Canadian Perspectives 2010

Building People Power: Celebrating 25 years of acting for social justice

Autumn 2010
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• Letters to the Editor
• On the Road with Maude Barlow
• Council Joins Community Struggles to Protect Canadian Lakes and Rivers from Becoming Mining Companies’ Private Dumps by Meera Karunananthan
• Right to Water Resolution a Resounding Victory for Water Justice by Anil Naidoo
• The Council of Canadians: 25 years of action by Jan Malek
• In Your Own Words: Celebrating 25 years of the Council of Canadians
• Special Pull-out: Top ten reasons why CETA is bad for Canada
• CETA’s False Promises: Threats to food, water and jobs outweigh vain hope of increasing trade with Europe by Stuart Trew and Brent Patterson
• Chapter Action Updates
• Chapter Activist Profile: Richard Hagensen and Joanne Banks, Campbell River, British Columbia
• Challenging the Monstrosity of the G8 and G20 Summits and Winning Over Public Opinion Along the Way by Brent Patterson
• Shouting Out for Water, Trade and Climate Justice
• Lessons to Learn from the BP Oil Spill by Andrea Harden-Donahue
• From Copenhagen to Cochabamba to Cancun: The growing global movement for climate justice by Andrea Harden-Donahue
• Bulk Water Export Bill Has Leaks by Meera Karunananthan
• Voices Wanted: It only takes $6 to help build a stronger citizens’ movement

This is what democracy looks like

Spring 2010
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• Letters to the Editor
• On the Road with Maude Barlow
• ‘Canada’s Buy American Plan? Buy American’ by Stuart Trew
• Confronting the G8 and G20 by Brent Patterson
• Harper’s Hitlist: Power, process and the assault on democracy by Murray Dobbin
• Members Create 25 Years of Meaningful Change by Acting for Social Justice:
  Start your own personal membership drive today by Jamian Logue
• Chapter Action Updates by Carleen Pickard
• Chapter Activist Profile
• 2009 Annual Report
• Annual Meeting Turns the Tide in Saint John by Donna James
• There Is No Market for Water by Meera Karunananthan and Scott Harris
• Joining the Climate Justice Movement by Andrea Harden-Donahue
• Dinosaur Economics: Why a free trade pact with the European Union is an (old) bad idea by Stuart Trew
• Climate Change Threats Put Human Right to Water in the Spotlight by Anil Naidoo
• New Brunswick Power Not for Sale by Angela Giles and Andrea Harden-Donahue
• In the News by Dylan Penner
• Join the Council of Canadians Today!

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updated October 25, 2010