FOM’s January e-news
Friends of Medicare's January e-news Public health care under attack -What do we do? Stand up! Fight back! Help protect our public health care when it needs you most —renew your ...
PROGRESS ALBERTA: PROGRESS REPORT #201
Your weekly update on Alberta politics for January 28, 2020 Municipal budgets across the province are at risk of collapse thanks to a group of oil & gas companies that ...
FOM:Elder care in Alberta should not be an industry
Yesterday’s media report on the death of an Alberta senior residing in a for-profit seniors’ facility served as a harrowing example of the real life consequences of the political ideology and short-sighted ...
PUBLIC INTEREST ALBERTA We knew the budget would be bad news for public services, but this is something else:
How low can the UCP go? The provincial government's allegiances are clear. They stand with corporations and the wealthy at the expense of the rest of us. From kicking 46,000 ...
CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS: Jan 25, 2020
WEEKLY QUOTE: We all know that you can’t manage what you can’t measure. Until people know the climate impact of the products they’re using, it will be impossible for them ...
ROUNDUP 2020 01 25 NEWS & VIEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB
WEEKLY QUOTE: Ageism is everywhere, yet it is the most socially “normalized” of any prejudice, and is not widely countered – like racism or sexism. These attitudes lead to the ...
CLIMATE CHANGE ROUND UP FOR THE WEEK ENDING Jan 25, 2020
WEEKLY QUOTE: Jan 25, 2020 “Carbon offsetting is without scientific legitimacy and is dangerously misleading.”Kevin Anderson Professor of Energy and Climate Change, holding a joint chair in the School of Engineering ...
The People’s Bus – February 12, 2020 – 8 am to 8 pm – please sign up!
The government has launched an all-out assault on our public services, with major impacts on seniors and their families. That's why Friends of Medicare, Public Interest Alberta, and our allies are chartering ...
Dept of Justice Survey on Medical Assistance in Dying
Consultations on medical assistance in dying (MAID) eligibility criteria and request process MAID QUESTIONNAIRE Medical assistance in dying (MAID) became legal in Canada in June 2016. Canada’s Criminal Code now exempts doctors ...
AGENDA Meeting #9: Tuesday, January 28, 2020; 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Seniors’ Action and Liaison Team Guest Speaker: Afrah Collier-Potts, (Clinic Manager, Natural Health Services); topic “Medical Marijuana”. Announcements: (round table; please distinguish clearly between discussion items and announcements!) Emergent items: ...