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Bringing people together to challenge corporate power and organize for: 💧Clean water 🌍Fair trade ☀️Climate justice 🏥Public healthcare 🖐🏽A vibrant democracy
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Climate change, the answer is climate change.
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RT @BlueCommunity_N: From the Swiss Blue Community Eawag, Aquatic Research Institute: .The next few years in Legionella research. https://t….
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RT @OFLabour: Today, as Ontario faces one of the hottest days of the year, OFL President @waltonmom spoke to @CityNewsTO about the urgent n….
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RT @CanadianLabour: Last April, Carney promised millions of uninsured Canadians he’d protect pharmacare from cuts to win their votes. Now,….
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Health advocates say they’re shocked to hear the federal government may not sign more pharmacare funding deals, which would leave coverage uneven across the country.
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RT @for_dentalcare: This seems pertinent considering the Liberals are gutting the public sector to shovel $150 billion per year to the mili….
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RT @MigrantRightsCA: 🚨NEW REPORT: Migrant workers expose Ottawa’s secret plans 🧵.
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The changes affect wage deductions, housing requirements and health-care insurance, among other aspects of the program.
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On Thursday, Health Minister Marjorie Michel refused to say whether she will conclude any new funding deals with provinces and territories, putting the future of the program in question. Council of Canadians denounces the anticipated cuts to pharmacare.
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Don’t Put Pharmacare on Ice to Appease Trump, Says Council of Canadians
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RT @envirodefence: Last week, the Mayor’s Exec Committee *approved* new priority transit lanes on Bathurst & Dufferin — but the final *vote….
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RT @BlueCommunity_N: From the Blue Community / Blue City of Paris and its public water service ‘Eau de Paris’: .2024 Activity Report: Olymp….
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RT @HealthCoalition: We’ll be rallying and reminding the Premiers that Canadians support health care on Tuesday at the Council of the Feder….
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Nik Barry Shaw points out the biggest threat against #pharmacare which gets 1 billion versus 20 billion in unbridled military spending. Pharmacare is being nickel and dimed while billions will go to the military.
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RT @RussDiabo: She's fought for clean water for years and fears proposed Ontario permit changes will hurt First Nations..
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Proposed changes to Ontario's water-taking permit process would make permits transferrable if a business is sold. There are concerns, however, that this may lead to skipping environmental assessments...
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RT @HealthCoalition: Health care advocates gather to defend Medicare in the lead up to the meeting of the Premiers at the Council of the Fe….
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RT @HealthCoalition: Dr Nancy Olivieri, hematologist and pharma whistle blower of @OntarioHealthC, Nik Barry Shaw of @CanadiansOrg and….
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The Ford Conservatives are proposing to bypass the regulations that require new applicants to undergo a full review of groundwater extraction for bottling. They want to grant a new permit based solely on a previous approval given to a different company.
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The fight against for-profit water extraction in Ontario has taken a new turn. The Ford Conservatives are proposing to bypass the current regulations that require new applicants to undergo a full r…
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Mark Carney is slashing public service, supercharging military spending, and ramming through a right-wing agenda, while much of the country stays stuck in denial .
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Mark Carney is slashing public service, supercharging military spending, and ramming through a right-wing agenda—while much of the country stays stuck in denial
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RT @MaudeBarlow: Depletion of major groundwater source threatens Great Plains farming | PBS News
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In the heart of the country, Great Plains farmers and ranchers produce a quarter of all U.S. crops and 40 percent of its beef. But they rely on a resource that has been slowly drying up, water....
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RT @readthemaple: Canada Authorized $37.2 Million In New Military Exports To Israel. Global Affairs insists it hasn’t authorized exports th….
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Global Affairs insists it hasn’t authorized exports that could be used in Gaza, but won’t say if this policy applies to Israel’s other conflicts.
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Nikolas Barry-Shaw, of the Council of Canadians, said that Canada pays the second-highest price for drugs in the world after the U.S., as a result of a “fragmented and disorganized” system of about 10 provincial drug plans all making separate deals.
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