HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA, BILL C-300:  An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries

-Outline the provisions of Bill c-300
-Outline the need for Bill c-300
-What will it take for the bill to pass through the house?

three factors of bill c-300 on first reading

-Bill c-300 does not lay the framework for legal accountability for Canadian mining companies – it in fact removes Canadian mining companies from the legal framework and places the accountability in the hands of two specific ministers -  the minister of foreign affairs or the minister of international trade, who are to act “on their own initiative”.

-Bill c-300 only applies to Canadian mining companies that receive government funding, defined as being through the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board or Export Development Canada and states that companies suspected of infractions will be named to the individual president and chairperson of these respective bodies.

-If the ministers, acting “on their own initiative” (no legal review process) decide that companies have transgressed respect for human rights through their operations, the CPP and EDC are obliged to cut investment ties, there is nothing that legally prevents the Canadian companies in question from continuing their disrespectful actions on their own dime.

47 Weather

49 Bike Report w/ Tom

55 Community Listings

Revisiting /No Logo/: A message from Naomi

Ten years ago, on November 30, 1999, tens of thousands of protestors
shut down a meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle. The
activists were not against trade or globalization, despite the many
misleading claims in the mainstream media. They were against a system of
deregulated capitalism that was spreading around the world.

At the time of the Seattle protests, my first book, /No Logo: Taking Aim
at the Brand Bullies/, was at the printer. The book tracked the
ascendency of the "superbrands" as well as the first signs of a new
fight back against corporate power. It was good timing for an
author-activist: I had the rare privilege of watching my book become
useful to a movement I believed could change the world.

On the ten-year anniversary of the Seattle protests, with anger mounting
at the open collusion between corporations and governments, I am
rereleasing /No Logo/ with an extended new introduction. Among other
developments, the new essay looks at the unprecedented bailout of Wall
Street, as well as the rise of the Obama Brand (the most powerful brand
in the world right now) and examines the troubling gaps between its
marketing and reality.

But I don't think this is a time for nostalgia. A new wave of exciting
"climate justice" activism is underway in the lead up to the UN climate
summit in Copenhagen, one that builds on many of the networks born in
Seattle. As I write in /Rolling Stone/ (full article below), for
activists, Copenhagen "represents a chance to seize the political
terrain back from business-friendly half-measures, such as carbon
offsets and emissions trading, and introduce some effective,
common-sense proposals—ideas that have less to do with creating complex
new markets for pollution and more to do with keeping coal and oil in
the ground."

The 10th Anniversary edition of No Logo will be available in the US and
Canada in mid-November and January in the UK.

40 There’s More to Life Than Hummus w/ Chef Ali Hassan

-Eggplant Recipies

50 Community Listings

-She was a member of a delegation that traveled to Israel and the Occupied Territories in July 2008, meeting with human rights and peace activists both Palestinian and Israeli. The delegation was sponsored by Interfaith Peace Builders and The U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

-a brief history of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, looking particularly at the role that mainline Protestant Christian denominations played in the founding of the State of Israel  and the role of Christian Zionism in Israel’s founding.

40 Bike Report w/ Tom

50 Community Listings

-UN removes half its staff from Afghanistan – 600 out of 1200 workers will be evacuated after the killing of 5 UN workers on October 28th – “The perception that we will stay in this country no matter what, is incorrect…” Kai Eide, head of the UN mission. The UN claims that Western forces are responsible for at least 340 civilian deaths since the start of this year.

-British Soldier Joe Glenton from Royal Logistics Corps leads London Demonstration to get out of Afghanistan – receives standing ovation and applause from soldiers in his barracks – “Politicians have abused the trust of the army and the soldiers who serve…”

-US Political Officer and former Marine Mathhew Hoh resigns post (US gov’t rep in Zabul Province) in Afghanistan – “I fail to see the value or the worth in continued US casualties or expenditures of resources…” – he has been asked to stay on by US foreign service

-Afghani Gov’t publicly accuses Canadian army of taking bribes and extorting protection money from Afghani farmers growing poppy seeds for heroin – FACT -> Poppy production has increased 600% in Afghanistan since the Canadian army arrived

32 Weather w/ Margo

35 Bike Report w/ Tom

40 Interview w|DJ Andy Williams – mentor, teacher and role model

-discussion of recent DJ tour in South Africa and the African roots of Hip-Hop

00 jazz amuck w/ John B.

