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Environment, British Columbia and the PunjabArchive for October 12, 2008
Sign the ‘Stop Puppy Mills Throughout Canada!’ pledge
Puppy mills are large scale operations that force “breeder dogs” to produce litter after litter to support demand for purebred pets.
These puppies are sold in storefronts that mask the suffering, disease, malnutrition and loneliness of puppy mills.
You can help stop this suffering in Canada. Please sign our pledge to stop puppy mills!
Most people are unaware that when they buy a purebred puppy they are often supporting a cruel and inhumane industry. In fact, some puppies have had such a hard, short life that they die within days or weeks of purchase.
By choosing not to buy your next pet or any pet supplies from retail stores or Internet sites that sell live dogs or cats – and sharing the message with others – you are directly helping to end this cycle of cruelty.
From Robyn E.
Care2 Action Alerts
Vote for Environment, Canada!
For every Canadian who wants to stop a Harper majority government from devastating our climate, there is one website that is a must-see before election day on Tuesday:
voteforenvironment.ca
If the Election were held today:
If we split our votes
As they are:
Conservative 128, Liberal 87, NDP 34, Green 0, Bloc 57, IND 2
If we vote smart:
Conservative 67, Liberal 128, NDP 50, Green 1, Bloc 60, IND 2
The site works from the latest polling to show that if we all voted strategically, the outcome would decimate the Conseratives in Parliament, cutting their number of seats in half, the NDP would rise to 50 seats (its highest number in history), the Liberals would replace the Conservatives as a minority government (or as part of a coalition with other opposition parties), and the Green Party would finally get into Parliament.
Strategic voting means we might not get to express our first choice where we live, but we do get to better express our choices as a country, and we get a Parliament that looks more like the Canadian people. Almost 70% of Canadians don’t want a Harper majority government, but our votes are split among 4 opposition parties, potentially giving Harper most of the seats in Parliament! In most of the ridings, the races aren’t close and we can vote for whomever we want. But in the close races, strategic voting will decide this election.
Stephen Harper’s government has been voted worst in the world by international climate experts after Harper blocked UN climate negotiations, produced a fraudulent, do-nothing climate plan at home, deceived Canadians about the responsible climate plans pushed by other parties — and all this has been just as a minority government!
Any Canadian who cares about the environment and the planet needs to visit VoteforEnvironment.ca before Tuesday, and carefully consider the consequences of their vote, for Canada, and for the planet.
VoteforEnvironment is just a tool, a useful piece of advice for any voter, to take or leave. Let’s try to make sure every Canadian has that advice by Tuesday.
