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This week Voice of Palestine interviews Bruce Katz from Montreal, president of
PAJU, Palestinian and Jewish Unity about their recent statement entitled The
Indecency of the Harper Government’s Support for Israel. We talk with
Bruce about the position of PAJU, as well as engaging in a wide-ranging
discussion of Harper’s visit this past week to the region.
Our final piece of music is by Lebanese singer Julia Boutros,
entitled “I Breathe Freedom”; and we dedicate it to all those courageous people in Canada who are speaking up on Palestine and Palestinian
rights and telling the Harper government, Not in our Names!
Click
on this link to access a download of the show .
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CAIA Active Members Committee
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Published on Monday, 27 January 2014 08:48
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Download FileDownload FileDear Friends of SJS,
VIDEA and Camosun College invite students from campuses
across Victoria to join us during International Development Week for a morning
exploring what it means to be an international intern. Curious about what
working internationally is all about? Interested in doing an international
internship but not sure what it will be like, or whether you would enjoy it?
Not sure how your degree or diploma might apply? Join us to hear more about
international internships from former VIDEA interns who carried out placements
in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Uganda!
University of Victoria and Royal Roads University
students also encouraged to attend - everyone welcome!
Friday, February 7th - 9:00-1:00
Camosun College in Wilna Thomas 234
Light refreshments served,
Please register in advance...
Read more: Int Dev Week Events
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Take action to keep crude oil out of Hudson Bay
Hi PAOV,
We need you to raise your voice against a terrible plan to ship crude oil through northern Manitoba communities to the Port of Churchill, and then by tanker through Hudson Bay. It’s a terrible idea that would put this fragile ecological area at risk!
Most people only know Churchill as the place to see polar bears and beluga whales; in fact, it’s the best place in the world to see them. Omnitrax, the company that owns the port and railway, plans to put those polar bears and belugas in jeopardy by shipping crude oil through this region.
We’ve already documented many aspects of this plan that simply won’t work. You can read about the area’s lack of oil spill containment equipment on our blog post here, and even see a government video of cleanup equipment failing in icy northern waters. You can read about how dangerous this rail line is in this blog post, which chronicles four separate derailments and accidents that occurred on this rail line while I was travelling to and from Churchill in the fall of 2013.
For some of the remote communities along the rail line, this single railway is their only access to the outside world – and to each other. How can oil spill response equipment be transported into these communities, when the only rail line has an accident on it? How do you evacuate people when there is no road into these communities? How do we safeguard the population, the wildlife, and the lands and waters that provide for them, when the only access – the rail line – is blocked by a train derailment?
Finally, Hudson Bay itself has no crude oil being shipped through it right now. We do not need to put Hudson Bay at risk. Nunavut, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec will all share the risk if crude oil is transported through Hudson Bay. This plan does not need to happen!
Please use this letter-writing tool to contact federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt, and voice your opinion today! Share this information with your family, friends and neighbours – the more people who speak up, the better.
Write your letter now >>
We must ban crude oil shipments through Hudson Bay to protect marine ecosystems, to protect the fragile northern ecology, and to protect the nearby communities – and the territories they rely on to thrive.
For the wild,
Eric Reder | Manitoba Campaign Director
Wilderness Committee
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