MAKING PEACE VIGIL NEWSLETTER - August 24, 2023

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL NEWSLETTER - August 24, 2023

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GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

FAMILY DOCTOR DISILLUSIONED WITH REGINA MAYOR'S APPROACH TO HOMELESSNESS
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... melessness ]


REGINA COUNCILLOR SAYS CALL FOR STATE OF EMERGENCY ON HOMELESSNESS 'NOT ALL ABOUT FUNDING'
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ut-funding ]


B.C. PRISONERS SEEK EXTENSION OF JAIL TIME TO STAY HOUSED, AVOID OVERDOSE
[ https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/loca ... on-7427689 ]



‘NIGHTMARE’ LANDLORD GREENWASHES MOVE TO DISPLACE LOW-INCOME TENANTS (Dream operates in Regina)
[ https://breachmedia.ca/dream-landlord-g ... e-tenants/ ]


THIRD-PARTY SEX-ED ORGANIZATIONS BARRED FROM SASKATCHEWAN SCHOOLS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... e=Sailthru ]



DANGEROUS SASKATCHEWAN GOVERNMENT POLICY HARMFUL TO STUDENTS
[ https://www.stf.sk.ca/about-stf/news/da ... -students/ ]



CRITICS CALL SASK GOVERNMENT’S NEW POLICY ON SEXUAL HEALTH ‘TROUBLING’
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.6944443 ]



YOUTH ADVOCATE REVIEWING SASK. POLICY REQUIRING SCHOOLS TO GET PARENTAL PERMISSION FOR PRONOUN CHANGES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.6943641 ]
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -ed-policy ]



LISTEN: SASK EDUCATION MINISTER TALKS ABOUT NEW POLICY REQUIRING SCHOOLS TO GET PARENTAL PERMISSION FOR PRONOUN CHANGES, with Stefani Langenegger
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2257659459753 ]



SASK OPPOSITION SAYS PRONOUN & NAMING POLICY MOTIVATED BY POLITICS, TRANSPHOBIA
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.6945452 ]



SASK GOVERNMENT IGNORING FIRST NATIONS TREATY RIGHTS, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 70825feb6f ]



FEDERAL UNDERFUNDING OF INDIGENOUS HOUSING LEADS TO YEARS LONG WAIT-LISTS, FRUSTRATION
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... 83e5a9296b ]



CANADIAN MINING, OILSANDS COMPANIES SAW HUGE REVENUE INCREASES IN 2022
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... es-in-2022 ]



OTTAWA HAS LONG UNDERMINED EFFORTS BY IMPOVERISHED COUNTRIES TO DRAW GREATER BENEFITS FROM THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... status-quo ]



CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, AUGUST 21, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImPtsM03a7Y ]


COASTAL GASLINK & GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9VDJmOPvlE ]



A RIVER IS NOT A RADIOCATIVE SEWER, by Gordon Edwards
[ http://www.ccnr.org/radioactive_sewer_2023.pdf ]



G-20 NATIONS DISHED OUT AT LEAST $1 TRILLION IN FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES IN 2022
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/fossil-fuel-subsidies ]


'THEY WILL NEVER CHANGE ON THEIR OWN': TOP OIL GIANTS HAVE NO SERIOUS PLANS TO CURB EMISSIONS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/oil-company-emissions ]



70 YEARS AFTER IRANIAN COUP, THE BRITISH STILL WON’T CONFESS TO THEIR CRIMES
[ https://therealnews.com/70-years-after- ... eir-crimes ]



‘IT’S ALWAYS ABOUT OIL’: CIA & MI6 STAGED COUP IN IRAN 70 YEARS AGO, DESTROYING DEMOCRACY IN IRAN
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/23/ ... nniversary ]



A TURNING POINT IN GUATEMALAN HISTORY: BERNARDO ARÉVALO WINS IN LANDSLIDE REJECTION OF RULING ELITE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/21/ ... a_election ]



IN MAJOR WIN FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, ECUADOR VOTES TO BAN OIL DRILLING IN PROTECTED AMAZON LANDS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/22/ ... ional_park ]



BRICS & WHY GLOBAL SOUTH COOPERATION IS KEY TO DISMANTLING UNJUST WORLD ORDER, by Vijay Prashad
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/22/ ... ay_prashad ]



BRICS SUMMIT: CHINA CALLS FOR MORE EQUITABLE WORLD ORDER
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/BRI ... -0012.html ]



