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Chapters This Week

May 17, 2019

Fridays for Future in London has grown! Join the London Chapter every Friday in front of City Hall from 3-5 p.m.

#CouncilChapters help put campaigns and social and economic justice issues in the spotlight in communities across the country. Chapter activists continue to be busy protecting public health care and water, challenging unfair trade deals, calling for urgent and immediate action on climate change, and to standing up for democracy. Here are just a few examples of their recent actions...

Stop the deportation of Mohamed Harkat

May 15, 2019

The Council of Canadians has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale calling for the immediate end to deportation proceedings against UN Convention refugee Mohamed Harkat.

Harkat has been subjected to a Security Certificate since 2002. After three and a half years in solitary confinement, Harkat was released under the strictest conditions in Canadian history. Now he is facing possible deportation to torture.

Eau Secours brings fire to water: 9 QC Blue Communities

May 10, 2019

In seven months, Eau Secours and its volunteers have added seven more Québec municipalities to the Blue Communities roster of 49 Blue Communities—17 of which are in Canada. They have also signed up two educational institutions including McGill University.

Started ten years ago, Blue Communities were an attempt to counter former Stephen Harper’s drive to promote private-public ownership of public water utilities. It asked municipalities to pass resolutions promote and protect the human right to water, guarantee that water services remain public and not privatized, and provide tap water facilities.

Here is the list of Québec Blue Communities:

Chapters This Week

May 10, 2019

Climate Change Rally
On May 3, folks from Northumberland and Peterborough counties concerned about climate change gathered in front of Victoria Hall to take part in “Climate Strike” rallies. Read more: Local Citizens Rally for Action on Climate Change, Cobourg Now, May 7, 2019

Jericho House becomes 49th Blue Community!

May 7, 2019

Jericho House Board Chair Wayne Badaway signs the certificate as our Executive Director Molly Kane looks on.

The Council of Canadians welcomed the latest Blue Community into the fold yesterday. Jericho House in Wainfleet, Ontario is a youth leadership, social & ecological justice, and spirituality centre just a stone’s throw from Lake Erie on the Niagara Peninsula. Our new Executive Director, Molly Kane delivered the Blue Community certificate yesterday afternoon to Jericho House’s Board of Directors.The community sited their proximity to Lake Erie and a prolific spring in the conservation area next to their property amongst their reasons for wanting to commit to the principles of being a Blue Community.