[All] Fw: CoC Guelph Update

[Louisette Lanteigne]

--- On Wed, 8/17/11, Council of Canadians Guelph Chapter <CouncilOfCanadians at coc-guelph.ca> wrote:

From: Council of Canadians Guelph Chapter <CouncilOfCanadians at coc-guelph.ca>
Subject: CoC Guelph Update
To: CouncilOfCanadians at coc-guelph.ca
Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 11:46 AM


      ACTION

            ALERT: Tell

                  Environment Minister Peter Kent to keep his
                  government’s promise
      

            
      
       
      MEDIA
            RELEASE: TransCanada
              admits
              Keystone Pipeline could be used for bulk water removals
      

          

          Council of Canadians opposes approval of new coal
            plant

      
          By Scott Harris
      National

          Chairperson Maude Barlow and the Council of Canadians today
          joined more than 40 organizations from across Canada in
          sending an open

            letter to federal Environment Minister Peter Kent urging
          him to launch an immediate review of the proposal from
          Calgary-based Maxim power to build a 500 megawatt coal plant
          at its Milner site near Grande Cache, Alberta. 
      CMA Releases Summary Report of National Town
              Hall Meetings

          By Adrienne Silnicki
      Yesterday,

          the Canadian Medical Association released a summary of their
          series of national town hall meetings, which occurred earlier
          this year. Starting in Halifax the town halls were held in
          several major Canadian cities including: Toronto, Edmonton, La
          Prairie (Montreal), Vancouver (our own Ava Waxman was quoted
          in the summary which starts off with “to much applause, a
          representative of the Council for Canadians…”), and Ottawa. 
      
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