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NO TUNNEL VISION! YOUR CHANCE TO SPEAK OUT!
Join the Council of Canadians Delta/Richmond Chapter in calling for improved transit instead of building a multi-billion dollar replacement for the Massey Tunnel and expanding freeways. We will picket and leaflet the Ministry of Highways’ Delta open house on the … Continue reading
Don’t Frack the Law! Why BC’s natural gas plans will kill our climate action targets
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA): The Enbridge pipeline isn’t BC’s only major environmental threat. Our government’s Natural Gas Strategy makes it impossible for us to meet BC’s own legislated greenhouse gas reduction targets. Marc Lee, Director of the Canadian … Continue reading
Please sign the petition: ‘Demand that Canadian Provincial Governments Withdraw From the Canada-EU Trade Negotiations’
Hi, I’ve created an Avaaz petition called ‘Demand that Canadian Provincial Governments Withdraw From the Canada-EU Trade Negotiations’. http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Demand_that_Canadian_Provincial_Governments_Withdraw_From_the_CanadaEU_Trade_Negotiations/?kHDKlab I believe that the Canada-EU trade deal, also known as the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), is a terrible … Continue reading
A Cross-Border Action: The People’s Round on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
On Saturday, Dec. 1 activists gathered at Peace Arch Park in Surrey, BC and Blaine, WA in a rally against the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). Members of the Vancouver-Burnaby Council of Canadians chapter participated. Below is a media release for … Continue reading
Harper slashes transit funding as climate crisis deepens
By Eric Doherty According to NDP MP Olivia Chow, understanding Stephen Harper’s climate policy is easy: just look at federal funding for public transit over the last four years. Transport Canada figures show that federal transit funding has plunged from … Continue reading
