The Council of Canadians delivered petitions signed by nearly 10,000 people demanding a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in Canada until the federal reviews are complete. Council of Canadians staff, dressed in hazardous materials suits, attempted to deliver mock buckets of toxic fracking fluids to Environment Minister Peter Kent (Thornhill, Ont.). The buckets, filled with petitions, … Read more
A new poll conducted by Ipsos Reid, and released by the Council of Canadians and the Canadian Health Coalition, shows that what would otherwise be high support for a Canada-European Union free trade deal collapses on the issue of pharmaceutical drug costs, with 69 per cent of Canadians opposing a deal that would lengthen patent … Read more
The Council of Canadians sent a brief letter to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency asking the agency to scrap the “stakeholder consultation” process on a regulation stemming from the new Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. The full release is available online. Call 613-795-8685.
The Council of Canadians said communities are reaffirming their commitment to protect the Great Lakes from nuclear waste shipments, despite new challenges from the federal government’s budget bill, Bill C-38. The council added that the Sierra Club Canada and the Canadian Environmental Law Association announced that they were withdrawing their applications for judicial review of … Read more
The Council of Canadians said the government may have secured German chancellor Angela Merkel’s blessing for a speedy conclusion to Canada-European Union free trade talks, but the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement will and should remain controversial in Canada and the EU for a number of reasons. The council said critical parts of the … Read more
The Council of Canadians celebrates the decision by Thunder Bay city council to seek an exemption from the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. The council said this latest municipal motion, and the over 40 similar municipal requests for exemptions from the proposed Canada-EU trade deal, should be on the menu during Prime Minister … Read more
The Council of Canadians congratulates the premiers on the conclusion of an excellent Council of the Federation meeting. The council said the premiers have called out the federal government for walking away from the negotiating table and refusing to play a role in Canada’s most cherished social programme. The council added that the premiers have … Read more
The Council of Canadians said the $15.1 billion offer to buy Calgary-based energy firm Nexen should be blocked for several reasons, including that the state-owned Chinese buyer CNOOC will have more rights than a Canadian firm would to challenge regulation of its tar sands and shale gas activities and expansion plans. National chairperson of the … Read more
The Council of Canadians said the Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources report, Now or Never: Canada Must Act Urgently to Seize its Place in the New Energy World Order, is a plan to exploit resources, not provide energy. The council notes that the report's claim that natural gas is clean, efficient, … Read more
Canadians from coast to coast called for the federal government to get back in the game on a 2014 Health Accord, as the Council of Canadians, Canadian Doctors for Medicare, nurses unions, and provincial health and citizens’ coalitions held a National Day of Action. The Day of Action drew attention to the upcoming Council of … Read more
