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Grassy Narrows deserves better than delays and half measures
June 15, 2019
Our organizations are deeply disappointed that the federal government has failed to take decisive action to guarantee that survivors of mercury poisoning at Grassy Narrows will get the medical care they need and deserve.
Chapters This Week
June 14, 2019
Every day, Council of Canadians chapters are active in communities across the country. #CouncilChapters are made up of volunteers who work with local community groups, organized labour and others to promote the Council’s campaigns to protect water and public health care, work for fair trade, climate justice and democracy as well as other issues of social and economic concern. Check out some of...
A Green New Deal for public health care
June 14, 2019
This is part of a series on sparking change with a Green New Deal.
When I first started working on climate issues almost 20 years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) pegged the annual death toll from the climate crisis at 150,000. The WHO is now projecting that from 2030 to 2050 the climate crisis will take the lives of at least 250,000 every year.
What do the new NAFTA and the TMX have in common?
June 14, 2019
In a new hard-hitting Council of Canadians report, economics and pipeline expert Gordon Laxer reveals special provisions in the new trade deal that will allow the federal government to continue to subsidize the Trans Mountain (TMX) pipeline.
Wisconsin dairy farmer says supply management is not the problem, overproduction is
June 13, 2019
We hear a lot about how U.S. dairy thinks Canada's supply management system is unfair to them. And that the new NAFTA – with its access to Canadian markets – is a win for U.S. dairy.
But one Wisconsin dairy farmer disagrees. He says that the new NAFTA will not solve the woes of American dairy. He adds that Canada's supply management system is to be admired, not attacked.