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The American's Creed and Kevin Costner Park Cities Quail Speech 2023
At this link: PCQC 2023 Kevin Costner Speech - Wait until the end to hear a cool "Yellowstone" fact.
American Kevin Costner, 71, was born January 18, 1955 .. Kevin Costner - Wikipedia
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𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊
People keep asking:
“How are these global agendas, sustainability frameworks, digital systems, and policy shifts all connected?”
Start here.
These are some of the major international organizations, municipal networks, policy groups, and public-private partnership organizations influencing discussions around:
climate policy
smart cities
digital governance
sustainability frameworks
urban planning
public-private partnerships
Agenda 2030 initiatives
carbon reduction targets
digital infrastructure
future economic systems
Many municipalities, governments, NGOs, corporations, and institutions participate in these networks openly and publicly.
Again — this information is PUBLIC.
𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 & 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬
World Economic Forum
weforum.org
United Nations
un.org/en/
European Union
european-union.europa.eu/index_en
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
iclei.org/members/
Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)
fcm.ca/en/about-fcm/m
Partners for Climate Protection (PCP)
pcp-ppc.ca/membership
pcp-ppc.ca/program
Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)
amo.on.ca/about-us/munic
Sustainability Solutions Group (SSG)
ssg.coop
Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships
pppcouncil.ca/who-we-are
pppcouncil.ca/who-we-are/our
C40 Cities
c40.org
c40.org/cities/
c40knowledgehub.org
“The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5°C World” Report
c40.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/#3600000
IISD – International Institute for Sustainable Development
iisd.org
IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature
iucn.org
UBCM – Union of British Columbia Municipalities
ubcm.ca
Now let’s be fair and factual:
Being connected to these organizations does NOT automatically mean something sinister is happening. Many municipalities join for funding opportunities, climate planning resources, infrastructure programs, or policy collaboration.
But Canadians absolutely have the right to ask:
Who influences policy?
Who funds these initiatives?
How much local control remains?
How are global frameworks shaping local decisions?
Are citizens being properly informed and consulted?
Healthy democracies depend on informed citizens asking questions — not blindly accepting narratives from either side.
Read the documents yourself.
Research deeply.
Verify everything.
Think critically.
An informed public is essential.
#Canada #Newfoundland #Agenda2030 #SmartCities #DigitalID #CBDC #C40 #WEF #QuestionEverything #Truth #Freed Made with AI
Novel "The Birth House" set in Scotts Bay Nova Scotia - author Ami McKay
Found a Scotts Bay Facebook page here: Scott's Bay and Cape Split | Facebook
"The Birth House" was published in February 2006 by Ami McKay a transplant from the USA .. here:
The Birth House by Ami McKay | Goodreads
Amy's website here: The Birth House'
Amy on Substack
: The Cure for Longing | Ami McKay | Substack
Amy on Youtube: Ami McKay - YouTube
Amy on Wiki: Ami McKay - Wikipedia
Ami on Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia: Ami McKay – Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia
Amy at Ross Creek Centre: Ami McKay - Ross Creek Centre for the Arts
Transatlantic Agency Ami: Transatlantic is delighted to welcome Ami McKay! – Transatlantic Agency
"Ami McKay (she/her) is the author of three bestselling novels – The Birth House; The Virgin Cure; and The Witches of New York; as well as the yuletide novella, Half Spent Was The Night. She began her career as a freelance radio journalist, writing and producing radio documentaries for CBC Radio and NPR. Her memoir, Before My Time, won both the Robbie Robertson Book Award and the Evelyn Richardson non-fiction award. She lives in the Sipekne’katik region of Mi’kma’ki (Scots Bay, Nova Scotia) where she is currently writing her next novel, The Dangerous Age.
Ami is represented by Samantha Haywood.
Welcome, Ami! "
"The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare, the first daughter to be born in five generations of Rares. As a child in an isolated village in Nova Scotia, she is drawn to Miss Babineau, an outspoken Acadian midwife with a gift for healing. Dora becomes Miss B.'s apprentice, and together they help the women of Scots Bay through infertility, difficult labours, breech births, unwanted pregnancies and even unfulfilling sex lives. Filled with details as compelling as they are surprising, The Birth House is an unforgettable tale of the struggles women have faced to have control of their own bodies and to keep the best parts of tradition alive in the modern world of medicine. (From Knopf Canada)
The Birth House was championed by Debbie Travis during Canada Reads 2011."
Well.. who doesn't dream of having a sweet little cottage by the sea?
For some its a dream come true... "Cottage by the Sea" sounds like a good name for a blog....
some more photography in Nova Scotia's Scotts Bay found here: love this life blogger ..
Ami's book was recommended to me by a friend in B.C. who had heard of the book and suggested it to me [he was originally from Nova Scotia himself] .. so I purchased Ami's book in the summer of 2007 and read it.. and enjoyed it.. and then gave it away to a friend of family that was visiting Scott Bay... at one point I had hoped to meet Ami and get her to sign my book [things that never happened though...].. expectations are one thing; reality is another.
CBC had published an article about the book being adapted for TV back in 2019.. is there any news on that happening yet? Ami McKay's novel The Birth House being adapted for TV
CBC has given a lot of coverage to Ami McKay as it turns out.. having boosters sure helps a lot.
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