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❄️ A holiday e-card for you, Paov

r1 Warmest wishes from all of us at West Coast Environmental Law ...

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An action-packed end to 2023

r1 New RELAW video spotlights Indigenous legal traditions for stewarding nature ...

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Nature cant wait — act now for 202

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A better future for the environment is possible

r1 ⏲️ 2024 is right around the corner and we need your support ⏲️ ...

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Speak up Canadas oil and gas emi

r1 Have your say about this key climate policy ...

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At the end of this year, support us with a monthly donation

NationBuilder r1 Your monthly donation sustains public health care advocacy ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Dear Paov --

We've been busy! Over the last year, we have supported national partners in pushing for universal Pharmacare, organized a public call with B.C.'s Seniors Advocate to highlight the failures of for-profit long-term care operators to deliver care, sent 2,000 postcards to B.C.'s Minister of Health to show our support in creating an accountable funding model for contracted long-term care, and spoken out against those who seek to push profit-driven health care delivery.

The best way to support this ongoing work is by becoming a sustaining monthly donor of the BC Health Coalition.

Will you become a sustaining monthly donor via credit card by clicking on the button below? Be sure to select "Monthly" in the amount section at the top of the page so your donation occurs monthly.

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[evoz] Social Justice Film Night

Hi friends,

Social Justice Film Night will be presenting


"INTO CUBA"


Victoria Friends of Cuba Committee's solidarity trip to Cuba


5:30pm Thursday, Dec. 14Cedar Shores - 75 Gorge Rd WestIn the Recreation Bldg.
Kabobs & Beverages will be...

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Together, we reflect nature's resilience

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Our thank you gift to you

NationBuilder r1 Sign up to receive your free sticker supporting public health care ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Paov,

Two weeks ago, our members and supporters of public health care showed up at the Vancouver event of the Canadian Medical Association's Public-Private Health Care series wearing the "I stick up for PUBLIC healthcare" stickers below.

If you weren't able to make it in person to the CMA event to get your sticker, we'd love to send you one! As a token of our gratitude to public health care supporters, we're mailing free stickers to anyone who signs up using the button below.

Click here to get your sticker

If you weren't able to join our delegation at the CMA event, you can still take action by sending a message to the CMA asking them to choose leadership that is rooted in evidence and recommits to the improved public health care system...

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Your monthly update from the BC Health Coalition

State of BC Health r1 BC Health

Your November 2023 monthly update from the
BC Health Coalition

UPDATE

Town Hall Report-back: Sticking up for public health care

Many thanks to the amazing panelists and moderator who participated in our town hall! From left to right: Dr. Kelvin Bei, Leslie Gaudette, Lisa Akinyi May, Nikolas Barry-Shaw, Dr. Lindsay Hedden, Dr. Rita McCracken, and Ronnie Nicolarosa.

On November 20, the BC Health Coalition held the Sticking Up For Public Health Care Townhall. We gathered with health care workers, patients, seniors, researchers, and the public for a deep-dive into the cautionary tales about privatization and the public solutions that will save our health care system.

The event was co-sponsored by our partners at Canadian Doctors for Medicare and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office. It featured panelists from the Council...

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Biodiversity needs a law to protect species

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Tell the BC government to go the distance for ecosystems


Hi Paov,

The BC NDP came to power in 2017, promising a law to protect endangered species. Under intense lobbying by logging, mining and oil and gas companies, they backed away from this commitment.

Now they’ve stated their intention to prioritize ecosystems and biodiversity above resource extraction — it’s up to us to hold them to that. Anything other than a new law will continue to allow species to fall through the legal gaps toward extinction.

The province is asking for comments on the draft framework, and this is a crucial time to speak up for endangered species and make our voices heard.

Write now for a species law!

This last month, we’ve seen a flurry of environmental announcements here in BC! At the end of October, the provincial government announced its conservation financing mechanism, a fund to help create needed protected areas to conserve old-growth forests...

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There's still time to show your support!

r1 This Giving Tuesday, will you support legal solutions for the ocean and coast? ...

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Today is Giving Tuesday!

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Paov – We cant take ocean ecosyste

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Trans Mountain wants to put a pipeline through this sacred site

r1 ‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌

Hear from Secwépemc community members


Hi Paov,

My heart sank when I heard the news. The industry-captured Canadian Energy Regulator granted the federally-owned Trans Mountain pipeline permission to dig through the heart of Pipsell, or Jacko Lake, near Kamloops.

It infuriated Secwépemc elders, hereditary leaders and community members who have long opposed pipeline construction of any kind through their territories and say the nation has never given its consent. It also broke a promise made to Stk’emlupsemc te Secwépemc who made a trenchless crossing of their most sacred site a condition of an agreement with the company.

Hear their stories and efforts to protect Pipsell at a webinar on Dec. 7 at 6 PM.

RSVP HERE TODAY!

You may remember the area around Jacko Lake from the fight over Ajax Mine, which united Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Kamloops to oppose a copper and gold mine there. Secwépemc peoples’ creation story centres around Pipsell and it holds...

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Ask for bold leadership on the public health care solutions we need

NationBuilder r1 Send a message to the Canadian Medical Association ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Paov,

Yesterday, at our Sticking Up for Public Health Care Townhall, we heard from Dr. Saad Ahmed from Canadian Doctors for Medicare. Saad shared his concerns about the Canadian Medical Association's (CMA) leading role in a national consultation regarding the "right mix" of public-private heatlh care. Here's what he said:

The Canadian Medical Association purports to be the national voice of physicians across Canada, and with that in mind they’ve been holding a national town hall series on the right mix of public and private delivery of health care services. I can tell you that as Canadian Doctors for Medicare we have worked very hard to make it clear to the CMA that the so-called ‘bold’ reimagining of Medicare must lay in and through the public system and not in vain attempts at privatization. The framing of the CMA townhalls itself is mistaken, and is trying to, I think, normalize a role for profit-driven, private services in our health care system.

Paov, will you take a moment to send a message to the CMA and ask them choose leadership that is rooted evidence and imagines...

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[evoz] Cafe Simpatico: Friday, Nov 24

Please join us!


Central America Support Committee

presents

Café Simpatico

Friday, November 24th, 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 for a Report on Cuba and the Venceremos Brigade. Local activist, electoral candidate and public speaker, Tyson Strandlund will tell us about the upcoming 30th Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade coming up in April-May and show the video he made in Cuba. Tyson will share his observations about his recent trips to Cuba.

Everyone is welcome! Refreshments including Fair Trade Nicaraguan coffee. Come see old friends, meet new people, and show your support for Latin America. Donations welcome.


Sponsored by Central America Support Committee (CASC)

www.victoriacasc.org https://www.facebook.com/vcasc/

See you at the rally on Saturday, Paov

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We're excited to see you outside the convention centre!

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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....

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Big moves for biodiversity in BC

r1 A game-changing framework for ecosystem health ...

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[evoz] Social Justice Film Night

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.

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