On July 18, the Fredericton chapter delivered supplies to the Wolastoq Mothers and Grandmothers who have established a camp to block the proposed Sisson Brook open-pit mine on traditional Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) territory.
Please see below a list of some of the 60+ actions Council of Canadians chapters took part in this July and August.
Water
1- South Niagara chapter makes submission to federal Review of Environmental and Regulatory Processes
2- Kent County chapter submits comments to federal Review of Environmental and Regulatory Processes
3- South Niagara chapter calls on their MP to list Welland River in the Navigation Protection Act
4- Mid Island chapter calls on their MP to list Cowichan River and Nanaimo River under Navigation Protection Act
5- Regina chapter calls on MP Ralph Goodale to protect local waterways under the Navigation Protection Act
6- Windsor-Essex chapter to support Water Wells First blockade
7- South Niagara chapter highlights Aug. 28 deadline for comment on Navigation Protection Act
8- South Niagara chapter supports camp to protect Thundering Waters Forest
9- Windsor-Essex chapter presents ‘Boiling Point’ to Tracey Ramsey
10- Saskatoon chapter blue community campaign challenged by Canadian Beverage Association
11- Winnipeg chapter presents ‘Boiling Point’ to Liberal MP Dan Vandal
12- Windsor-Essex chapter presents ‘Boiling Point’ to Windsor-Tecumseh MP Cheryl Hardcastle
13- London chapter protests energy project harming Chatham-Kent’s drinking water
14- Victoria chapter at rally to save Fish Lake from mine
15- Fredericton chapter visits Wolastoq Mothers & Grandmothers camp at Sisson Brook
16- London & Centre Wellington chapters join Blue Planet Project delegation on privatized water in Chile
17- Comox Valley chapter presents ‘Boiling Point’ to NDP MPs Guy Caron and Gord Johns
18- Comox Valley chapter presents ‘Boiling Point’ to NDP MP Rachel Blaney
Trade
19- South Niagara chapter op-ed says Canada-China FIPA means Thundering Waters development won’t mean local jobs
20- Quill Plains chapter letter to the editor on NAFTA
21- Northumberland chapter commentary on NAFTA published in Brújula Ciudadana
Climate justice
22- Windsor-Essex chapter co-organizes public forum with Avi Lewis for November 18
23- Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter forms working group on neo-liberalism and climate change
24- Kamloops chapter tweets opposition to Kinder Morgan pipeline
Health care
25- Brandon-Westman chapter opposes provincial funding cut to local hospital
26- Winnipeg chapter at founding meeting for Manitoba Health Coalition
27- Winnipeg chapter tables on pharmacare at Unifor convention
Anti-racism
28- London chapter counter-protest vs PEGIDA draws 500+ people
29- Brandon-Westman chapter anti-racism rally draws about 100 people
30- Chilliwack chapter at massive ‘Oppose the racists in Metro Vancouver’ rally
31- Windsor-Essex chapter at Charlottesville solidarity vigil
32- Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter at ‘Hate-free Peace Vigil’
33- London chapter organizes rally in solidarity with Charlottesville, August 16
34- South Niagara chapter at ‘Standing in Solidarity with Charlottesville’ rally
Unsettling Canada 150
35- Victoria chapter at #UnsettlingCanada150 action
36- Regina chapter supports unfurling of massive ‘Genocide’ banner outside Saskatchewan Legislature
37- South Shore and Inverness chapters at ‘Resistance 150’ protest at Auld’s Cove
38- Fredericton & Saint John chapters support Longhouse across from the New Brunswick Legislature
39- South Shore chapter calls for decolonization in letter to the editor
40- Hamilton chapter distributes Indigenous rights buttons & ‘Canada 150 confronted’ magazine at Canada Day festival
41- South Shore chapter organizes ‘Unsettling Canada’ book club
42- Northumberland chapter highlights Blue Dot campaign in Canada Day parade
43- Kamloops chapter holds book sale at Canada Day Farmers Market
44- Montreal chapter at Canada Day parade
45- Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter walks with activist contingent in in Canada Day parade
46- PEI chapter highlights news report that Trudeau willing to listen to concerns about Fort Amherst
47- Fredericton chapter takes part in blanket exercise at Wolastoq Longhouse
48- Winnipeg chapter at 1st Annual July 1 resistance of the Indigenous Genocide gathering
More
49- Quill Plains (Wynyard) chapter calls for postal banking after closure of 20 branches in rural Saskatchewan
50- Brandon-Westman chapter opposes Pallister government plan for P3 school in their community
51- Regina chapter at ‘stop the cuts’ canoe protest at Sask Party golf tournament
52- Kamloops chapter at Pride parade
53- North Shore chapter screens Green Rights: The Human Right to a Healthy World
54- Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter prepares to engage in Ontario provincial election
55- Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter to attend Curve Lake First Nation Pow Wow, Sept. 16
56- Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter has information table at Peterborough Folk Festival
57- London chapter rallies against privatization of Hydro One
58- Winnipeg chapter organizes lantern ceremony to mark US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
59- PEI chapter leaflets against genetically modified salmon
60- Winnipeg chapter holds a summertime BBQ get-together
61- Brandon-Westman chapter to have booth at Brandon University to attract new members
62- Fredericton chapter in coalition that urges public to tell crews to stop glyphosate spraying
63- Red Deer chapter to hold information session on our campaigns
64- Victoria chapter op-ed on Massey Bridge in the Vancouver Sun
65- Hamilton chapter at rally calling for the licensing of landlords
66- PEI chapter meets with minister about genetically modified fish
67- Saskatoon chapter interviews Brigette DePape for their community radio program
68- Victoria chapter at Justice for Barbara Kentner vigil
69- Brandon-Westman chapter to march in Labour Day parade
