Prominent Indigenous Environmental Activist Blocked from Cancun Summit
Contributed by Jim Elliott
Thursday, 09 December 2010
Today, December 9th, Tom Goldtooth, the Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, was blocked access to the U.N. Climate Change Conference in in Cancun, Mexico. This happened one day after he publicly criticized the U.N. process. Not only was he denied access but was removed from the summit grounds.
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Children's Charter Launched in Regina
Contributed by Jim Elliott
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
The first step in the establishment of Regina's Children's Charter was the launch today by the members of the Regina and Area Early Childhood Network and the Regional Intersectoral Committee. Part of the launch was the presentation of the Charter by children from two schools. They verbalized and put their thoughts about what the charter means to them. This comes from an analysis of Regina by the project, Understanding the Early Years. They found that Regina's children were lacking in many of the areas of analysis. It is hoped that this announcement and charter will spur on real action to support our children.
Kevin Neish, an eyewitness to
the assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla by Israeli troops in May will speak and share his video in Regina on Nov. 8. A
resident of Victoria, B.C., Neish was one of three Canadians among the 700
international activists who took part in the flotilla of ships delivering aid to
Palestine. The Gaza Freedom Flotilla was organized in an attempt to break
Israel's illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has been described by the Red
Cross as "collective punishment" and a crime under international law. Write Comment (0 Comments)
Regina's landlords have long had a voice at City Hall. Now tenants are organizing a city-wide united front to ensure their issues are heard, too. "Renter's voices are being silenced and isolated so that
profits could be made at their expense, as you already know," says organizer Terri Sleeva. The Regina Tenant's Association intends to develop united positions on issues such as rent control. Calling the initiative "long overdue in formation," Sleeva encourages renters and their supporters to attend an organizing meeting Saturday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the United Way, 1440 Scarth St.
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An anti-choice transit ad appearing on Regina buses has been
declared to be against Canadian advertising standards, following a consumer
complaint. In early July, I registered a complaint with Advertising
Standards Canada about the Regina Pro-life ad: 'Abortion: the ultimate child
abuse.' It took most of the summer to for the ASC to get a response from
Regina Pro-life. At the end of August they received a letter defending the ad,
and then the case went to an independent panel.
A coalition called Poverty Free Saskatchewan is marking International Poverty Elimination Week by releasing a discussion paper called "Let's Do Something About Poverty."
The paper calls for the development of a comprehensive, detailed and time-lined plan to reduce and eventually eliminate poverty in our province. "Such a plan would require government leadership, but would also involve poor people themselves," the group says. Poverty Free Saskatchewan is a new coalition that hopes to organize anti-poverty organizations into a provincial movement, and welcomes new members. "Let's Do Something About Poverty" can be downloaded at http://www.povertyfreesask.ca/Write Comment (0 Comments)
G20 protestor muzzled
Written by Trish Elliott
Sunday, 17 October 2010
The Canadian
Journalism Project reports that G20 protestor Alex Hundert has been banned
from talking to the press as part of his strict bail conditions. On September
17, Hundert was arrested after speaking in a panel discussion at Ryerson
University, which police considered to be a public demonstration and a violation
of Hundert's bail terms. Earlier this week he was handed further bail terms forbidding
him from “attending any public event that expresses views on a political issue,"
including talking to journalists. Full report.
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Kevin Neish, an eyewitness to
the assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla by Israeli troops in May will speak and share his video in Regina on Nov. 8. A
resident of Victoria, B.C., Neish was one of three Canadians among the 700
international activists who took part in the flotilla of ships delivering aid to
Palestine. The Gaza Freedom Flotilla was organized in an attempt to break
Israel's illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has been described by the Red
Cross as "collective punishment" and a crime under international law.
A coalition called Poverty Free Saskatchewan is marking International Poverty Elimination Week by releasing a discussion paper called "Let's Do Something About Poverty."