The CGO 2002 Conference
Economic Justice and the Green Movement:
The 22nd North American Conference of the Council of Georgist
Organizations
London, Ontario - Canada * * * August 21-25, 2002
Delta London Armouries Hotel, in "the Forest City", London, Ontario
The 22nd North American Conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations
London, Ontario - Canada * * * August 21-25, 2002
Delta London Armouries Hotel, in "the Forest City", London, Ontario
For single-session and single-day rates, phone Sue Walton at1-888-262-9015 or 1-847-475-0391 or email sns@swwalton.com
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This conference is devoted to understanding and advancing principles of
economic justice, with a focus on relationships between sprawl, urban
decay, pollution, environmental destruction, trade problems, deepening
debt, and poverty. It draws heavily on Henry George's ideas about land
tenure and taxation, which have been credited with launching the
Progressive Era.
Speakers include leaders from First Nations, Canadian Greens, the Council of Canadians, and the Canadian Action Party, local politicians, and economists. All these groups share a quest for clear principles that can help remedy social ills. This quest lies at the heart of our conference. |
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Green Communities
and Zero Waste
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Ecology
and First Nations
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Globalization
and Free Trade
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Green Taxes for
Sustainability
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The Politics of Money
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Peace, War, and Land Rights
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Wednesday Evening: Welcome!
7-10 pm - Registration - Welcome by London Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco and conference host John Fisher - Reception
Thursday: War, Freedom and Discovery Tour
8:00 am - Continental Breakfast
8:45 am - History, Conviviality and Many Surprises as we spend the day touring War of 1812 Battle Sites, the Fairfield Museum, the Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site (where we'll have lunch), the first commercial oil well in North America, and the Oil Museum at Oil Springs.
6:00 pm - Bus returns. Dinner on your own.
8:00 pm - CGO Member Organizations report on their activities for the year; Open Mike follows.
Friday: First Nations, Land Rights and Trade
8 - 9 am - Registration and Welcome
9 -10:30 am - First Nations Resource Management - Michael Williams, Walpole Island Heritage Centre, talks about cross border movements, pollution issues and resource rentals.
11 am-noon - Land Claims, Legal Challenges, and Solving Social Problems - Joe Miskokomon, Chief of the Chippewas of the Thames
12:30 - Lunch Topic: Canada/USA Trade Relations - Speaker from the Council of Canadians. Do disputes over wood, steel, water and trade with Cuba threaten Canada's sovereighty?
2:00 - 3:00 pm - Peace, War and Land Rights - Brief talks from an eclectic panel of speakers.
3:00 - 4:00 - The Citizens' Dividend: Two Visions of How to Share our Social Fund - Jeff Smith, the Geonomy Society; Gerry Shaw, School of Economic Science
4:30 - 5:30 - Geonomic Education Workshop: Effects of the Remedy - Panel led by Lindy Davies, Henry George Institute
6 - ish - Suggested Dining: Taste of London Festival
7:30 pm - CGO Annual Business Meeting followed by CGO Strategy Session
Saturday: Green Communities; Money Issues
8 - 9 am - Registration and Welcome
9:00 - 10:15 am - Municipal Sustainability - Donna Morton, Centre for Integral Economics, Vancouver, BC
10:30 am - The Tax Shift and Zero Waste - Laurie Gallant, Footprint Environmental Assc., Smithers, BC
12:00 - Lunch topic: Globalization, Free Trade and Money - Paul Hellyer, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Leader of the Canadian Action Party, Author of Goodbye Canada
2:00 - 3:30 pm - The Politics of Money - Paul Hellyer; Steve Zarlenga, author of The Myth of Money; Bill Hulet, Green Party; Dan Sullivan, Center for Local Tax Research
3:45 - 5:15 - Green Tax Shift and Sustainability - Donna Morton; Laurie Gallant; Jeff Smith
6:30 pm - Cash Bar
7:00 -10:00 pm - Our annual Gala Banquet with Your Host Frank Peddle, special guest Vancouver planner/historian Mary Rawson and Keynote Speaker Frank de Jong, Leader of the Green Party of Ontario
Sunday: Celebrations and Goodbyes
8:00 - 9:30 am - Open Mike / Table Topics
10:00 -11:30 am - Brunch - Awards and Tributes
After check-out - Special Interest Meetings
For single-session and single-day rates, phone Sue Walton at1-888-262-9015 or 1-847-475-0391 or email sns@swwalton.com
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An intelligent approach to the problems of poverty and racism will cause us
to see the words of the Psalmist - "The earth is the Lord's and the
fullness thereof" - are still
a judgment upon our use and abuse of the wealth and resources with which we
have
been endowed. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Taxes on income, payroll, property and retail sales discourage
entrepreneurship
hiring, investment, savings and work... they also encourage sprawl,
depletion of natural resources and pollution of land, air and water....
