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UPDATE: Democracy Center releases report on investment rules
The Democracy Center has issued a new paper titled, 'Unfair, Unsustainable, and Under the Radar: How Corporations use Global Investment ...
The Fight for Pharmacare
Canada is the only developed country that has a universal health care system but doesn't cover prescription drugs. Not only ...
Update on Building Resistance Tour About Fracking and PTP
Since my last post on Saturday, we have made our way along the route of the Pacific Trails Pipeline, making ...
NEWS: Indigenous peoples in the Arctic call for a ban on offshore oil drilling
The Canadian Press reports, "A growing number of Arctic aboriginals have called for a moratorium on energy development in the ...
“I will never allow you to make me your token native poster boy again.”
This is what Trevor Jang, a Wet’suwet’en youth said to Enbridge CEO Al Monaco yesterday at the Enbridge AGM in ...
UPDATE: Adrangi at Enbridge shareholders meeting
Photo by Maryam Adrangi. Today, Council of Canadians energy campaigner Maryam Adrangi was at the Enbridge shareholders meeting in Calgary ...
Council of Canadians objects to Canada’s participation in divisive international services negotiations
I submitted the following brief comments today to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as part of a government ...
Five reasons Canada should NOT ratify a Canada-EU free trade agreement
Originally posted in Troy Media, April 26, 2013 Jock Finlayson of the Business Council of British Columbia recently wrote a ...
NEWS: Council of Canadians protests Chevron in Burnaby
Protest at the Chevron refinery. Photo by Maryam Adrangi. The Canadian Press reports, "Demonstrators in Burnaby donned colourful wigs and ...
Canadian Lobby Busting Tour in Europe Challenges Government Oil Sands Advocacy Strategy
Paris/Ottawa – Today kicks off a week-long tour of European capitals, led by a First Nation Chief and members of ...
Canada-EU Free Trade Agreement: Harper Government deceiving Canadians about CETA’s effects on public services, regulation and local democracy, says new report
Ottawa – As another round of Canada-European Union free trade negotiations kicks off in Brussels, Belgium this week, the Council ...
Victoria asks to be excluded from Canada-EU free trade deal; Council of Canadians celebrates vote for transparency and democracy
Victoria, B.C. – The Council of Canadians and its Victoria chapter are celebrating a decision by City Council last night ...
