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20 November 2012
Tuesday, November 20 is Budget Day in Quebec.
Equiterre, Vivre en Ville and the David Suzuki Foundation have some suggestions for making this a green budget with a social justice bent, including micro clean energy projects, model neighbourhoods, and penalties for consumers who...
31 October 2012
Are you a student in a BA or MA program? Or a recent graduate working to disseminate your research? You have until midnight, December 1, 2012 to apply for the Laure Waridel bursary, offered for the 5th year in a row by Equiterre and the Caisse d'économie solidaire...
31 October 2012
The pupils at Saint Barthélemy primary school in Montreal grow their own organic veggies.
McGill University serves fruit and vegetables grown on its Macdonald campus.
Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, Ontario "cooks patient meals from scratch using fresh,...
24 October 2012
Please alert us to any upcoming meetings involving Enbridge, the Calgary-based pipeline transport company seeking to bring tar sands crude through Quebec.
The problem:
Enbridge is embarking on a stealthy series of seemingly open-door meetings.
The pattern:
Enbridge...
17 October 2012
This week, Ecojustice wrote to health minister Leona Aglukkaq on behalf of the David Suzuki Foundation and Equiterre to ask for a special review, under section 17 of the Pest Control Products Act, of the registration of pest control products containing one or more...
17 October 2012
Pesticide Action Network North America has conducted a new review of the recent literature on the impact of pesticide use on children's health.
According to the report, the existing research suggests that:
There is a link between pesticide use and the increase in childhood...
17 October 2012
Quebec fair trade association, the Association québécoise du commerce équitable (AQCE), has declared a fair trade focus for each month of the coming year:
October – cocoa and sugar for Halloween
November – tea
December – wine and spirits for the...
10 October 2012
Last week, Ontario's Ministry of Agriculture introduced a Local Food Act, establishing "a target to aspire to in respect of local food." Quebec should take note.
According to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, if Ontario households were to take just $10 of their normal...