They could be replaced with taxes on land values and on actions that
pollute, deplete or destroy habitat.
We need a big debate on different kinds of taxation, to talk about how
corporations are
freeloading on public services and getting tax breaks while taxes are
falling on workers and smaller businesses. We need to open a debate about
land taxation and Henry George, to tax bad things, not good things, and not
to tax people who go to work every day.
We do not return to the earth what we take from it; each crop that is
harvested leaves the soil the poorer. We are cutting down forests which we
do not replant, we are... flushing into the sea through the sewers of our
great cities the elements of fertility that have been embedded in the soil
by the slow processes of nature, acting for long ages.
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Currency: Prices are in US Dollars, except where noted.
Prices: The full Conference Package, including all sessions, breaks, scheduled meals, bus tour and banquet, costs $375 for the first member of a couple and $285 for a Significant Other. Partial packages are available. For Friday or Saturday, one full day including all sessions and scheduled meals: $150 for the first member and $100 for the S.O. For folks on a tight budget, session-only prices are available. To get complete pricing and registration details, please call the numbers shown above. You can register online right here.
For single-session and single-day rates, phone Sue Walton at
1-888-262-9015 or 1-847-475-0391 or email sns@swwalton.com
Hotel: Delta London Armouries, 325 Dundas Street - right in the middle of downtown London, close to many fine restaurants. Parking is about $3 per day. Amenities include an indoor pool, voice mail, a video game room, sauna, whirlpool, Special Kids Play Room, plus in room irons and ironing boards. The Taste of London will provide free entertainment August 22-25th!
- For more on the City of London, click here.
- For Ontario Tourism information, click here
Rooms: Sleeping rooms are $123 Canadian, + tax (Approximately $80 US) single/quad. To get this rate you must reserve your room by July 25, 2002 by calling 800-668-9999 or 519-679-6111, and you must mention that you are attending the Georgist Conference. You will pay more if you reserve your room after July 25th, or if you don't say "Georgist Conference".
Room Sharing: If you would like to share a room, please contact the administrators.
Meals: All scheduled meals will have vegetarian and fruit selections. There will be a catered lunch each day and an evening reception on Wednesday; Saturday evening will feature our annual Gala Banquet. The conference concludes with our traditional friendship brunch on Sunday. If the schedule says "dinner on your own", take heart! There are many tempting restaurants nearby.
Special Needs or Questions? Contact Sue or Scott as soon as possible at 847-475-0931 or (in the US, toll-free) 888-262-9015, or fax: 775-248-8630 or e-mail: sns@swwalton.com
Exhibits/Inserts: A limited number of 6' by 30" tables will be available for exhibits, at $50 per table or $35 per half table. The exhibit room will also be used for coffee breaks and casual conversation. The cost to insert materials in conference packets will be $25 per insert. If you wish to be an exhibitor or to do an insert, please contact the administrators by August 1, 2002.
Refund Policy: A 20% administrative fee will be charged if canceled before August 5, 2002. After that date, the cancellation fee will 50% on all full and partial packages. (Excepting documented medical emergencies.) Please bring ID (passport or birth certificate) for border-crossing. Schedule is subject to change without notice.
For single-session and single-day rates, phone Sue Walton at1-888-262-9015 or 1-847-475-0391 or email sns@swwalton.com
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