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EnergyCanada is a cold country. We need energy to heat our homes and run our cars in what sometimes seems like an endless winter. The energy companies and our government may tell you that supply shortages and increased demand drive up the price of energy. But what they aren’t telling you is that the “increased demand” is coming from the energy-hungry United States. Council of Canadians on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, ON to call on the Federal government to develop a Canadian Energy Strategy. Canada now produces about 40 per cent more oil than it consumes, but has to rely heavily on imported oil from offshore. Thanks to NAFTA, Canada now exports 70 per cent of the oil and 61 per cent of the natural gas we produce each year to the United States. NAFTA prevents us from selling our energy resources at rates lower than we sell them in the U.S. We also can’t ever cut back on the proportion of energy we produce and sell to the United States, even in times when our country runs short. The Council of Canadians believes that we need a “made in Canada” energy security strategy that promotes sustainable energy, and allows citizens to pay a fair price. On August 18, 2007, representatives of energy workers unions, social justice networks and civil society organizations from Mexico, Canada and the United States, met in Montreal to discuss alternatives to the energy provisions in the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America. Here is the final declaration from the meeting. On May 14, 2007, the Council of Canadians’ Lyn Gorman made a presentation to the Alberta Royalty Review Panel, arguing that the current royalty regime is “outdated,” and “does not serve the long-term interests of Albertans.” The impartial panel was appointed by the Alberta government in February 2007 to complete a thorough review of the province’s royalties and taxes on energy. Click here to read the presentation. Energy position paper (PDF) - Drafted by the Council of Canadians’ Board-Staff Committee on Energy, August 2007 MULTIMEDIA Canadian energy needs should come first (VIDEO) Nationalize Oil - Gordon Laxer, Parkland Institute Director and member of the Board of Directors of the Council of Canadians. The Current for May 3, 2007 (CBC Radio) |
FEATURESAn Energy Gold Rush: The SPP hands control of Canada’s energy to the oil and gas industry, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2008 Why We Need a Canadian Energy Strategy, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2008 [20-Mar-08] BC activists call for no new approvals after visit to Alberta tar sands [18-Mar-08] BC groups to report on “learning tour” of the Alberta tar sands Stop the injustice: Overhaul Ontario's mining laws and policiesJoint statement on Ontario's mining act, March 17, 2008 Support the Shabot Obaajiwan First Nation people in protecting their watershed from uranium mining. Stop uranium mining in New Brunswick petition Send a mitten to Stephen Harper - All Canadians need to stay warm! Click here to see a video of Maude Barlow talking about the importance of a National Energy Day of Action. Sign the Community Coalition Against Mining Uranium petition calling for a moratorium on uranium mining in Eastern Ontario by clicking here Tar sands to blame, The Ottawa Citizen, Jean-Yves LeFort, November 29, 2007 'Freezing in the dark?' (PDF) powerpoint presentation by Gordon Laxer, Parkland Institute Director and member of the Board of Directors of the Council of Canadians, explains why Canada needs an energy security plan. October 2007. In the shadow of the oil sands: Alberta’s Industrial Heartland suffers from a “minimum of red tape” October 2007 Energy Revenues: Are Canadians Getting Fleeced? A report by Jean-Yves LeFort, Energy Campaigner, the Council of Canadians, October 23, 2007 The SPP and energy: Securing U.S. control of Canadian and Mexican resources, Behind Closed Doors: What they're not telling us about the Security and Prosperity Partnership, July 2007 Canadian Energy Security: Easterners could freeze in the dark, Gordon Laxer, The Globe and Mail, May 28, 2007 Canada's energy insecurity, Gordon Laxer, The Toronto Star, April 26, 2007 Water and the Oil Industry (PDF) March 2007
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