Please see below Council of Canadians media and blog coverage this week. Weekly Media Digest, July 25, 2008
Privatization of Mexican Oil Will Advance SPP Objectives
"Stuart Trew of the Council of Canadians said that the North American Competitiveness Council is, “providing input into the SPP through the North American Energy Working Group, and their intentions are clear. In the case of energy, what they want is a fast-tracked continental integration policy.”"
http://www.granitebaypt.com/detail/89466.html
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/07/377807.shtml
Premiers bow to corporate pressure in Quebec City
"A new dispute resolution process, which Canada’s premiers agreed to include in the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) at last week’s Council of the Federation meeting, is unnecessary, anti-democratic and represents a capitulation to corporate interests, says the Council of Canadians."
http://www.rabble.ca/press_release.shtml?x=73731
Northern oil riches raise fears
CoC Energy Campaigner Andrea "Harden-Donahue said the current legal manoeuvring to establish Arctic energy is occurring specifically because private industry is eager to exploit the fragile area, a developmental process being speeded up by global warming… "It feeds into an already out-of-control industry with the concerns of the public and the environment secondary," she said."
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/466427
Dylan Penner | The Free Trade Nightmare
"Nightmare scenarios have been painted of what a failure of the latest of the so-called Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations, taking place in Geneva this week, would mean. But the question must be asked: a nightmare for whom?"
http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=9032
Angela Giles | Let war resisters stay
"Dominick Mirabile (July 17 opinion piece) argues that U.S. war resisters had a choice whether or not to enlist. However, signing a contract with the U.S. military does not obligate someone to participate in war crimes. Whether they volunteered or not is irrelevant. They have a higher obligation to international law than their "duty" to just follow orders."
http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Letters/1069025.html
The Luck of the Kagay-anons
"In her recent book, Blue Covenant, author Maude Barlow, head of the Council of Canadians, painted three scenarios for disaster: the world’s disappearing supply of freshwater, which she described as "the ground-level equivalent of greenhouse-gas emissions and likely as great a cause of climate change;" the increasing lack of access to clean water by a burgeoning population (more children are killed by dirty water than by war, malaria, HIV/AIDS, and traffic accidents combined), mostly affecting millions of poor people who only have access to contaminated water from rivers and wells; and third, the commoditization by water cartels which worsens the first two scenarios."
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/69251
The ‘new’ city lawn: Green it is, grass it isn’t
"Corey Morningstar’s bungalow has something not many Londoners yet have – but a lot more soon will if this trend continues… Where most homeowners have a front lawn, her house in south London has a flower garden."
(Way to go Corey! This is a great example of how to get media coverage from the comfort of your front yard.)
http://www.thelondoner.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1124917
How you can help ban bottled water
"Twenty per cent of Canadian municipalities have faced shortages in recent years and bottled water production places huge stresses on increasingly scarce water resources."
http://rabble.ca/in_cahoots.shtml?x=73662
Another summit, another protest
"A major meeting of political and business leaders from Canada and the US takes place this week in Vancouver. The Pacific Northwest Economic Region Summit is set to cover issues ranging from cross-border travel and the 2010 Olympics to agriculture… However, Carleen Pickard with the Council of Canadians says she and other social justice groups are concerned the meeting furthers an agenda of corporate free trade and border militarization"
http://www.cknw.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/Story.aspx?ID=1017425
Where is the public defence?
"Local opponents of private power river-diversion projects are numerous. Tourism operators, local governments, environmental groups, the Council of Canadians, and resident hunters’ associations have all spoken out."
http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/invermerevalleyecho/opinion/letters/25726709.html
Water pact will deplete Great Lakes, expert fears
"Meera Karunananthan, water resources analyst for the Council of Canadians, fears that the agreement further erodes the responsibility of the federal government to safeguard Canadian water." (Meera also just did an interview with French CBC Radio in Sudbury as a result of this story)
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/464750
Bottling foes force district to rethink contract vote
"Author and activist Maude Barlow will speak to the community about water issues and Nestle at 7 p.m. July 20 at York County Community College in Wells."
Maude Barlow to speak at York County Community College
"While in Maine, Barlow will highlight the relevance of her international experiences to local efforts by citizens to maintain local and democratic control over their water supply."
