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The Council of Canadians will hold its next annual general meeting in Nanaimo, British Columbia on October 26-28, 2012. Located on Vancouver Island, the city of about 80,000 people is situated 110 km northwest of Victoria, and 55 km west of Vancouver, separated by the Strait of Georgia. Our AGM there will come at a critical time. Read more »
The Council of Canadians and a number of Québec and First Nations peoples, student and labour groups came together for a major conference in Montréal October 21-22.
The conference explored how we can work together as civil society movements in Canada, Québec, and the First Nations to create positive alternatives to a system that makes profits more important than people and the planet.
People joined in a united Call to Action at the conclusion of the conference. The draft statement, in part, reads, "We stand with each other, with the Indignez movements in Europe, and with the occupiers of Wall Street, Bay Street, Montreal, Vancouver and the thousands of others worldwide. We stand with our trade union sisters and brothers who are fighting to maintain worker rights won many years ago. We are inspired by the Arab Spring to demand real democracy from our leaders. We commit to working with Indigenous peoples to bring about a new society designed to serve our common goals and aspirations. We will strive to live better, to de-globalize, to think strategically and sustainably. We will stand and resist and hope. We will act for justice. We are already building a better world, which we see is possible. We invite you to join us."
Click here to read the full draft Call to Action statement.
Our heartfelt thanks to are extended to Alternatives, Eau Secours!, Association québécoise de lutte contre la pollution atmosphérique (AQLPA), and Médecins Quebecois pour la regime publique (MQRP) who joined us in organizing and hosting this event, as well as to CUPE•SCFP and CEP•SCEP for their generous sponsorship.
PHOTO GALLERY
Photos by
Zinta Avens Auzins
VIDEOS
Thank you to Rabble.ca for live-streaming the conference.
The opening Friday night plenary panel with keynote speakers Maude Barlow, Louis Roy, Ellen Gabriel, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, here.
Panel 1, From the Streets to the Legislature, English, French.
Panel 2, Globalization, Security and Human Life, English or French.
Panel 6, Indignez-Vous! A Call to Action, English or French.
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, spokesperson for ASSE (Quebec student union), speaking about the fight against rising tuition fees in Quebec at the Indignez-vous conference, here.
Maude Barlow speaking at the McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association (MUNACA) picket line, here.
The Raging Grannies perform at the conference, here and here.
