The Council of Canadians responded to the news that Kinder Morgan is proceeding with a proposal to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline to transport 500,000 barrels of oil per day. BC regional organizer with the Council of Canadians Harjap Grewal said Houston-based Kinder Morgan is out of touch with local opposition to the pipeline expansion. … Read more
The Council of Canadians said the 2012 federal budget outlines a plan to deliberately undermine health care, water, and the climate. The full release is available online. Call 613-795-8685.
The Council of Canadians said it is urging the federal government to stop its plan to weaken long-standing environmental laws that keep communities safe from toxic chemicals and safeguard Canada's air, water, land and species. Groups speaking out to support effective federal environmental laws include the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Climate Action … Read more
The Council of Canadians issued a statement on the Canadian civil society delegation ending the tar sands lobbying-busting tour. The council said that delegates are wrapping up a four-country European lobbying tour that has presented a different side of the story in Canada on the tar sands. The tour, which started in Paris, headed to … Read more
The Council of Canadians said that Canada has been chastised on World Water Day for undermining the right to water by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation. The Rapporteur openly criticized Canada for proposing the removal of an explicit reference to the right to water and … Read more
The Council of Canadians said that March 19, 2012, kicks off a week-long tour of European capitals, led by a First Nation Chief and members of leading Canadian civil society organizations. The council said the tour will urge European decision makers to stand up to Canadian government and industry lobbying against policies that will help … Read more
The Council of Canadians announced that the water chapter of the Alternative Federal Budget, A Budget for the Rest of Us, released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives calls for the federal government to carry out their international legal obligations on the human right to water and sanitation by committing $8.736 billion to critical … Read more
The Council of Canadians issued a statement regarding the World Water Forum. The council said that it is becoming clearer from multiple sources that Canada was the country that pushed to have language that explicitly affirmed the United Nations recognized right to water and sanitation removed from the Ministerial Declaration of the World Water Forum … Read more
The Council of Canadians will be challenging the 6th World Water Forum that will take place March 12-17, 2012. in Marseille, France, just days before World Water Day. The council will be participating in the organizing of the upcoming Alternative World Water Forum (in French, Forum Alternative Mondial de l’Eau, or FAME), which will take … Read more
The Council of Canadians and its Toronto, ON, chapter are celebrating a decision by Toronto City Council to demand a permanent exemption for the city from the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. National chairperson with the Council of Canadians Maude Barlow said that when Canada’s largest city thinks there’s something wrong with the … Read more
