Recent highlights
G7 Oceans Summit in Halifax focused on 'oceans plastic charter'
September 21, 2018
The meeting of G7 Environment, Oceans and Energy Ministers is happening in Halifax this week, and yesterday they held an expo at our recently-completed P3 Trade Centre.
Ontario Conservative Party donors asked to stop giving money
September 20, 2018
The Council of Canadians is calling Progressive Conservative donors across Ontario to ask them to boycott the party over anti-democratic actions.
Steelworkers call on Trudeau government to step back from job-killing CPTPP
September 19, 2018
The United Steelworkers are calling on the Trudeau government to dump the so-called “Comprehensive and Progressive” Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The CPTPP is a large multilateral trade agreement between 11 countries bordering the Pacific Ocean, including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.
The Harper government...
Movement behind Justice for our Stolen Children Camp just getting started
September 19, 2018
After bringing coffee to the Justice for our Stolen Children Camp almost every morning from July 5th to September 12th and being there off and on since March 4th, my birthday, I have come to more fully understand the continuing systemic injustice that is in our province that our provincial government won’t act to end.
This is not what democracy looks like: TPP passes second reading in a blink of an eye
September 19, 2018
While everyone is distracted by NAFTA and Trump, the government is fast-tracking the TransPacific Partnership.Yesterday, Bill C-79, the bill to implement the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for TransPacific Partnership (the new TPP) passed the House of Commons’ second reading by a vote of 242 to 48 in the blink of an eye.The government dramatically cut short the debate, limiting it to a...