Media Updates

WTO called upon to dismiss Japan, EU challenge to Canadian renewable energy policy: amicus curiae submission addresses Canada’s failure to properly defend Green Energy Act
MEDIA RELEASE | May 15, 2012
Ottawa – Canada should make any trade or economic partnership agreement with Japan contingent on Japan dropping its World Trade Organization (WTO) challenge to Ontario's Green Energy Act, the Council of Canadians told a parliamentary international trade committee today. The social justice organization also encouraged the committee to "do trade differently" by adopting a new set of principles to help determine whether trade agreements are appropriate and how they could better serve the public interest . Read more »
Barlow calls on Ontario government to include bold new vision in Great Lakes Protection Act
MEDIA RELEASE | May 15, 2012
Maude Barlow, National Chairperson for the Council of Canadians, is embarking on an eight-city speaking tour to call on the Ontario government to recognize the Great Lakes as a commons to be shared, protected and managed by those living around them. Read more »
WTO called upon to dismiss Japan, EU challenge to Canadian renewable energy policy: amicus curiae submission addresses Canada’s failure to properly defend Green Energy Act
MEDIA RELEASE | May 14, 2012
Canadian NGOs and labour unions have sent an amicus curiae submission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the eve of a second hearing tomorrow into Japan’s and the European Union’s joint attack on the Ontario Green Energy Act. The groups address Canada’s failure to properly defend Ontario’s actions and call upon the WTO to respect the priority of Canada’s international climate change obligations. Read more »
Victoria asks to be excluded from Canada-EU free trade deal; Council of Canadians celebrates vote for transparency and democracy
MEDIA RELEASE | May 11, 2012
Victoria, B.C. – The Council of Canadians and its Victoria chapter are celebrating a decision by City Council last night to demand a permanent exemption for the City from the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The decision comes only two weeks after a similar request by London, Ontario councillors for an “opt-out” option once they know more details about the deal. Read more »
Barlow to receive water award on eve of Great Lakes speaking tour
MEDIA RELEASE | May 10, 2012
Toronto – The night before she begins an eight city speaking tour aimed at protecting the Great Lakes watershed, Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow will be presented with a Heart & Vision award from the United Church on Monday, May 14 “for her exemplary commitment to social justice and for her leadership of the international effort to establish the fundamental human right to water." Read more »
Upcoming conference to expose truth about Canadian mining industry
MEDIA ADVISORY | May 7, 2012
In just under a month, the Council of Canadians will host a major event in Vancouver to challenge Canada’s mining industry. Shout Out Against Mining Injustice is a two-day international conference set for June 1st and 2nd, 2012, aimed at exposing the appalling environmental and human rights abuses of Canadian mining companies, and will take place in the city where many of these companies are headquartered. Read more »
Council of Canadians to push for Great Lakes protection in upcoming speaking tour
MEDIA ADVISORY | April 30, 2012
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow is embarking on an eight city speaking tour aimed at protecting the Great Lakes from private interests and government complacency and restoring more democratic control over them. Read more »
Harper’s dazzling and distracting Canada-EU trade promotion tour fails to answer tough questions about the deal, says Council of Canadians
MEDIA RELEASE | April 27, 2012
Ottawa, Ontario – The Council of Canadians is responding to the Harper government’s light and magic show across Canada today to promote the Canada-EU free trade agreement with the following difficult questions that neither the federal nor provincial governments have answered: Read more »
Blink and you could miss Harper’s 18-minister promo tour for Canada-EU trade deal Citizens group dares Conservatives to truly engage with Canadians on risks and benefits of CETA
MEDIA RELEASE | April 27, 2012
Calgary – The Harper government’s 18-minister, cross-Canada tour to promote the Canada-EU free trade deal should be rebranded the “In-and-Out Scandal: Part 2,” says the Council of Canadians, which challenges Conservative ministers to actually engage with Canadians on the supposed benefits and possible risks of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Read more »
New evidence that voter suppression changed outcome of 2011 federal election released today
MEDIA RELEASE | April 24, 2012
Ottawa – The Council of Canadians has released a new research study that shows that tens of thousands of Canadians received fraudulent telephone calls during the May 2011 federal election, these calls were targeted at non-Conservative voters and they were effective in reducing voter turnout. Read more »
Harper government trying to undermine sustainable development at UNCTAD conference in Doha, say Canadian civil society organizations
MEDIA RELEASE | April 24, 2012
Ottawa – The Canadian government is right now trying to undermine the role of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in assessing and responding to the impacts of the financial crisis and the effect of current global economic governance rules on development, poverty reduction, food security and climate change. Read more »
Council of Canadians to release significant new evidence in federal election legal actions
MEDIA ADVISORY | April 23, 2012
In a press conference to be held on Tuesday, the Council of Canadians will release the results of a significant research study which quantifies both the extent of misdirecting and harassing calls and the effect of those calls in connection with the upcoming legal actions to annul results in seven federal ridings. Simultaneous translation will be available. Read more »
Canada-EU trade should not be concluded in its current form, says Council of Canadians
MEDIA RELEASE | April 23, 2012
Ottawa – The Council of Canadians responds to statements today from International Trade Minister Ed Fast following his meeting in Ottawa with Danish counterpart, Trade and Investment Minister Pia Olsen Dyhr, regarding the status of Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations. Read more »
Earth Day Celebrated with No Pipelines! No Tankers! Actions
MEDIA RELEASE | April 20, 2012
VANCOUVER, B.C.: People in over ten communities are coming together to mark Earth Day with a strong message against three proposed B.C. pipeline projects.  United by a No Pipelines! No Tankers! message, the actions held primarily in B.C. range from kid-friendly parades and walks, to rallies and a celebration pledging to protect B.C. beaches. Read more »
Misleading election calls intentional, alleges new affidavit in federal election legal actions
MEDIA RELEASE | April 20, 2012
The Council of Canadians is releasing an affidavit today, which alleges that the misleading phone calls during the last federal election could not have been accidental and were likely organized by someone “at, or very close to the top of the party’s campaign decision-making structure.” Read more »
Council of Canadians releases evidence in federal election legal actions
MEDIA RELEASE | April 18, 2012
Ottawa — The Council of Canadians today released two of the documents it intends to present as evidence in support of applications by individual citizens seeking to overturn federal election results in seven ridings. Read more »
Council of Canadians calls Wildrose leader's climate statements alarming
MEDIA RELEASE | April 17, 2012
In response to statements made yesterday by Wildrose Party Leader Danielle Smith that, "We've always said the science [of climate change] isn't settled and we need to continue to monitor the debate," Council of Canadians National Chairperson Maude Barlow issued the following statement: Read more »
Council of Canadians available for comment on Kinder Morgan pipeline announcement
MEDIA AVAILABILITY | April 13, 2012
The Council of Canadians responds 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. Read more »
Council of Canadians Condemns Land Grab in Delta, Demands Public Inquiry
MEDIA RELEASE | April 5, 2012
LADNER, BC: The controversy in South Delta is growing.  Citing land shortages for the gateway project the Emerson Real Estate Group has optioned 600 acres of agricultural land to develop for use as a rail and industrial area.  The Council of Canadians joins with local residents to oppose the potential loss of agricultural land, the port expansion and a proposed free trade zone. Read more »

