Chapters This Week
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November 2, 2018 - 12:00 pm (NUMEROUS INTERNAL LINKS)
(PHOTO: Montreal Chapter delivering the IPCC report.)
Since its inception, the Council of Canadians has built its strength and credibility with powerful grassroots activists in communities across Canada. Chapters promote local, provincial and national Council of Canadians campaigns, hold governments to account, and push for social and economic justice on a daily basis.
Joining a chapter is a great opportunity to meet with other Council of Canadians supporters who share your passion and vision for a better Canada. See if there’s a chapter near you and if not, contact us to discuss starting one!
Below are a few recent highlights – send actions and events to your regional organizer – we’d love to add your photos to our Flickr photostream too!
Chapters in the news
•Thunder Bay Chapter, Ontario Municipal Elections: Get informed about candidates, then vote, Chronicle Journal, October 21, 2018
•South Shore Chapter, Nova Scotia Offshore: In Nova Scotia, Bill and Ted debate the risk of an offshore oil disaster, National Observer, October 22, 2018
•Comox Valley Chapter, B.C. Proportional Representation: Referendum info session in Courtenay, Comox Valley Record, October 23, 2018
•NWT Chapter, Site C Dam: Letter sent to NWT leaders and activists calling for abandonment of this dangerous project.
•Regina Chapter reported that the Regina City Council passed a motion to commit to being a 100% renewable city by 2050, October 29, 2018
•St. John’s Chapter, Single-use plastics: Letter to government requesting a provincial ban on single-use plastic bags, October 31, 2018
•After hosting a three-stop tour against Site C across Treaty 8 territory with expert and activist Wendy Holm, the NWT chapter wrote a letter to federal, territorial, and Indigenous leaders calling for action given the downstream impacts of the project for their region.
• MPs put on notice country-wide as constituents deliver IPCC report and demand action
Upcoming events
•North Shore Chapter: Tatamagouche Film Screening: "BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal?" November 2, 2018 - 7:00pm
•PEI Chapter: attending the People's Forum on Just Trade and Development hosted by Trade Justice PEI on Saturday, November 3, 2018 - 1:30 p.m.
•South Shore Chapter: Mahone Bay Film Screening: "BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal?" November 9, 2018 - 7:00pm
•St. John's: Annual Meeting and Climate Talk November 8, 2018 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
•Kingston: The Future is Public! November 13, 2018 - 6:00pm
•Quinte Chapter: Picton: Corporatizing Canada Book Tour Event November 14, 2018 - 7:00pm
•Wakefield: Corporatizing Canada Book Tour Event November 22, 2018 - 7:00pm
•Guelph, Hamilton and Brant Chapters: attending the Putting a Stop to Nestlé November 24, 2018 - 1pm