Bringing people together to challenge corporate power and organize for: đ§Clean water đFair trade âïžClimate justice đ„Public healthcare đđœA vibrant democracy
Joined August 2008
- Tweets18.9K
- Following1.8K
- Followers24.5K
- Likes3.2K
Mark Carneyâs omnibus Bill C-39 is a brazen corporate power grab - and it has the fingerprints of the Business Council of Canada all over it, writes campaigner @nikbarryshaw in Canadian Dimension.
canadiandimension.com/articlâŠ
Thanks to the 100+ who came out on Friday for the 1st stop of the HYPERSCALE book tour! It was so exciting to hear from the new Montreal Council of Canadians chapter and local organizers.
Next stop Toronto Nov 15th at CSI Spadina! Tour dates and tickets: canadians.org/event/hyperscaâŠ
In these three examples, residents, community organizations, and health workers joined forces to address local health needs and to shape the development of public health care itself. Join us to learn about community-centred health initiatives from Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax.
Venez vous renseigner sur dâinitiatives de santĂ© centrĂ©es tirĂ©es de Vancouver, de MontrĂ©al et d'Halifax. Venez dĂ©couvrir comment les rĂ©sident·es se sont mobilisé·es pour rĂ©pondre aux besoins locaux et pour influencer le dĂ©veloppement du systĂšme de santĂ© publique.
Come work with us!
The Council of Canadians is hiring an Assistant Organizer to support our Take Back the Power campaign in Nova Scotia. This is a unionized casual position based in Halifax, for six weeks at 20 hours per week.
canadians.org/job/job-postinâŠ
Come work with us!
The Civil Society Hub convenes organizations, researchers, and activists to address the various impacts of artificial intelligence.This is a part-time, remote-in-Canada contract position, 20 hours per week, for a seven-month term.
canadians.org/job/job-postinâŠ
The Council of Canadians is organizing local discussions with author Paris Marx across Canada. It's a chance to learn about the data centre agenda, and meet local organizers working on AI issues. Oct/Nov! Tickets are free but thereâs a limited supply! canadians.org/event/hyperscaâŠ
Right now, only 1-in-5 Canadians is benefitting from pharmacare as it currently stands. Yvonne Earle of our Avalon Chapter was interviewed to talk about the stalled rollout and why it's crucial it be rolled out across the entire country.
See more: cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7âŠ
Airport fees will pad profits for investment funds.
Transport minister wonât guarantee prices wonât go up after airport privatization, promises fees will be âpartially regulatedâ ctvnews.ca/canada/article/trâŠ
Council of Canadians retweeted
Privatization means that you pay more. Private profits do not appear out of thin air.
In the case of airport privatization abroad, private investors extract profit from airports through staffing cuts and fee increases for travellers and airlines. Â
buff.ly/ujbJnlW
Council's own Nikolas Barry-Shaw bringing the đ„ to the billionaire class at The Many vs. The Money protest in Toronto
"Nik Barry-Shaw, trade and privatization campaigner for the Council: "I've been looking around the table that Carney has set for this summer and I don't see any of us at the table," he said. "Does that mean we're on the menu?"
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/câŠ
Portage students protested unfair work-permit denials. Calgary Police called CBSA. Ten now face removal orders.
Migrants have the right to protest without fear.
Today we are joining 250+ orgs to defend it.
Join us: MigrantRights.ca/RighttoProtâŠ
#DefendRightToProtest
@MarkJCarney
BlackRock? Blackstone? JP Morgan? They'll all be in TO this September, as Carney and Ford look to auction off what's left of our public infrastructure.
Weâre organizing the response. Join us Sept 12-14 for a counter-summit (feat. Naomi Klein) and protest: manyvsmoneysummit.ca
Council of Canadians retweeted
Ten years ago, Colten Boushie was killed on a Saskatchewan farm. The RCMP left his body in a field, in the rain, for hours. A jury with no Indigenous jurors acquitted the man who shot him.
Gerald Stanley is alive. Colten Boushie isnât. Ten years later, thatâs still the whole story.
The racism that killed him didnât go away â itâs alive and well, still shaping who gets presumed innocent and who gets presumed guilty. This isnât the past. Itâs still happening.
Read the full via Indigenous Insider:
open.substack.com/pub/indigeâŠ
From our friends at the Breach
As Mark Carney oversees a massive military buildup, Canadians are getting hit with a barrage of propaganda.
@Martin_Lukacs debunks the myths the countryâs elite are peddling to justify this generational theft of public money.
Council of Canadians retweeted
Approved nickel mine in Ontario to damage Indigenous rights, environment, according to impact assessment aptnnews.ca/national-news/apâŠ
