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Rally at Liz Sandals' office in Guelph during the day of action on health care


CoC-Guelph members Magee McGuire and Norah Chaloner among a group of
other health care supporters at the health care rally at Liz Sandals' office in Guelph

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Who we are

The Guelph Chapter of the Council of Canadians takes part in local initiatives related to issues that are national or provincial in scope. Major campaigns include the fight for non-profit health care, the protection of our water, fair trade / energy policies, and publicly owned / locally controlled infrastructure (library, electricty distribution, etc.). Other issues the chapter continues to address are peace, local democracy, and threats to our community retail sector from big-box stores such as Wal-Mart.

The Chapter sees a wider role in opposing a corporate, global agenda which harms our social and democratic institutions and our community. The aim is to encourage local and community initiative and power, as opposed to global power. CoC-Guelph supports the development of an alternative, democratic, humane investment and trade program, which respects the economic and political rights of citizens in all countries. The CoC therefore supports local citizens' campaigns and is a member of the Guelph Wellington Coalition for Social Justice, the Guelph Civic Leagure and Wellington Water Watchers.

Our chapter meetings regularly feature high-quality speakers on topics of interest to our members. Past speakers include: Maude Barlow (many times!), Anne Clark, John McMurtry, Michael Keefer, Jennifer Sumner, Leonard Friesen, Farokh Afshar, Larry Gordon, Lucy Sharratt, Karen Farbridge, Magee McGuire, Yves Engler, Bill Barrett, Duane Falk, Stephen Rodd, James Gordon, Stan Denhoed, Khosrow Farahbakhsh, Steven Staples and many more.

For information, contact Dave Sills at 519-827-9138.



CoC Guelph Executive 2009-2010

Position
Name
Email
Co-Chair
Norah Chaloner
nrchaloner at hotmail.com
Co-Chair
Dave Sills
dsills at sympatico.ca
Treasurer
vacant

Secretary
Brian Skerrett

At Large
Cynthia Folzer

At Large
Eileen Laberge


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Events / Actions / News  

Perogies not Proroguing!


Date:
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Time:
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: 
Downtown Guelph
Itinerary:
1:00 pm - Gather at St. Georges Square and parade to Knox Church
1:30 pm - Hot perogies and drinks served
2:00 pm – MP Frank Valeriote and panel discussion with Q&A

Council of Canadians-Guelph Chapter, Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament (Guelph Chapter) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees are having a public rally and panel discussion in Downtown Guelph on Jan 23rd starting at 1 p.m. Hot perogies and beverages are planned.

Voice your support for a working government. Let's sign a Back to Work order!

Rev. John Lawson will moderate the panel discussion. Bring your questions and share your concerns!

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CoC-Guelph is now on Facebook! Click here
to visit.

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The Guelph Wellington Committee for Social Justice, of which CoC-Guelph is a member, recently released a position paper on poverty and presented it to Guelph MPP Liz Sandals. The position paper in Word format can be found here.

This action got results: the coalition was informed that Liz Sandals will be organizing a roundtable discussion on poverty reduction in June! Congratulations to the GWCSJ for getting this important issue on the front burner.
 


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Membership

Membership for the Council of Canadians is $45 per year, or $6 for students and seniors. Membership forms are available from the executive, or you can join online at canadians.org (if you do, make sure to say that you heard about the Council of Canadians from the Guelph Chapter - then we get some local funding!). Those who may wish to contribute further may join the Citizens' Agenda.

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Other Ontario CoC Chapters

Southern Ontario Regional Organizer: Eduardo Sousa, esousa [at] canadians.org

Ottawa-Gatineau: www.ottawagatineaucanadians.ca

Hamilton: Tim Simmons, an251 [at] hwcn.org

Niagara Region: Bill Heshka

Owen Sound: Dr. Hanns Skoukajan, skoukajan [at] bmts.com

TorontoGreg Kerr, gkerr [at] rogers.com, http://www.canadians-toronto.org/

Windsor: Doug Hayes, dchayes [at] mnsi.net

London: John Pope, jpope [at] wwdc.com, London webpages

Cambridge: http://www.canadians-cambridge.org/

Durham Region: Walter Kent, wkent [at] idirect.com

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Useful Links

Council of Canadians Head Office Home Page

CoC-Guelph on Facebook

Wellington Water Watchers

Guelph Civic League

Residents for Sustainable Development in Guelph

GuelphHanlon.org

Guelph Citizen Action

Ontario Electricity Coalition


Past CoC-Guelph Speaker Web Info

Ceasefire.ca

Guelph Environmental Leadership

Guelph International Resource Centre

Canada Haiti Action Network (CHAN)

Urban Citizen

U of G Professor Ann Clark’s web page


Alternative Media Sources

The Independent Media Centre

Rabble.ca - Judy Rebick's activist site

Straightgoods.ca - alternative Canuck news and stuff

Counterpunch.com - alternative US views and news


Local Media Sources

GuelphNow

The Fountain Pen

CFRU-FMUniversity of Guelph's community radio station has a number of programs that are of direct interest to members.

Royal City Rag

Miscellaneous

Fair Vote Canada

The Defence of Canadian Liberty Committee

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Last updated January 7th, 2009.

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