CRD Public Meeting on Victoria Sewage Treatment

There will be a PUBLIC meeting re sewage treatment in the CRD on Thursday February 25 from 4:00 – 6:45 pm at 625 Fisgard (CRD Headquarters – 6th floor). You will need to pre-register to speak at this meeting. (Once the details on registering become available we will let you know.) Please plan on attending […]

CRD Sewage Treatment Open House #2

Thursday, 11 Feb, 3p-8pCRD OPEN HOUSE – Public or P3 or hybrid?Attend an open house for info, discussion & questions about “procurement” of CRD sewage treatment. (public, P3 or hybrid?) Tell them that you want sewage treatment to be managed & operated on a “not-for-profit” basis, and that sewage treatment should be delivered as a […]

CRD Sewage Treatment Open House

Wednesday, 10 Feb, 3p-8pCRD OPEN HOUSE – Public or P3 or hybrid?Attend an open house for info, discussion & questions about “procurement” of CRD sewage treatment. (public, P3 or hybrid?) Tell them that you want sewage treatment to be managed & operated on a “not-for-profit” basis, and that sewage treatment should be delivered as a […]

CRD Sewage Treatment Open House

Wednesday, 10 Feb, 3p-8pCRD OPEN HOUSE – Public or P3 or hybrid?Attend an open house for info, discussion & questions about “procurement” of CRD sewage treatment. (public, P3 or hybrid?) Tell them that you want sewage treatment to be managed & operated on a “not-for-profit” basis, and that sewage treatment should be delivered as a […]

Victoria Sewage Treatment Brainstorming Session

We need your ideas! At the CoC Brainstorming Session on Jan. 27 it was decided to focus on the public option for regional sewage treatment. This means that we will urge the CRD to vote for sewage treatment to be built, financed and operated as a public utility.The CRD will vote on March 10. If […]

Water Watch Speaker: Tony Clarke on tar sands

Monday, February 1, 2010, 7 – 9 pmTony Clarke, Author and CoC activist“Tar Sands Showdown: Canada and the New Politics of Oil in the Age of Climate Change”First Metropolitan Church, 932 Balmoral Rd.Cost: $10.00 Registration: earthliteracies@shaw.ca with paypal access, phone 250-220-4601 or 250-380-9786 http://www.livinglanguageinstitute.org/Make cheques payable to Living Language Institute Foundation, PO Box 224, Saanichton, […]

Follow Up Brainstorming Session!

We need your ideas! Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pmBCGEU Bldg2994 Douglas St.Victoria, BC Help us brainstorm a new vision for the Victoria Chapter! OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF CANADIANS! (If you are a member of the Council of Canadians, and you live in the Greater Victoria area, you are […]

Victoria Sewage Treatment

(Reblogged from the Campaign Blog of the Council of Canadians) Victoria considers privatization of sewage treatmentSaturday, January 9th, 2010 On November 20, 2009, Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow spoke to a capacity audience of 250 people at the St. Ann’s Academy auditorium in Victoria. As noted by CUPE then, “With a decision on sewage […]

Health Care for Seniors

Victoria Public Event: For Our Elders, For Ourselves. Better Long-term care now!When:Thurs. January 21, 2010, 7-9 pmWhere:St. John Anglican Church (Parish Hall), 1611 Quadra Street, VictoriaMore info:Speakers feature Toby Edleman, Centre for Medicare Advocacy (USA) and Stephen Elliott-Buckley, CUPE Researcher at HEU For More Information contact: Kerry Janzen, 1-800-663-5813 ext. 7076 or email kjanzen@heu.org http://www.bchealthcoalition.ca/BC […]