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Rideau Institute Leads Lobbying Seminar for Trade Unionists at CALM 2011
May 10, 2011
Preventing harmful policies and promoting legislative changes to help public and private sector employees are essential to the trade union movement. That is why, for the first time, a special seminar on “lobbying” was organized at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Labour Media (CALM).
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SmartVote: Layton supports “a just resolution” for Sayisi Dene’s mistreatment
April 28, 2011
The federal leader of the NDP, Jack Layton, has committed himself and his party to assisting the “just resolution” of the claim filed by the Sayisi Dene First Nation of northern Manitoba.
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SmartVote: Consumer Groups Press Parties for Commitments
April 27, 2011
The Canadians Consumer Initiative (CCI), a group of four leading consumer groups, are asking the political parties for commitments on the voice of consumers, telecommunications, financial services, copyright and food safety. What follows is the detailed questionnaire sent to five parties, and the responses received to date.
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SmartVote: Stop playing politics with asbestos, union and health groups tell Harper
April 26, 2011
“Canada is becoming known as an immoral asbestos pusher and as an enemy of global public health,” said Kathleen Ruff, senior human rights adviser to the Rideau Institute. “This is not the role Canadians want to play in the world.”
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