Ten people began a sit-in at Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna’s (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.) Constituency Office calling for the rejection of the Kinder Morgan tar sands pipeline. “As the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna has a responsibility to keep her government’s word on meeting the commitment to stay well within 2 … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) signed the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement in Brussels. This is the third time Canada has signed the agreement. The Council of Canadians believes that the deal faces an uphill battle over the 2-5 year ratification process. “Prime Minister Trudeau may get his sought after signing ceremony, but … Read more
Reports of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement being close to completed have been exaggerated, says the Council of Canadians. Emerging details of an eleventh hour deal, which proponents claim will salvage CETA, suggest it includes a poison pill which could still kill the deal. “This would mean that that Belgium cannot ratify. All Europe did with this deal … Read more
The Council of Canadians is launching its report Every Lake, Every River: Restoring the Navigable Waters Protection Act. The organization is calling on the Liberal government to keep its election campaign promise to “restore lost protections” to water by immediately restoring the protections eliminated from the Navigable Waters Protection Act. The report highlights how the act is currently impacting … Read more
The European Union has failed to reach consensus on signing Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and there will be no signing ceremony on Thursday, October 27. Once promoted as “inevitable,” CETA has become “impossible” in its current form. “Democracy has prevailed and the agenda to boost corporate rights is in tatters,” says Maude Barlow, National … Read more
A new report from the Council of Canadians, A Prescription for Better Medicine: Why Canadians need a national pharmacare program, highlights that the current Health Accord negotiations offer a pragmatic opportunity to implement universal pharmacare. “Canada has the distinction of being the only developed country with a universal health care system that does not include universal prescription drug … Read more
Member of European Parliament farmer, anti-globalization activist, José Bové, has been denied entry to Canada. Bové was scheduled to speak in St. John’s at Groundswell 2016, following a public forum against CETA (the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) in Montreal. The Council of Canadians is asking whether there was political interference with his visit and why is being denied entry. “This is outrageous,” … Read more
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls arrives in Canada this week to promote the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. José Bové, Member of European Parliament and well-known anti-globalization activist, will also be in Canada and will highlight the dangers of the deal during his visit to Montréal. Bové was a sheep farmer and trade union activist who … Read more
A joint declaration on the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement has been leaked. “This declaration will not assuage the legitimate concerns of millions of people,” says Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians. “It doesn’t get rid of the investor courts that allow corporations to sue our governments for policy decisions … Read more
A new report from Savaria Experts-Conseils Inc. found that a spill from the proposed Energy East pipeline could have catastrophic impacts on the Rideau, Mississippi and Ottawa rivers, and put the region’s drinking water at risk. “The proposed Energy East pipeline would cross 68 watercourses in the Rideau and Mississippi watersheds, including the Rideau and Mississippi rivers,” says … Read more
