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The Makers: People like you building hope for a kinder, fairer economy after COVID-19
Big, transformative change can be hard to picture. Here are four extraordinary "regular" people living the values that should underpin the economic recovery, from installing solar panels, to delivering healthy food to those in need, to sewing masks for health professionals. Let's make the personal political.
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Greenpeace: Conditions on federal business support are preparation for “new rules after the crisis”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11 May 2020 TORONTO – Today, the federal government announced additional financial support for big businesses under the new Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF) program, which…
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Violent attack on the Tiny House Warriors should be publicly condemned
It’s been over a week since unidentified attackers brutally assaulted Indigenous Secwepemc Land Defenders of the Tiny House Warrior community, dedicated to protecting the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) pipeline and…
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Back to normal … but what normal?
To say that what we’re going through right now is intense would be an understatement. And denying that we’re all thinking about the post-COVID-19 period would be a lie. We…
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Greenpeace Canada response to federal oil & gas funding package
no dedicated bailout money for oil (they could already access the general pot of money)$1.6B for oil well clean-up, but fed money comes with the conditions we have requested (AB…
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Canada: 301 organizations, academics and others urge governments to adopt human rights oversight of COVID-19 responses
OTTAWA – A total of 301 organizations, academics and former politicians from across the country are calling on all levels of government in Canada to take urgent steps to strengthen…
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Pipeline construction, an essential service?
Here’s how the oil and gas industry continues to operate under the radar despite the coronavirus. This is a stressful time to say the least. Everything seems impacted by COVID-19.…
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Your guide to bailout people, not corporations!
We are hearing more and more about the “stimulus packages” that the government is putting forward to address the impacts of COVID-19 on our economy. If you’re like me, you…
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SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION DURING COVID-19
Let’s start off by being realistic: it’s probably safe to say that the coronavirus pandemic won’t come to an end in 14 days. For the last ten days, most of us have been spending a great deal of time glued to our screens, scrolling through our social media accounts (we’re social animals, after all!), all…
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Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau about Oil package bailout midst coronavirus crisis
COVID-19 is presenting real and immediate risks to people's health and livelihoods. It is appropriate and necessary for the federal government to make major interventions to keep people safe and healthy, to keep food on our tables and roofs over our heads.