Op-eds and articles

• Take water off CETA table, Angela Giles, The Chronicle Herald, April 14, 2012
• Don't Drink Harper's Water, Maude Barlow, Huffington Post, March 22, 2012
• Spur provinces to be innovation incubators, Adrienne Silnicki, The Chronicle Herald, March 14, 2012
• Protect Healthcare with EU trade deal? Not gonna happen, Adrienne Silnicki & Stuart Trew, The Hill Times, March 12, 2012
• Too close for comfort, Dylan Penner, Edmonton Journal, March 9, 2012
• Key point missed, Stuart Trew, The StarPhoenix, February 21, 2012
• Moratorium vital, Emma Lui, Calgary Herald, February 20, 2012
• With Trade Deal, Will Canada Give EU 'Right to Profit' on Water? Maude Barlow and Paul Moist, The Tyee, February 2, 2012
• Documents show CETA ill-advised, Stuart Trew, The StarPhoenix, February 2, 2012
• Harper must get fired up to deal with fuel shortage, Gordon Laxer, Edmonton Journal, January 26, 2012
• Don’t use E-word when describing concerned citizens, Anne Lévesque, The Chronicle Herald, January 21, 2012
• Ontario should call Europe’s bluff on Green Energy Act, Stuart Trew, The Toronto Star, January 16, 2012