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/LIFE/807170359/-1/NEWS14&sfad=1
Poland Spring water deal may be dead
"Water District Superintendent Norm Labbe announced his recommendation to table the agreement… that would allow the Nestlé-owned company to extract water from the Branch Brook Aquifer in Wells… an event regarding the movement to protect water from corporate control, featuring activist and author Maude Barlow at York County Community College, is still scheduled for Sunday, July 20."
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS/807170385/-1/NEWS01&sfad=1
Energy, Olympics on table at regional summit
"Organizer Carleen Pickard of the Council of Canadians said she’s concerned the group is furthering an agenda of privatizing B.C.’s resources with little public accountability."
BLOGGING ON THE COUNCIL
The End of Drinking Water?
"Who’s Maude Barlow? She’s an activist rock star: head of the Council of Canadians, Canada’s largest public advocacy organization, and founder of the Blue Planet Project."
http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/menu-for-shrinking-our-hot-stains-and-water-footprints/
Larry Hubich, President, Saskatchewan Federation of Labour
"The Council of Canadians has issued a news release citing the recently announced proposed amendments to the Agreement of Internal Trade (AIT) as a massive sell-out of democracy and complete capitulation by Canadian Provincial Premiers to their corporate masters."
http://larryhubich.blogspot.com/2008/07/premiers-sold-out-to-corporate-pressure.html
CoC’s Support for Khadr’s Return
http://www.canadiandimension.com/blog/2008/07/picket-for-kadr-tomorrow/
http://frederictonpeace.org/?p=1321
the solution is simple: heed the will of parliament and canadians
"Yesterday, the Chronicle ran this excellent piece… The writer is an organizer with the Council of Canadians, staunch supporters of Canadian independence – and of the war resisters… Thank you Ms Giles, and thank you to the Council of Canadians for all the work they do on behalf of peace."
http://wmtc.blogspot.com/2008/07/solution-is-simple-heed-will-of.html
SPP Public Forum – Maude Barlow
"Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians, gives 10 reasons to oppose the SPP at a public forum on the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) in Ottawa on August 19, 2007. For more info about the SPP or the public forum, go to http://canadians.org or http://IntegrateThis.ca"
(While this video is from last year, it was just posted on July 24, 2008)
http://www.vdopreview.com/vdopreview_OwAZOxKbi3I_SPP-Public-Forum-Maude-Barlow.html
The Plan to Disappear Canada
http://windfarms.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-plan-to-disappear-canada/
Water pact will deplete Great Lakes, expert fears
http://www.waterkeeper.ca/content/drink/water_pact_will_deplete_great.php
http://statismwatch.ca/2008/07/22/water-pact-will-deplete-great-lakes-expert-fears/
http://www.bobgoulais.com/bgc/wordpress/?p=280
NAFTA and SPP, Securing U.S. Access to Canadian Resources
"The U.S. has long since coveted Canadian fresh water as it possesses one-fifth of the world’s supply. Maude Barlow, the National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, said in a recent article, “water supplies, like energy supplies, must be secured if the United States is to maintain its current economic and military power in the world."
http://my.opera.com/richardinbellingham/blog/show.dml/2342891
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/07/377471.shtml
Forum on drive-thrus in London, Ontario
http://tobanblack.net/blog/?p=250
http://www.relocalize.net/forum_on_drive_thrus_in_london_ontario
Harper must Protect all of Canada’s Fresh Water
(An open letter to the government that quotes Maude)
http://paulmalouf.livejournal.com/87780.html
Controlling Healthcare
http://www.sereneambition.com/blog/jimselman/entry/controlling_healthcare
The Christian Radical | A Word to the Water Wise
http://thechristianradical.blogspot.com/2008/07/word-to-water-wise.html
Drive-Thru Lies – the truth about the industry’s greenwash
http://drivethrulies.wordpress.com/
City council or bust
"Council of Canadians British Columbia regional organizer Carleen Pickard… thoughts on the Pacific Northwest Economic Region’s upcoming annual summit."
http://www.publiceyeonline.com/archives/003155.html
Dylan Penner
Media Officer
The Council of Canadians
700-170 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5V5
1-800-387-7177 ext. 249
Cell: 613-795-8685
dpenner@canadians.org
www.canadians.org
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