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Network of labour, environmental and social justice groups demand Prime Minister signal significant investment in green economy in Speech from the Throne
The Green Economy Network (GEN) is calling on the federal government to make a clear commitment to invest in climate ...
Take Action to Reject Teck Frontier Mine!
Today, Indigenous, environmental, and public interest organizations called on the Canadian government and the new Environment and Climate Minister Jonathan ...
Tell the new ministers what matters to you
On election day, Canadians from coast-to-coast-to-coast overwhelmingly voted for parties that promised action on pharmacare, the climate crisis, electoral reform, ...
8 ways climate organizing impacted the federal election
Written by Robin Tress and Dylan Penner, Climate and Social Justice Campaigners, Council of Canadians Last month, Canada had its ...
A story of western alienation
It wasn’t a surprise that the prairies went predominantly blue in this federal election. Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan have remained ...
Nova Scotia’s new greenhouse gas targets – Law Amendments speech
The following is a transcript of climate and social justice campaigner Robin Tress's comments at the Law Amendments proceedings in ...
We are the balance of power
This morning I feel very determined about the road ahead. Yesterday, Canadians went to the polls and elected a minority ...
Historic climate strike just pulled the fire alarm
A tectonic shift in climate politics just happened. Millions of people mobilized to demand climate justice, a just transition, and ...
You can stop our house from burning
Greta Thunberg, a 16 year-old student from Sweden, is trying to save our planet. As she says, our house is ...
Defending our right to protest
Summary: CSIS is unlawfully monitoring water protectors and climate justice activists, according to BCCLA. This kind of police surveillance is ...
Want to help grill the parties before they grill the planet?
In just 14 weeks we will head to the polls to elect a new federal government. Right now, election candidates ...
They just approved a major climate set-back
Less than 24 hours after declaring a climate emergency, the government announced it will be moving forward with the climate-polluting ...
