The environmental assessment of the proposed Canada-China Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement (FIPA) is insufficient and must be done again to account for the changing nature and volume of Chinese investment in Canada, recent investor-state case law that undermines the right to regulate for environmental protection, changes to Canada’s environmental regulations affecting major resource … Read more
The individual applicants in the election fraud cases sponsored by the Council of Canadians have now filed all of their arguments and supporting documentation, in advance of a full hearing scheduled for Dec. 10-14, 2012. The full release is available online. Call 613-795-8685.
The Council of Canadians said a new 500-km pipeline to be built by PetroChina subsidiary Phoenix Energy Holdings and TransCanada Corp. between northwest of Fort McMurray and Fort Saskatchewan cannot be allowed to proceed. The council added that if the government ratifies the Canada-China investment treaty (FIPA), then PetroChina will be guaranteed excessive compensation for … Read more
The Council of Canadians is launching the No Pipelines, No Tankers speaking tour to challenge three pivotal proposed pipelines – Enbridge Northern Gateway, Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain, and the Pacific Trails Pipeline – which will move fossil fuels through B.C.'s communities, across rivers and streams, and to the pristine Pacific Coast. The speaking tour is … Read more
On Oct. 19, the Council of Canadians received a response from Fisheries and Oceans Canada denying their request to visit the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA). The response came a day after the Council of Canadians released a poll indicating that 73 per cent of Canadians opposed the funding cuts to the ELA, and that more … Read more
The Council of Canadians strongly criticized the government's first omnibus budget bill, and is once again calling on Canadians and their elected representatives from all parties to reject Bill C-45, Jobs and Growth Act, 2012, which continues this undemocratic manipulation of our political system. The full release is available online. Call 613-233-4487 x 223.
A coalition of groups is working to raise awareness of public consultations being hosted by the Canada – Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, (C-NLOPB), in Sydney, N.S. The ‘consultations’ are part of the Strategic Environmental Assessment update of ‘Old Harry’ and Western N.L.’s Gulf waters, ordered by Environment Minister Peter Kent (Thornhill, Ont.) last … Read more
On the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, the Council of Canadians is calling on provinces to follow the Quebec government’s lead by holding immediate public consultations on this generation’s big deal – the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians, … Read more
The Council of Canadians said a bilateral investment treaty between Canada and China, which was signed in September and made public by the federal government recently, will put unacceptable constraints on Canadian energy and environmental policy. Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians, said that Canadians need to know that as the government … Read more
On the eve of the Global Frackdown international day of action, the Council of Canadians is calling for a ban, or at the very least a moratorium, on fracking from coast to coast. Emma Lui, water campaigner with the Council of Canadians, said that that these toxic chemicals and methane find their way into the … Read more
