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Accompaniment update
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 PBI-Canada Amnesty International Canada webinar on the impact of Canadian mining on Indigenous rights in Mexico, March 11 … Read more...  PBI-Honduras accompanies the National Union of Rural Workers at media conference on food insecurity and agrarian crisis
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Posted on Feb 19, 2021 05:51 pm
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Living Socialism Today: Remembering Leo Panitch
Sam Gindin
Standing outside a conference with a group of devotees, a famous political scientist brags that there’s only two people in the world he’s afraid of: his mother and Leo Panitch. To anyone who knows Leo, this revelation elicits knowing smiles and an affirmative nodding of heads. But it also poses a question. Those with an authoritative and intimidating presence
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Posted on Feb 19, 2021 02:31 pm
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Can you say fellowship?
r1 You’re used to hearing from us about the threats to Canada’s natural world, but today I’m writing about a different kind of challenge we must tackle. ...
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Posted on Feb 18, 2021 11:58 pm
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1,200+ people have faxed their “green job application” to the PM. Send yours.
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Paov,
I’m impressed. Over 1,200 people have faxed a “green job application” to the Prime Minister’s office. Can you take a minute to send yours? We’re aiming to hit 1,500 by the end of the week.
This action is our cheeky way of reminding the PM that we haven’t forgotten his 2019 pledge to pass a Just Transition Act.
We’re having our fun but we recognize this is a serious matter, especially for the thousands of oil and gas workers facing an uncertain future. Canada needs a Just Transition Act that creates a million green jobs. And we need it today.
Over the last few days, I spent some time reading through some of the customized "job applications" that people faxed to Trudeau. It gave me so much hope to read your stories: retirees explaining why
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Posted on Feb 18, 2021 07:51 pm
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RCMP ready to remove tree-sitter
Hi Paov,
Yesterday, I went to visit the Brunette River Conservation Area where Trans Mountain plans to build its pipeline across two vital creeks for fish. One local activist has been living in a tree to protect the area for two months — but he’s expecting the police to remove him today.
Workers and security were all over the forest and told me they would start cutting trees as soon as possible. Cutting these trees will fill the salmon habitat below with debris that could smother any
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Posted on Feb 18, 2021 06:31 pm
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This is a test
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Dear ,
Bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrencies. You’ve likely heard these
words in the last few years.
These technologies all form what experts call virtual assets –
things that hold value, but only exist in digital form. The term often
refers to cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin or Ethereum, but it can also
include other assets that are built on similar tech (digital art,
collectibles, securities, and so much more).
That’s what the Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering
in BC recently turned its mind to.
Our lawyers are continuing to keep human rights and civil liberties
at the forefront of the Commission’s work. Virtual assets and
cryptocurrencies could make the Canadian financial system more
equitable and inclusive. For people facing financial discrimination,
such as sex workers, cryptocurrencies offer alternatives to
traditional payment systems.
We support the development of virtual assets in ways that
can strengthen our Charter values. However, we strongly
oppose
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Posted on Feb 18, 2021 05:17 pm
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“Middle Class” As Deflection
Jeffery R. Webber
Saving the middle class has become fashionable again. With alarming regularity, opinion pieces in the country’s leading newspapers, magazines, and online media call for the reorienting of Canadian state policy around this elusive goal. Despite (or because of?) the shared commonsensical tone adopted in such commentary, explanations of the middle class, or indeed of social class in any sense at
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Posted on Feb 18, 2021 12:55 pm
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Caring for nature with strong environmental laws ...
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Posted on Feb 17, 2021 11:36 pm
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Urgent pharmacare vote at parliament
r1 The February 24 vote on Bill C-213 is an opportunity for all MPs to commit to universal pharmacare for all. ...
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Posted on Feb 17, 2021 02:34 pm
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Navalny and the Protests: Some Clarification
Karine Clément
Who is Alexei Navalny? We now hear nothing but good things said about him in the West, and the enthusiasm should probably be tempered. I personally have never been a fan of Navalny. At the same time, the guts he showed in returning to Russia when he knew he was threatened both physically and legally unmistakably raises him to
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Posted on Feb 17, 2021 11:37 am
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Dear CASC supporters, Our Café Simpatico Zoom meetings have had a good response. If you missed our Café with Wendy Mendez and Carmen Miranda Barrios on January 15: here is the link tpo the google file of their talk: Guatemala: Human Rights Update :![]() Read more...
Posted on Feb 17, 2021 03:19 am
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GameStop and Share Markets:
Between the Bad and the Ugly, There is No Good
Harry Glasbeek
The recent GameStop story coming out of the US pushed arcane financial dealings into a prominence they rarely enjoy. The public was introduced to weird concepts such as “short selling and short squeezes” and, for a while, they are likely to be part of many zoom conversations. Not least because, whatever
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Posted on Feb 16, 2021 01:09 pm
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