Headlines

• Great Lakes subject of Maude Barlow talk in Hamilton, CBC Hamilton, May 13, 2012
• Council of Canadians hopes to protect lakes, The Owen Sound and Sun Times, May 10, 2012
• Barlow visits Perkinsfield this month, The Barrie Advance, May 10, 2012
• Great Lakes said to be on 'crisis pathway', CBC Windsor, May 1, 2012
• Water warrior Maude Barlow coming to Sarnia, Sarnia Observer, April 30, 2012
• VIDEO: Fraudlent Election Calls, Interview with Frank Graves, EKOS Research and Garry Neil, Council of Canadians, CBC Power and Politics, April 24, 2012 [1:48:30]
• Fraudulent election calls 'widespread' in 7 ridings, poll suggests, CBC News, April 24, 2012
• Canada-Europe trade deal prohibits provinces, municipalities from favouring local bidders on contracts, The Star, April 24, 2012
• Robocalls targeted NDP, Liberal voters, survey finds, CTV News, April 24, 2012
• Vote-suppression calls more likely to target Liberal, NDP supporters: pollster, National Post, April 24, 2012
• Non-Tory voters targeted in robo-call scandal, pollster finds, The Globe and Mail, April 23, 2012
• Canada-EU free trade talks '75 per cent' complete, EU rep says, Postmedia News, April 23, 2012
• Earth Day activities in Guelph attract many, Guelph Mercury, April 23, 2012
• Locals challenge proposed 10-year extension of Nestlé Waters permit in Hillsburgh, The Wellington Advertiser, April 20, 2012
• Conservatives reject affidavit that phone workers misdirected voters, Postmedia News, April 18, 2012
• Former phone-bank worker files sworn affidavit over election calls, Canadian Press, April 18, 2012
• VIDEO: APTN interview on environmental assessment changes with the Council of Canadians' energy & climate justice campaigner Andrea Harden-Donahue, APTN National News, April 17, 2012 [begins 38:20]
• Conservative candidates will ask court to toss legal challenge to election result: lawyer, The Star, April 16, 2012
• It's time for Canada to recognize water as a basic human right, The Vancouver Sun, April 2, 2012
• Public funds being wasted on purchase of bottled water, The Sun Times, March 30, 2012
• Robocalls prompt legal action in seven federal ridings, The Star, March 27, 2012
• Robocall court action includes Sask. riding, CBC News, March 27, 2012
• VIDEO: Council of Canadians Wants Results Overturned, The National, CBC, March 27, 2012
• VIDEO: Taking robocalls to court, CBC Power & Politics, March 27, 2012
• AUDIO: Council of Canadians Robocall Lawsuit, As It Happens Part I, CBC Radio, March 27, 2012
• VIDEO: Robocalled legal rights. Steven Shrybman, a lawyer for the Council of Canadians, discusses how Canadians affected by fraudulent phone calls during the last federal election can assert their legal rights, CBC Power & Politics, March 1, 1012
  
