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Re: Maude Barlow to Speak at Brilliant Cultural Center in Castlegar, BC, this Saturday

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From: Smokin'
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:00
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David <davidj@home.com> wrote in message news:3830CBF7.D7AE1E85@home.com...
> In 1998, four of Canada's biggest banks proposed to merge. The deals would
> have meant the loss of thousands of Canadian jobs and the closure of
> hundreds of local branches across the country. The Council of Canadians
> launched a well-publicized cross-country campaign to convince federal
> Finance Minister Paul Martin to reject the proposed mergers and bring
> greater accountability to the banking industry. The Finance Minister ruled
> against the mergers on December 14, 1998.
>
> We owe the Council of Canadians our gratitude.

We certainly do owe the Council of Canadian Morons something. May I suggest
a one-way ticket to anyplace far away from here?
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From: "Smokin'" <smokin'@vila.ca>
Subject: Re: Maude Barlow to Speak at Brilliant Cultural Center in Castlegar, BC,  this Saturday
Date: 1999/11/16
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