Council of Canadians
Founded in 1985, the Council of Canadians is Canada’s leading social action organization, mobilizing a network of 60 chapters across the country.
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Newswire article Tuesday, April 17, 2018 NAFTA Fuelling Climate Change in North America As NAFTA negotiations close in on an agreement in principle, a new tri-national report by leading Canadian, Mexican and American economists has found that NAFTA’s existing regulations prevent Canada from reducing almost 1500 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. This would nix any chance Canada... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, March 26, 2018 Trudeau Breaking Another Electoral Reform Promise Not only has Prime Minister Trudeau broken his promise that 2015 would be the last First-Past-The-Post election, now the government is breaking its promise to undo former Prime Minister Harper’s so-called Fair Elections Act. One of the clearest and earliest commitments in the 2015 Liberal election... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, January 17, 2018 ‘Trump Not Welcome’ Petition Reaches 10,000 Signatures In Four Days A new online petition to keep Trump out of Canada has already gathered over 10,000 signatures since it was launched on Saturday by the Council of Canadians. “This overwhelming response is sending a strong message that Trump’s racist, misogynist, vulgar and dangerous words and actions are not... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, October 26, 2017 Council of Canadians Calls Nestlé Out For "Blue-Washing" The Council of Canadians is challenging bottled water giant Nestlé for its plans to certify sites as sustainable in Canada and around the world. Yesterday, Nestlé announced it was planning to certify 20 factories with the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) in Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, Latin... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, October 16, 2017 From NAFTA 1.0 to NAFTA 2.0, Council of Canadians’ Maude Barlow Outlines a NAFTA Renegotiation Agenda For The Rest Of Us NAFTA renegotiations continue today in Arlington, Virginia. To shed light on the issues, the Council of Canadians today released Getting It Right: A People’s Guide to NAFTA , by Maude Barlow, its honorary chairperson and veteran NAFTA critic. It explains in plain language what’s at stake in the... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, October 06, 2017 Flint Water Summit Participants Vow to End Nestlé’s Water Takings Sixteen water protector groups along with local residents, Indigenous representatives and activists attended the Water Is Life: Strengthening the Great Lakes Commons in Flint this past weekend. Attendees pledged to challenge Nestlé’s water takings and end the water crises in Flint, Detroit and... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, October 05, 2017 Diverse Groups Opposed to Energy East Celebrate Project's Cancellation After four years of fighting to stop the proposed pipeline project, a network of environmental groups, First Nations, students, faith and local groups along the proposed route say Canadians, and people around the world, should feel relieved that TransCanada has cancelled Energy East. “Today is a... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, October 05, 2017 Council of Canadians Celebrates End of Energy East Pipeline The Council of Canadians is celebrating the cancellation of the Energy East pipeline project and is available for comment. “The end of Energy East shows that extreme energy projects are part of our past not our future,” says Maude Barlow, Honorary Chairperson with the Council of Canadians. “For all... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, September 26, 2017 Trade Rules Should Not Trump Action on Climate Change “NAFTA negotiations are on track to cement a regime that puts the interests of corporations and profit above our shared interest in reducing climate pollution,” says Andrea Harden-Donahue, Energy and Climate Justice Campaigner with the Council of Canadians. The open statement urges the Canadian... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, August 28, 2017 TPP: Over 99 Percent of Those Writing to Global Affairs Oppose Deal, ATIP Documents Reveal Today , as negotiations on a new form of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) without the United States start in a secret location in Sydney, Australia, the Council of Canadians is perplexed at how the government can continue to participate in negotiations when Canadians have written to it... Read more |