• VIDEO: Robocalls : CTV News Channel: Garry Neil, executive director, March 1, 2012
• Robocalls: Activist group files legal challenge of results in seven ridings, Postmedia News, March 27, 2012
• Council to look at fracking debate before committing, Lethbridge Herald, March 23, 2012
• Oilsands critics in Europe to counter fuel directive lobby, CBC, March 22, 2012
• Canadian oilsands opponents take fight to European capitals, iPolitics, March 22, 2012
• Ben Powless, un Indien Mohawk en guerre contre les sables bitumineux, Le Monde, March 20, 2012
• Teen pushes water awareness, Sun Times, March 16, 2012
• World Water Forum declaration falls short on human rights, claim experts, The Guardian UK, March 14, 2012
• Water Rights Groups Blast Corporate-Dominated Water Forum, Common Dreams, March 12, 2012
• Islanders demand inquiry into robocalls controversy, The Guardian PEI, March 9, 2012
• Barlow deserves a place on panel, Edmonton Journal, March 9, 2012
• Guelph groups organizing rally over robocalls election scandal, March 5, 2012
• VIDEO: Robocalled legal rights, CBC Power & Politics, March 1, 1012
• Diverse water panel welcome idea, Edmonton Journal, March 1, 2012
• VIDEO: Robocalls : CTV News Channel: Garry Neil, executive director, March 1, 2012
• Nestlé CEO receives controversial honour from the U of A, CTV Edmonton, March 1, 2012
• NEWS: Robocalls scandal: Council of Canadians urges voters to join legal action, Postmedia News, March 1, 2012

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Speeches

• VIDEO: Free Trade With E.U. Concerns, Maude Barlow, Guelph Mercury, January 28, 2011
• Our Commons Future Is Already Here: A stirring call to unite the environmental and global justice movement from Maude Barlow, by Maude Barlow, October 13, 2010

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VIDEO: Council of Canadians releases significant new evidence in federal election legal actions at press conference on April 24, 2012

VIDEO: Fraudlent Election Calls, Interview with Frank Graves, EKOS Research and Garry Neil, Council of Canadians, CBC Power and Politics, April 24, 2012 [begins 1:48:30]

VIDEO: APTN interview on environmental assessment changes with the Council of Canadians' energy & climate justice campaigner Andrea Harden-Donahue, APTN National News, April 17, 2012 [begins 38:20]

Election 2011

• VIDEO: Council of Canadians Wants Results Overturned, The National, CBC, March 27, 2012
• VIDEO: Taking robocalls to court, CBC Power & Politics, March 27, 2012
• AUDIO: Council of Canadians Robocall Lawsuit, As It Happens Part I, CBC Radio, March 27, 2012
• VIDEO: Robocalled legal rights. Steven Shrybman, a lawyer for the Council of Canadians, discusses how Canadians affected by fraudulent phone calls during the last federal election can assert their legal rights, CBC Power & Politics, March 1, 1012
  
• VIDEO: Robocalls : CTV News Channel: Garry Neil, executive director, March 1, 2012

On Saturday March 17, 2012, an estimated 5,000 people marched for water justice on the streets of Marseille, France. With this as the background, Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow interviewed about the World Water Forum and the history of the alternative water forums that have challenged the corporate-controlled 'official forum.

See more of the protest march that day - that begins with some terrific drumming and then at the 4-minute mark a Chilean water activist friend of ours with the Council of Canadians banner here.

Watch Council of Canadians/ Blue Planet Project water campaigner Meera Karunananthan interviewed by Attac-TV for the Forum Alternatif Mondial de l'Eau here.

VIDEO: Robocalled legal rights. Steven Shrybman, a lawyer for the Council of Canadians, discusses how Canadians affected by fraudulent phone calls during the last federal election can assert their legal rights, CBC Power & Politics, March 1, 1012

VIDEO: Robocalls : CTV News Channel: Garry Neil, executive director, March 1, 2012

AUDIO: Barlow on public health care, January 16, 2012

AUDIO: Privatizing Water: Stuart Trew, Trade campaigner for The Council of Canadians. Part One of The Current, CBC, January 27, 2012

VIDEO: Maude Barlow on public health care, January 2012
Maude Barlow speaks with Libby Davies as Canada's premiers meet on the future of medicare during the Council of the Federation meeting on the 2014 Canada Health Accord negotiations, January 14, 2012 in Victoria. (Rabble.ca)

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