Upcoming CACOB Meeting
Thur Apr 3 2008 at 7:30 pm |
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Jane's
Walk
The World According To Monsanto
Connections
to US & Mexico corridors SPP
The
Women's Leadership Revival Tour
BC Health Coalition Choices that Matter
Community Solutions
Take Action on TILMA Now
Port Mann/Highway 1 Application
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Current Campaigns |
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IT MAY NOT BE
LONG BEFORE YOUR HYDRO BILL IS THREE OR MORE TIMES
WHAT IT IS NOW. |
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In Vancouver in 2006, an energy consumption rate of 1000
MWh/month was billed at a cost of $97.00, about $10.00/MWh.
In San Francisco in the same year, the same energy
consumption was billed at $320.00/month. In Boston, it
was $361.00. The reason our hydro has been so
inexpensive is that we have owned the generating assets.
Without public consultation, the BC government has
changed that.
Although BC Hydro is still public on the surface, the
energy system is being privatized, and BC Hydro
transformed into a purchaser of power from private
suppliers.
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For a 12-point summary of
the issue,
click here.
Read the article in
The TYEE.
Download a
petition.
Sign our
online version of the
petition.
For sample letters to the
editor,
go here.
For more information/ideas about
what you can do.
For more links,
click here.
Virtual view of power projects
renders a jolting reality check: article by Mark Hume
from the Globe and Mail
Downloadable
BCHYDRO information flyer
Downloadable
BCHYDRO flyer
reverse
www.ippwatch.info
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BC Hydro's Amazingly Bad Deal for
Ratepayers |
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The TILMA
Limits the Power of Your Vote |
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Support Free, Equal, Quality Public
Education |
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Foundation Skills Assessment Tests
Teachers in British Columbia are opposed to Foundation
Skill Assessment tests. They want the public to
understand why, and are asking parents to support
quality education by actively opposing these tests. For
information on the issue and to find out what you can
do, go to
www.bctf.ca/fsa.aspx. |
For downloadable forms and letters to assist parents in
informing the school of their interest in having their
children withdrawn from the tests,
click here.
1. To help inform people in your community, there is
1. a
downloadable information sheet.
2. For information in a number of languages,
2.
click here. |
Bill 33
In 2006, the BC government placed class size and
composition limits in legislation. Although this was a
small step in the right direction, implementation has
not brought substantial change, partly because the
limits were not funded. For more information:
click here.
Power Point Presentation
Downloadable Brochures
What Really Counts
Your Rights as a Concerned Parent
Poster
Your Rights as a Concerned Parent
What Simon Fraser
University Dean of Education Paul Shaker has to say
about standardized testing in an interview published in
the
Georgia Straight. |
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Save Public Health Care |
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Support Peace Education in Public Schools |
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The Community Action Coalition
of Burnaby is a grassroots organization that started
when a small group of people from local groups and unions
decided to work together to improve the quality of life
for increasing numbers of citizens who were and are
experiencing hardship.
Recognizing the role of government policy in the challenges
people face in their daily lives, we put our energy into
raising awareness and building support for new approaches.
We work towards long term systemic change.
We address a wide range of issues, and regularly establish
priority campaigns based on concerns brought to our table
by participants.
We collaborate with other groups both locally and
provincially, providing mutual support for common goals.
If you share our concerns, and would like to be
active as a change-maker, you are invited to join us. Membership
is free of charge. |
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