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A Green New Deal for public health care
This is part of a series on sparking change with a Green New Deal. When I first started working on ...

How will a Green New Deal change everything?
This is the first blog in a series on the changes a Green New Deal can spark. On May 6, ...

Climate Emergency Meeting in Kent Co/Sikniktuk, NB, other Green New Deal town halls creating space for vision and action
Green New Deal (GND) town halls have been happening in communities across Turtle Island and the Atlantic region (Wabanaki territory) ...

Living Well in a Low Carbon World
Like the Green New Deal, Extinction Rebellion, Sunrise Movement, and many other climate actions and movements, the Council of Canadians ...

Alberta, it doesn’t end here
I’m writing to say even though the election result last night was not what we hoped for, Council of Canadians ...

We can win a #GreenNewDeal in Alberta
This was originally posted in Public Interest Alberta's the Advocate
I was in Ottawa on February 19th when the pro-pipeline, ...

Canada is warming faster than we thought. What can we do about it?
While global temperatures have increased 0.8C since 1948, Canada has seen an increase of 1.7C – more than double the ...

Building the movement for good jobs, social justice, and a livable climate
At the intersections of the climate crisis and the system that created it there is much work to be done ...

Make oil and gas corporations pay
The Council of Canadians is excited to join the the Alberta Liabilities Disclosure Project (ALDP) “an independent and non-partisan initiative ...

Federal budget takes small steps, but ultimately falls short
The 2019 federal budget tabled this week makes some small progressive steps forward by offering some relief on student ...

160,000+ students across Canada strike for climate
A stunning 150,000 students marched in Montreal, the highest turnout of any city in the world. As part of the ...

How we can #StopKenney & get a just transition too
If you’ve been having trouble sleeping lately, I don’t blame you. Politics in Alberta feels pretty daunting right now.
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