50 Community Listings

15 More to life then Hummus w/Chef Ali Hassan

Mangoes Recipies!!! Back by Demand!!!

The Walks, the Pavements, the Categories and the Statistics

35 Interview w/ Gaynde Djibril member of GRILA and Independant Journalist phone -

Today’s Economic System as a Hinderance to Development for Africans

-Canada Mining Interests
-Civil Situation in Guinea

a roundtable discussion of the Canadian News Headlines that caught our eye this week
-Municipal Elections
-BodyBags sent to Reservations – H1N1 Flu Ad
-Federal Elections

www.democracynow.org

15 Interview w/ Denys Heward author “The Bugle Sounded One Note”

-History of the NDG School Lower Canada College
-Personal recollections through the eyes and ears of a man who was a teacher and student at LCC

35 Bike Report w/ Tom

15 More to life then Hummus w/Ali Hassan

Mangoes!!! Back by Demand!!!

Artists Against Apartheid X -

SATURDAY OCTOBER 10th 20h00
suggested donation 5-10$
Cégep du Vieux Montréal
255 rue Ontario east
room 4.82 A
métro Berri-UQAM

Artists Against Apartheid X is taking place within the Quebec Social Forum (QSF) within a special focus day at the forum on building the Palestinian solidarity movement. QSF 2009 is uniting thousands of grassroots activists from across Quebec, a special event within the ongoing Artists Against Apartheid series is part of the the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid.
performances from
Qurna
Qurna is a conceptual and experimental music project of Iraqi Maqam repertoire, building on improvisations and experiences of local musicians in Montreal.
musicians
Omar Dewachi: oud, djouza
Jérémi Roy: double bass
Pierre-Guy Blanchard: percussion
Sam Shalabi: oud, synth
Radwan Moumneh: saz
Xarah Dion: synth
Zayid Al-Baghdadi: nay
Lubo Alexandrov
Bulgarian-born guitarist, composer and singer, Alexandrov has developed a unique musical style, merging Bulgarian, Turkish and Roma musical traditions, recipient of the 2007 Juno Music Award for the ‘Best World Album’. www.luboalexandrov.com
musicians
Lubo Alexandrov: guitar, voice
Sergiu Popa: accordion
la Banda de Gaza
ensemble of six musicians including violin, double-bass, percussion, guitar, key-boards and accordion. La Banda de Gaza is front-lined by singer Iqi Balam who brings biting, politically charged lyrics to the group’s electricity of musical rhythms from Latin America, African percussion and modern beats.
projection
‘Once Upon A Country’
a film by Rula Odeh 15 minutes
“Once Upon a Country” paints a very human portrait of Palestinian-Canadians who tell their own story of their forced exile from Palestine in 1948.
This film gives a face and voice to Palestinian-Canadians as they tell their remarkable story of resilience and survival and express their yearning for recognition of the injustice they have endured.
Through their stories of 5 Palestinian-Canadians, we follow the trajectory of their lives from their care-free, happy childhoods in Palestine, through the shattering events of 1948 to the rebuilding of their lives in exile.
theater performance
Seven Jewish Children a piece for Gaza
Caryl Churchill’s play, Seven Jewish Children, was written in response to the situation in Gaza in January 2009 has been adapted into a French language performance by Stéphane Jaques
actors
Nathalie Costa
Dominique Daoust
Esther Hardy
Cécile Lasserre
Jean-Pierre Matte
Émilie-Lune Sauvé
Alexandre Préfontaine
stage manager: Diane Potvin
sound: Gabriel Lesage-Bilodeau and Hugo Le Bleu-Tadaros
translation Jocelyne Doray.
This is the tenth Artists Against Apartheid concert occurring within the international campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israeli apartheid.
* Tadamon! Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
Tadamon! Montreal
tel: 514 664 1036
email: info[at]tadamon.ca

a roundtable discussion of the Canadian News Headlines that caught our eye this week
-Municipal Elections
-BodyBags sent to Reservations – H1N1 Flu Ad
-Federal Elections

www.democracynow.org

10 Glen Ford Editorial

Friday Morning After on signal