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Green Budget Coalition Prioritizes 3 Budget Actions: for Biodiversity, Water & Energy
2010 is International Year of Biodiversity
OTTAWA— In light of the Prime Minister’s invitation for input on the upcoming federal budget, the Green Budget Coalition (GBC) is today highlighting its three priority budget recommendations, whose adoption could stimulate over 8,000 new jobs in renewable energy, ensure clean sources of drinking water for millions of Canadians, and help Canada meet its commitment under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity to establish national and regional systems of protected areas.
“These are prime opportunities for Canada to shine on the world stage during the International Year of Biodiversity and in the lead-up to the G8 and G20 Summits,” said Barry Turner, Chair of the Green Budget Coalition and Director of Government Relations, Ducks Unlimited Canada
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Free Trade Doesn't Work: What Should Replace it and Why
Submitted by Janet Eaton on Thu, 2010-02-04 14:16Further to the first Activist Chat Video with John Bennett and Janet Eaton which
highlights issues around economic globalization and free trade, the
need to renegotiate NAFTA and alternatives being proposed at this
time in the US under the TRADE Act, comes an invaluable book which
provides a more indepth look at this very subject.
"Free Trade Doesn't Work - What Should Replace it and Why" by Ian Fletcher, not only explains in detail why the standard economic arguments free traders use all the time are false and what's wrong with NAFTA, CAFTA, the WTO, it also looks at what kind of economic ideas underpin changes required and provides a discussion of what a managed trade system could accomplish.
I'm ordering this book today and will provide further insights on this site at a later date. Check out the book review below. Exemplary praise from a diverse number of NGO's and experts in the field of free trade and its impacts.... Read more »
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Changing the Channel
Submitted by John Bennett on Thu, 2010-02-04 13:22
Riding on the bus this morning I was pondering how good Québec Premier Jean Charest looked standing up to Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment, this week.
On Monday, Mr. Prentice attacked Québec for establishing California standards for car emissions which are tougher than the Xeroxing of U.S. federal fuel economy regulations that Mr. Prentice had his staff do in order to create national mileage regulations for Canada. Prentice talked about Quebec going alone when in fact there are 14 U.S. states and four other provinces in Canada that are all going down the same road.... Read more »
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Tracking BEARS e-Newsletter (January 2010)
Submitted by Carl Morrison on Wed, 2010-02-03 12:36The name says it all. Tracking BEARS is Action Grizzly Bear's monthly e-newsletter that will help you track campaign progress and government action on implementing the B.E.A.R.S. Essentials for Recovery. It will provide campaign updates, discuss current issues, highlight upcoming events and generally help you stay informed and stay active in our efforts to save Alberta's great bear.
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New Report: Grizzly Bear Population Estimate for Alberta’s Swan Hills
Submitted by Carl Morrison on Wed, 2010-02-03 12:33According to a recent report prepared for Alberta’s Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) department, there are approximately 23 grizzly bears estimated to occupy Alberta’s Swan Hills. This new information brings the total estimated number of grizzlies in Alberta so far to 604 and takes us one step closer to an official province wide population estimate with only a portion of northern Alberta left to be surveyed.... Read more »
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