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NDP Bill For Oversight of Children's Aid Societies

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'Walking the Talk,' Part Four: The case for new legislation

October 15, 2010
| Nick Milanovic, Mark Rowlinson and Terry Collingsworth discuss the benefits of Bill C-354 in taking action against human rights abuses by corporations abroad.

70:47 minutes (64.83 MB)
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‘Walking the Talk’, Part Two: Public sector responses to abuses by Canadian extractive industries

October 13, 2010
| The conference's second panel featured human rights activists Grahame Russell, Sakura Saunders and Jamie Moffett.

52:04 minutes (47.7 MB)
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‘Walking the Talk: Human Rights Abroad’ (Part One)

October 13, 2010
| The first panel of MP Peter Julian's recent conference on Canada's corporate accountability discussed the community impacts of extractive operations abroad.

84:11 minutes (77.1 MB)
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'Walking the Talk,' Part Three: Canadian legal responses to human rights abuses abroad

October 14, 2010
| A panel discussion featuring the perspectives and experiences of Mark Arnold, Dermod Travis and Cory Wanless.

54:14 minutes (49.68 MB)
Pivot Legal Society
Pivot Legal Society

New provincial law bans social assistance for people with warrants

April 28, 2010
| Rebecca Cuttler interviews Pivot lawyer Doug King about the new provincial legislation banning social assistance for people who have outstanding warrants for their arrest.

14:20 minutes (13.12 MB)
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Redeye

Public left out of new US health care bill

March 28, 2010
| After months of political wrangling the US House of Representatives finally passed a new health care bill. The bill will keep insurance companies healthy, but will do little for the US public.

12:13 minutes (13.15 MB)
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Ontario's Child and Family Services Act under five year Review by March 2010

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Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Animal rights activists fight U.S. terrorism law

November 10, 2009
| Animal rights activists are increasingly being targetted by the state as terrorists. A lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights is challenging the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.

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Weekly Mulch: Companies ditch chamber for climate bill

By Raquel Brown Media Consortium Blogger
| October 2, 2009

Major utility corporations, like Exelon, California’s Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E)  and New Mexico’s PNM have announced that they are leaving the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because of the organization’s controversial stance toward climate change and opposition to a clean energy bill.

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