{"id":727,"date":"2024-07-18T15:24:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T15:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ccf\/?page_id=727"},"modified":"2024-12-31T21:48:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T21:48:45","slug":"home-page-temporary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ccf\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Please visit CCF at our new site, canadachinafocus.ca!<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Upcoming Webinar!<\/h3>\n

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Date & Time:<\/strong> Thursday, Sept 19th, 4pm PT \/ 7pm ET<\/p>\n

Description:<\/strong> The Liberal government recently imposed a 100 percent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles. What\u2018s at stake in this move? Is this simply another attempt to cozy up to America\u2018s new cold war against China? Is it an attempt to gain support from autoworkers in the leadup to the next federal election? EVs may not be the only answer to the climate catastrophe we face today, but are they part of the solution? Join us for this special webinar on Canada-China relations and the environment.<\/p>\n

Sam Gindin<\/strong> is co-author (with the late Leo Panitch) of The Making of Global Capitalism (Verso) and the former research director of the Canadian Auto Workers from 1974-2000. He currently works with the Socialist Project in Toronto.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth May<\/strong> is the co-leader of the Green Party and represents the Vancouver Island riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands on the territory of the W\u0331S\u00c1NE\u0106 Nation. She has worked as a lawyer and government policy advisor and was the executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada for 17 years.<\/p>\n

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Sept 6, 2024<\/p>\n

Canada-China Focus Statement <\/b>on <\/b>EV Tariffs Imposed by Canadian Government<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n

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Serious concerns are being raised about the rapid passage of Bill C-70, known as the Countering Foreign Interference Act.<\/div>\n
This discussion aims to deepen public understanding of the bill, its far-reaching implications and potentially devastating impact on social movements as well as the critical importance of challenging and moving beyond the motivations that fuel a national security state in Canada.<\/div>\n
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:<\/div>\n
C-70 is an omnibus bill, amending the Canadian Security Intelligence Act, the Security of Information Act, the Criminal Code, the Canadian Evidence Act, and introducing a new act, the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act.<\/div>\n
Rights groups warn this bill is likely to erode civil liberties and human rights. Passed with minimal scrutiny, Bill C-70 amends key security and criminal laws, threatening fundamental freedoms, including free speech, assembly, and privacy, and could be used for profiling based on politics, race, religion, or nationality.<\/div>\n
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