Council of Canadians - Guelph Chapter

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

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.).

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.

Election Results from the CoC-Guelph Chapter AGM - June 29th

The CoC-Guelph annual general meeting was held recently, and a new steering committee was elected.

Here is your new steering committee for 2010-2011:

Chair - Norah Chaloner
Vice-Chair - Keith Bellairs
Secretary/Treasurer - Christopher Green
At Large - Eileen Laberge
At Large - Cynthia Folzer
At Large - Hugh Whiteley

Please join me in thanking our new steering committee members for volunteering their time, energy and enthusiasm in the coming year!

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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.

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.

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

Last updated July 24th, 2010.

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Position	Name	Email
Chair	Norah Chaloner	nrchaloner at hotmail.com
Vice-Chair	Keith Bellairs
Secretary / Treasurer	Christopher Green
At Large	Cynthia Folzer
At Large	Eileen Laberge
At Large	Hugh Whiteley

"Standing up for Canada"