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 Items tagged: CUPEItems Found: 6Bottle Ban for Nova Scotia?May 3, 2010 - 10:49 am With Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter's recent promise that his government will ban bottled water in all provincial buildings that have drinkable tap water, the bottle versus tap debate (one that never really goes away) has reared its head in the media once more (it won't be the last time). The... Categories: Atlantic Canada, News Youthful Optimism?July 7, 2009 - 8:25 am Today, Marketing Magazine reports on bottled water brand Evian's new "Live Young" global advertising campaign featuring dancing babies. It's all over YouTube, featuring computer-generated effects that depict a group of infants breakdancing on roller skates to Dan The Automator's remix of the classic... Categories: Blog Labour DisruptionsJune 25, 2009 - 9:06 am Re: Smelly cities—looks like I spoke too soon. Just days after I posted about Halifax's stinky sewage dilemma, Toronto's Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) went on strike, causing interruptions to several City services, including city-run daycare centres, ferry services and parks and... Categories: Blog Green Party Calls for Fewer BottlesMay 25, 2009 - 7:15 am Canada's Green Party has voiced its opinion on bottled water by asking the federal government to avoid its purchase wherever possible, citing environmental and economic reasons. A recent report by the Polaris Institute and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Nova Scotia states that the Canadian... Fighting the Water BattleFebruary 3, 2009 - 9:04 am Maude Barlow has mesmerizing rhetoric. Last Thursday night, she and CUPE Ontario president Sid Ryan made their penultimate stop on their Unbottle It! tour, and every shocking statistic in Barlow's repertoire brought surprised gasps and clucking tongues from all corners of the room. Needless to... Categories: Blog Limited Access to Drinking Water on Canadian University Campuses: ReportSeptember 3, 2008 - 10:35 am The bottled water debate continues to be spurred as a national online survey, Corporate Initiatives on Campus - a 2008 Snapshot, developed by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Polaris Institute, paints a picture of decaying water fountains and... Advertisement
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