Protest - Revolt

Opposition runs high against Quebec natural gas project rest of Canada hears little about

14/11/20
Author: 
Gérard Montpetit
Link: 
National Observer
An example of a fracking operation at the Bakken Formation in North Dakota. Photo by Joshua Doubek

November 11th 2020

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Rights of anti-fracking protesters were breached by RCMP, watchdog says

13/11/20
Author: 
Jim Bronskill
Link: 
National Observer
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, April 13, 2018. File photo by The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

November 12th 2020

The RCMP watchdog has uncovered shortcomings with the national force's crowd-control measures, physical searches and collection of social media information while policing anti-fracking protests in New Brunswick.

In a long-awaited report issued Thursday, the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP chastises the Mounties for their reluctance to take action on some of the findings and recommendations.

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Canada
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The VPD goes rogue, ignores city council with new poorbashing unit

12/11/20
Author: 
The Thorn
Link: 
The Thorn
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British Columbia
Indigenous Peoples
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Boris Johnson gets a surprise visit from toy cars

12/11/20
Author: 
Greenpeace UK
Link: 
Greenpeace UK
Greenpeace activists drove remote-control electric toy cars under the security gates of Downing Street

10TH NOVEMBER 2020

Two socially distanced Greenpeace activists sped remote-controlled toy cars under the gates of Downing Street towards Boris Johnson’s front door with a message: we’ll lose the race against the climate crisis unless the government phases out new fossil-fueled cars and vans by 2030.

[Watch the video!! https://youtu.be/8Knl7Xg84Hg]

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Climate Change
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‘Hypocrites and greenwash’: Greta Thunberg blasts leaders over climate crisis

11/11/20
Author: 
Damian Carrington
Link: 
The Guardian
Greta Thunberg: ‘The climate crisis is just one symptom of a much larger crisis.’ Photograph: Jessica Gow/AP

Nov. 9, 2020

Exclusive: Leaders are happy to set targets for decades ahead, but flinch when immediate action is needed, she says

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Climate Change
Global
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Calgary-based Canacol Energy Ltd. appears ready to frack near San Martin and Puerto Wilches in Colombia

01/11/20
Author: 
Brent Patterson
Link: 
Peace Brigades International-Canada
Photo of the blockade of the Picoplata 1 exploration field in the ConocoPhillips/Canacol Energy VMM-2 block in September 2016 from Semana Sostenible.

October 29, 2020

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Exploitation of migrant care workers has increased since COVID-19 struck, report says

30/10/20
Author: 
CBC News
Link: 
CBC News

Oct 28, 2020

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Canada
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Ecosocialism: The Strategic Debate

30/10/20
Author: 
Socialist Resistance
Link: 
The Bullet
Act now - poster at protest rally

[Editor: This article raises some important questions (in spite of a number of grammatical errors and typos!)]

 October 30, 2020  •  

Those of us who inhabit planet Earth in the 21st century face a huge problem. Our own species, homo sapiens (modern humans), are trashing the planet at an ever increasing and more destructive rate.

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Canada’s Only Social-Democratic Government Has Been Decisively Reelected in British Columbia

28/10/20
Author: 
Derrick O'Keefe
Link: 
Jacobin Magazine
New Democratic Party premier John Horgan speaking in Comox, British Columbia, 2017. (BC NDP / Flickr)

Oct. 28, 2020

British Columbia remains the only province in Canada governed by the New Democratic Party (NDP), after the social democrats won a decisive election on Saturday, October 24. Even with several ridings too close to call, and hundreds of thousands of mail-in votes still to be counted, the NDP’s lead is insurmountable, with the party leading or elected in fifty-five ridings, nearly double the BC Liberals’ twenty-nine.

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Ecosocialism
Indigenous Peoples
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Oil - Pipelines
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Alberta Hospital Workers Strike Illegally Amid Pandemic

27/10/20
Author: 
Don Braid
Link: 
Calgary Herald
Healthcare workers protest during a walkout at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary on Monday, October 26, 2020. PHOTO BY GAVIN YOUNG /Postmedia

Oct 27, 2020 

But even if this unrest is quashed, the root causes aren't going away

Here is your definition of a messed-up province.

Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw describes a deepening pandemic with 1,440 new cases of coronavirus confirmed over the weekend.

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Alberta
Labour - Unions
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