2006 Annual General Meeting Audio

The Council of Canadians' 21st Annual General Meeting took place October 27-29, 2006 at The Rodd Charlottetown Hotel in Charlottetown, PEI. In keeping with the 2006 AGM theme – Integrate This! – we explored a series of key demands that we want the federal government to integrate into Canada’s relations with the U.S. The key demands are to strengthen public services such as health care; to protect our water and energy supplies; and to promote independent foreign and trade policies.

PUBLIC FORUM (October 27, 2006)
Integrate This! Charting a Better Course for Canada-U.S. Relations

Download: Public Forum (MP3 15.5 MB)

Featuring:

Co-hosts:
Leo Broderick, community activist, retired teacher, past president of the P.E.I. Teachers’ Federation, and former vice-president of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation.

Leticia Adair, coordinator, Immigrant and Refugee Support Services, Diocese of Saint John.

Welcome from:
Keptin John Joe Sark, Mi’Kmaq Grand Council.

Keynote Speakers:

Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, The Council of Canadians.
Dr. Claudia Fegan, advocate for public health care and Medical Director Fantus Health Center of Cook County, Chicago, IL.
Steven Staples, founder of Ceasefire.ca and author of Missile Defence: Round One.

Followed by a Question and Answer Session

PLENARY SESSIONS (October 28, 2006)

Profit is not the cure: a prescription for public health care

Download: Plenary Session #1 (MP3 7.59 MB)

Featuring:

Leticia Adair – announcements
Leo Broderick – introductions

Chief Garry John – plays his drum! Chief of the Seton Lake Band, the Chair and spokesperson of the St'at'imc Chiefs Council.

Leo Broderick – peace walk and rally

Morna Ballantyne – moderator. Long-time social activist, managing director of the Canadian Union of Public Employees' union education and development services.

Keynote Speakers:

Robert Chernomas – Professor of Economics, University of Manitoba.
Carol Kushner – independent health policy analyst and author.
Steven Shrybman – international trade and public interest law.

Atlantica: the myth and the reality

Download: Plenary Session #2 (MP3 6.16 MB)

Featuring:

Leo Broderick – introductions
Leticia Adair – Atlantica introduction

Claire McNeil – moderator. Legal aid lawyer and educator, works with individuals and groups on a range of low-income issues in the area of mental health, law, housing and income support.

Keynote Speakers:

Scott Sinclair – Canadian trade policy specialist, Charlottetown, PEI.
Sean Donohue – Director of PICA, a Maine-based group that works to show the links between local and global economic issues.

INTEGRATE THIS!

Download: Plenary Session #3 (MP3 7.66 MB)

Featuring:

Leo Broderick – introductions

Maude Barlow – moderator

Keynote Speakers:

Murray Dobbin – freelance journalist, broadcaster, author and social activist.
Antonia Juhasz – visiting scholar at the Washington, DC-based Institute for Policy Studies and author of The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time.
Bruce Campbell – Executive Director of the
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

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