Council of Canadians - Guelph Chapter

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Last updated January 7th, 2009.

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Perogies not Proroguing!