Chapters This Week - October 20, 2017[
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Here is a snapshot of recent and upcoming activism by Council of Canadians chapters across the country:
TRADE
1- Guelph chapter live-streams Barlow NAFTA & water talk on Facebook
2- Five chapters at Guelph chapter public forum on trade & water with Maude Barlow
CLIMATE
3- Montreal chapter at launch of Naomi Klein's book Dire non ne suffit plus Contre la stratégie du choc de Trump
4- Thunder Bay chapter named in Enbridge writ to seize assets following Charter challenge
5- Regina chapter challenges SK Premier on his backing of Energy East pipeline
6- Hamilton chapter to host talk on climate change, the Arctic and the Antarctic, Oct. 24
7- Quill Plains (Wynyard) chapter to hold 'Is Your Community Ready for Renewable Energy?' public forum, Nov. 4
8- Montreal chapter to co-sponsor screening of 'Stella Polaris Ulloriarsuaq', Nov. 6
9- Montreal chapter to participate in Off-Bonn climate gathering, Nov. 12
10- NWT chapter to screen 'Awake, A Dream from Standing Rock', Nov. 16
11- Windsor-Essex chapter to co-host public forum with Avi Lewis, Nov. 18
12- Windsor-Essex chapter public forum with Paul Chislett on Leap Manifesto and the local cooperative economy, Nov. 18
13- Windsor-Essex chapter to host Elder Mona Stonefish speaking on the Leap Manifesto and Indigenous Rights
WATER
14- Delta-Richmond chapter screens 'Watershed Guardians of the Fraser River'
15- Atlantic chapter activists visit Treaty Truckhouse in solidarity to #StopAltonGas
16- Kent County chapter to push for local lakes and rivers to be protected under Navigation Protection Act
HEALTH
17- South Niagara chapter opposes planned closure of Welland County General Hospital
18- London chapter to attend public consultation on hospital reform, Oct. 24
19- Prince Albert chapter to screen CBC Fifth Estate documentary on pharmacare, Nov. 20
DEMOCRACY
20- Guelph chapter holds democracy forum with Elizabeth May & Michael Chong
21- NWT chapter supports ethics complaint vs Trudeau on broken promise of electoral reform
22- Mid Island chapter to attend community strategy discussion on upcoming provincial electoral reform referendum, Oct. 25
MORE!
23- Inverness County, North Shore and South Shore chapters take part in Halifax rally to protect forests
24- Powell River chapter may screen 'A Silent Transformation' documentary
25- Powell River chapter opposes Catalyst Paper tax exemption
26- Inverness County chapter highlights health benefits of forests in Chronicle-Herald letter to the editor
27- Comox Valley, Campbell River, Powell River, Kent County chapters call for end to fish farms on BC coast
28- Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter at local Leap meeting on guaranteed basic income
29- Kent County chapter expresses solidarity with occupation of fish farms
30- Montreal chapter at local peace rally
31- PEI chapter holds "mix & mingle" to discuss key issues
32- Kent County chapter meets to strategize on key issues of concern
33- Montreal chapter takes part in peace demonstration
34- Fredericton chapter promotes Council's year-end priorities survey on Twitter
35- Centre Wellington chapter attends the Unity Rally to End White Supremacy in Toronto
36- Quinte chapter attends Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory's South Shore conference
37- Hamilton chapter calls for fairness in social assistance rates
38- Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter holds planning meeting
39- South Shore chapter to hold Unsettling Canada book club discussion, Oct. 20
40- Prince Albert chapter to hold Slow Food Potluck, Oct. 20
41- South Shore chapter to hold 'Unsettling Canada' book club discussion, Oct. 20
42- London chapter co-organizing 'Love is Stronger than Hate' counter-rally, Oct. 28
43- London chapter to attend 'Stand Up for Decent Work and Oppose Hate!' forum, Oct. 28
44- Montreal chapter to screen 'A Silent Transformation' documentary, Nov. 1
45- Chapters to meet for second 'Unsettling Canada' online book club discussion, Nov. 2
46- London chapter to hold its annual general meeting, Nov. 15
47- Prince Albert chapter to support 'Write for Rights' vs Site C dam, Dec. 12
48- Saskatoon chapter to hold its annual general meeting in December
We also extend our condolences to friends and family on the passing of long-time Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter activist Carol Winter.
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SUPPLEMENT:----- Forwarded message from Brent Patterson <bpatterson@canadians.org> -----
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 13:52:28 +0000
From: Brent Patterson <bpatterson@canadians.org>
Just some follow-up from yesterday morning's Chapters this Week! report, [
https://canadians.org/node/16372 ]
I'm so glad to hear that the South Shore chapter's 'Unsettling Canada' book club went so well - more coming on that soon, but here's a photo [
https://twitter.com/CBrentPatterson/sta ... 9299007488 ]
I hope the Prince Albert chapter's slow food potluck went well last night - and best wishes to the Comox Valley chapter for the rally they'll be at today (opposing fish farms).
And I'll add the points below to next week's list, but since there are 10 items to add already I thought I would share them this morning.
Brent
TRADEPeel Region chapter gives Liberal MP Ruby Sahota copy of Barlow's 'Getting It Right' NAFTA report
Quill Plains (Wynyard) chapter challenges NAFTA ISDS in letter to the editor
Peel Region chapter joins Unifor #ABetterNAFTA rally in Brampton
WATERFredericton chapter urges donations to Grandmothers vs Sisson Brook mine for firewood
South Niagara chapter opposes Line 10 spur line crossing the Welland River
MORE!South Niagara chapter critiques Wynne's so-called 'free tuition' pledge
Quill Plains (Wynyard) chapter calls on their MP to oppose fish farms, back UNDRIP
Comox Valley chapter to attend 'Fish Farms Out!' rally in Courtenay, Oct. 21
London chapter to participate in keep public services public rally in Toronto, Nov. 6
Victoria chapter backs call for proportional representation in Nov. 2018 referendum in BC
Brent