxic problem.
The Taku’s annual salmon runs can top two million wild fish, including chinook, coho, sockeye, chum and pink salmon. The acid mine drainage stemming from the Tulsequah Chief mine is laced with toxic metals such as lead and copper that can inhibit the...
Your monthly update from the BC Health Coalition
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- Published on Friday, 27 October 2023 08:00
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Your October 2023 monthly update from
the
BC Health Coalition
UPDATE
Register today for our Sticking up for Public Health Care Townhall
Our health care system is
in crisis. We’re in urgent need of reform, innovation, and brave
conversations about what the future must look like for public health
care. We’re extremely concerned that the Canadian Medical Association
(CMA) is sponsoring a cross-country conversation about the role of
private health care. We're pushing back. Join
us for an evening of learning and organizing, where we will
examine the overwhelming evidence against growing the role of private
for-profit providers. To be clear - this is not a debate. Public
health care is the proven best
way to ensure access to health care is based on need, not wealth. We
will hear from health care providers and experts...
West Coasts 2022-23 Impact Report is
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- Published on Thursday, 26 October 2023 14:50
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The last wild-born spotted owl is in th
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- Published on Tuesday, 24 October 2023 17:04
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Spotted owl won’t go extinct on our watch
Hi Paov,
What a whirlwind few weeks it has been on the campaign to defend the spotted owl — let me try and catch you up.
Last week, we took the federal government to court, represented by our lawyers at Ecojustice and accompanied by our ally Chief James Hobart from Spô'zêm First Nation, regarding their eight-month delay in issuing an emergency order for the spotted owl.
Spotted owl and an emergency order
Under the federal Species at Risk Act, when the environment minister determines an approaching threat to a species — which he did in January — he can recommend an emergency order to the federal cabinet to protect the owl’s critical habitat from further destruction, in this case it was logging.More than a thousand of you wrote letters in January in support of the order, thank you! But then, eight months went by … until the minister finally made the “emergency” order a few...
Webinar Series: Assessing the Impact of the Supreme Court IAA Decision
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- Published on Tuesday, 24 October 2023 17:00
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[evoz] This Friday: Cafe Simpatico October 27, 7:30 PM
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- Published on Tuesday, 24 October 2023 07:47
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presents
Cafe Simpatico
Friday, October 27, 2023
Paul Phillips Hall at Fernwood Community Association 1923 Fernwood Road Doors open at 7:00 PM: Program at 7:30 PM
Join the Central America Support Committee and award-winning film maker Judy Jackson for a screening of Judy's film 'Central America and the Migrant Crisis - Where Can We Live in Peace'. The film discusses the story of the ABBA House migrant shelter founded by Pastor Ignacio Ramirez in Celaya, Mexico. This sanctuary helps tens of thousands of migrants, many women and children, who are fleeing violence, crime, climate change and corruption in Central America.
Recently, Pastor Ignacio was donated a large piece of land on which to build his vision of a Cultural and Human Rights Centre that will offer amputees medical, music and art therapy, along with educational workshops. It will be an example to the world of what is possible. We hope the event raises awareness regarding this important project.
Everyone is welcome! Refreshments including Fair Trade Nicaraguan coffee. Come see old friends, meet new people, and show your support for Latin America. Donations at this event are for ABBA House.
Sponsored by Central America Support...
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Don't miss your chance to shape our priorities
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- Published on Thursday, 19 October 2023 12:51
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Dear Paov,
I’m blown away. In just a few days, more than one thousand BC Health Coalition supporters have filled out our survey to share their priorities for a new provincial funding model for contracted long-term care in B.C. – but we haven’t heard from you Paov.
The survey closes at midnight on October 25th so there’s less than a week left to weigh in. Will you fill out the survey before the deadline?
Here’s the first question: What is your top priority for the new long term care funding model?
◯ Requiring that funding for care be spent on care
The government is currently working on a new funding model, and the BC Health Coalition is planning a major campaign to ensure the new model takes into account the priorities of seniors, families, and workers. The results of...
Courtroom drama over enviro laws
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 October 2023 17:40
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[evoz] Social Justice Film Night
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 October 2023 18:43
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“ITHAKA”A father. A family. A fight for justice.7pm Thursday, Oct. 19 at Cedar Shores75 Gorge Rd. W.Recreration Bldg.
The world's most famous political prisoner, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, has become an emblem of an international arm wrestle over freedom of journalism, government corruption and unpunished war crimes. Now with Julian facing a 175-year sentence if extradited to the US, his family members are confronting the prospect of losing Julian forever to the abyss of the US justice system. This David-and-Goliath struggle is personal -- and, with Julian's health declining in a British maximum-security prison, the clock is ticking.
5:30pm there will be smokeys on buns with beverages served...
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