THE INCLUSION OF ARGENTINA IN THE BRICS IS IMPORTANT
[ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/The ... -0009.html ]


FLYERS HANDED OUT TO OPPENHEIMER VIEWERS EXPANDED THEIR UNDERSTANDING
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/flyers-hande ... rstanding/ ]



AMID MAUI FIRE DEVASTATION BIG OIL TRIES TO KILL HAWAII CLIMATE LAWSUIT
[ https://therealnews.com/amid-maui-fire- ... te-lawsuit ]



SILENCING THE LAMBS: HOW PROPAGANDA WORKS, by John Pilger
[ https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57764.htm ]


LEOPOLD’S GHOST REDUX
[ https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57763.htm ]


WAR IN UKRAINE: HOW WE CAN PROMOTE A CEASEFIRE & PEACE TALKS
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOjrYcXnquI ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

EVENT: SATURDAY AUGUST 26, 11 am: MANUFACTURING CONSENT FOR WAR IN CANADA & THE US
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/manufacturi ... 4183821227 ]



EVENT: SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 11 am: LEGISLATIVE BUILDING: PROTECT QUEER YOUTH--PROTEST AGAINST ANTI-QUEER ANNOUNCEMENT FROM EDUCATION MINISTER DUSTIN DUNCAN
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1318411872431786/?ti=ls ]



EVENT: MONDAY SEPTEMBER 4, NOON – 3 pm: LABOUR DAY PICNIC, PLAZA ON NORTH SIDE OF VICTORIA PARK
Free food, entertainment, and fun. Sponsored by Regina Trade Unions
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/268215452592268 ]


EVENT: THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 5 pm: THE MEDIA, CSIS, & MODERN SINOPHOBIA
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... Q8ceYM3a1Q ]



EVENT: TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 7 PM: SOCIAL JUSTICE COALITION CONFERENCE, KNOX-MET



WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 1 pm: MEETING OF REGINA CITY COUNCIL—MOTION TO DECLARE A HOUSELESSNESS EMERGENCY WILL BE DEBATED

Lots of folks need to make presentations in support of this motion. Presentations have to be submitted to the City Clerk by noon, Monday September 11: clerks@regina.ca

Here’s the resolution: Be it resolved that: 1. The City of Regina declare a houselessness emergency; 2. Regina City Council call on the Governments of Saskatchewan and Canada to contribute emergency funding to address the urgent houselessness crisis immediately; 3. Council direct Administration to create a plan by the end of Q3 (2023) to provide temporary barrier-free shelter for all Regina residents in need, with the opportunity to provide input from the houseless, Indigenous leaders and local organizations working in mental health, addictions, and housing; 4. The City of Regina makes a long-term commitment to addressing houselessness as part of the 2024 budget process; and that the City of Regina calls on the Provincial and Federal levels of government to collaborate by making long-term commitments to address houselessness in Regina; and 5. Until all houseless residents have access to shelter, the City of Regina and its partners will utilize the following procedures to address encampments: a. Encampments will receive a written safety checklist and help to ensure they are compliant; and b. Encampments can only be dismantled for safety reasons if a documented pattern of unwillingness to address multiple safety concerns can be demonstrated in writing to the encampment residents and City Council.

For further information, go to page 360 of the meeting documents:

[ reginask.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&ID=4840&Inline=True ]



THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 10 – 10:30 am: RAISING OF THE PEACE FLAG IN FRONT OF CITY HALL FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY
Hope you can make it down to City Hall for this always inspiring event. A call will go out for both peace and justice.



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

GOVERNMENT OF SASKATCHEWAN: PROPERLY FUND OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
[ https://www.tellthemtuesday.com/?active ... 23_citizen ]


I WANT A BOLD EMISSIONS CAP!
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/im-in-emcap/ ]


STOP THE DEPORTATION OF CATHERINE NJOROGE & HER SON ASHER
[ https://www.change.org/p/stop-deportati ... -son-asher ]


DEMAND INSURERS DROP FREEPORT LNG & ALL METHANE GAS!
[ https://act.ran.org/page/55731/action/1 ]



STARBUCKS: STOP EVADING ACCOUNTABILITY ON COCOA
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/starb ... pply-chain ]



STOP JAPAN’S OCEAN DUMPING OF NUCLEAR WASTEWATER
[ https://campaigns.do/campaigns/1029 ]


- Making Peace Vigil