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Il y a 22 years 8 months. IFI policies and positions. Statement by the Halifax Initiative Coalition To the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (SCFAIT) Regarding the G-8 Agenda
May 14, 2002
We welcome the opportunity to comment on the key themes of the up-coming G8 Summit.
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Il y a 22 years 8 months. . The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien
The following letter was sent to the Prime Minister with copies to the Finance Minister and the Foreign Affairs Minister on March 14, 2002. It was signed by leaders representing over 100 Canadian development, social justice, labour and faith organizations.
The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien
Prime Minister of Canada
House of Commons
Centre Block, 309-S
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
March 14, 2002
Dear Prime Minister,
We are writing to you, as representatives of Canadian non-governmental organizations, to express our dismay at the proposed outcomes of the UN Financing for Development process and Canada’s role in the negotiations leading to it. We call urgently for renewed leadership on the road to Kananaskis.
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Il y a 22 years 8 months. Government of Canada policies and positions. The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien
Prime Minister of Canada
House of Commons
Centre Block, 309-S
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
March 14, 2002
Dear Prime Minister,
We are writing to you, as representatives of Canadian non-governmental organizations, to express our dismay at the proposed outcomes of the UN Financing for Development process and Canada’s role in the negotiations leading to it. We call urgently for renewed leadership on the road to Kananaskis.
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Il y a 22 years 8 months. Human rights. MEDIA RELEASE
EDC criticized on International Day of Action Against Dams and for Rivers
Canadian organizations call on Export Development Canada to change new, weak environmental policy
For Immediate Release
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Il y a 22 years 8 months. . March 5th, 2002
The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien
Prime Minister
Government of Canada
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1A 0A2
(613) 941-6900
Subject: Cernavoda 2 Nuclear Power Plant project in Romania, EDC export credit approval
Dear Prime Minister Chrétien,
We are writing you to express our deep concern about the possibility that Export Development Canada (EDC) will approve $390 million ($250 million US) in financing for the completion of the second CANDU reactor of the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant (C2) in Romania.
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Il y a 22 years 9 months. . Comments and critiques of EDC’s Environmental Review Directive and recommendations by the Working Group - March 1, 2002
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Il y a 22 years 9 months. . PARLIAMENTARY UPDATE:
Support for the Tobin Tax Growing Around the World
With the exception of Canada, which is backpeddling on its commitment to Tobin tax adoption in the motion passed on March 23, 1999, and the US, which is ideologically opposed to any control over “free” markets, the debate on the need for and feasibility of currency controls is growing globally. Below are some recent milestones.
Argentina
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Il y a 22 years 9 months. IFI policies and positions. Comments and critiques of EDC’s Environmental Review Directive and recommendations by the Working Group - March 1, 2002
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Il y a 22 years 9 months. IFI policies and positions. 2-3 Feb. 2002
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Il y a 22 years 10 months. . Should African social movements be part of the "New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)?"
Notes from a speech given by Trevor Ngwane to the African Social Forum's African Seminar at the World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2 February 2002.
1. Introduction
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