January 28th, 2011
MP Frank Valeriote hosted a Food Security Roundtable on Jan. 27th and two other representatives from the Agriculture and Agri-Business Committee in Ottawa attended, MP Carolyn Bennett (a medical doctor and health critic for the Opposition) and MP Wayne Easter (agriculture critic for the Opposition). The forum was organized by Council of Canadians, Guelph Chapter, [...]
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January 28th, 2011
Please click this link to read about Maude Barlow’s talk at the University of Guelph’s War Memorial Hall this past week: http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/753743 “Barlow urges people to study any free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union.” http://news.guelphmercury.com/videogallery/753523
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January 23rd, 2011
Hello Folks. This is a big week for the Guelph Chapter. I hope that you will attend some of the events. Maude Barlow, Food Security, Organic Conference .
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January 21st, 2011
UPDATE: Nuclear shipments on Great Lakes delayed. CottageCountryNow.ca reports that, “A federal decision to permit the shipment of 16 radioactive steam generators across the Great Lakes has been delayed indefinitely. For reasons unexplained, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) said on Monday (January 17) that it needs more time to deliberate the proposed shipment.” The Sarnia [...]
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January 17th, 2011
Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations are continuing at a fast pace. CETA is a trade agreement being negotiated now between the European Union and Canada. The Europeans are demanding that their corporations have equal access to bid on all municipal contracts including hospital, schools, public utilities. The wording is such that [...]
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January 17th, 2011
NEWS: Barlow to speak on CETA in Guelph, Jan. 26 by The Guelph Mercury reporter, Drew Halfnight on Thursday, Jan 13/11 She was a thorn in Brian Mulroney’s side during negotiations for the first modern free trade deal, the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement, and helped turn the tide against the Free Trade Area of the Americas [...]
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January 15th, 2011
International Water Warrior, Maude Barlow will speak on January 26 at 7pm at War Memorial Hall on the global water crisis and the fight for the water commons.
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January 12th, 2011
NEWS Over half of the new gas wells leaking… The Concordian reports that, “During the past year, Quebec’s quickly growing shale gas industry sparked heated debates about potential contamination of water. It wasn’t until last week that some new concerns over possible effects on the atmosphere came to light. In December, Quebec’s Department of Natural [...]
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January 10th, 2011
Before the last election CoC Guelph asked all of the candidates a few questions about their positions on issues that concern us. Here is the complete text of the questions. Below that we have posted the responses we received from the mayor and councillors. Municipal Elections 2010 A Vote for Trade Justice – A Vote [...]
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January 5th, 2011
Happy new year and welcome to 2011!
This year the Council of Canadians will be launching three new campaigns.
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