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What we can learn from First Nations about water
I returned yesterday from participating in the Honouring the Waters Indigenous Water Forum which is being held in Sault Ste ...

UPDATE: The Council of Canadians this summer
I will be away on vacation between July 4 and August 5, and other staff will be taking their holidays ...

NEWS: CBAN, Council oppose Enviropig, GE salmon
The London Free Press reports, "Guelph researchers, using fragments of genetic material from mice injected into fertilized pig embryos, found ...

Auditor General Report reveals little progress with First Nations drinking water
On the same day that Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (now named Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada) released their ...

NEWS: First Nations drinking water situation unacceptable
Barlow speaks to AFN Special Chiefs Assembly, December 2010 CTV reports that, "Sheila Fraser's last status report as auditor general, ...

Presentation to the PSAC Social Justice Fund Board
Today I had the honour of speaking with the Public Service Alliance of Canada's Social Justice Fund board about climate ...

MEDIA RELEASE: Department of Foreign Affairs hit by Oil Spill
Department of Foreign Affairs hit by Oil Spill (Ottawa) The debate over offshore drilling in the Arctic spilled onto the ...

NEWS: Upcoming provincial elections
The Globe and Mail reports on the impact of "the historic federal election" on upcoming provincial elections. It reports, "The ...

Canada’s Free Trade agenda: Dissing democracy and rewarding despots / L’agenda de libre-échange du Canada mine la démocratie et récompense les despotes
The Common Frontiers network, to which the Council of Canadians is a member, and the Québec Network on Continental Integration ...

Ecological Farmers of Ontario say no to CETA
The Ecological Farmers of Ontario has passed a resolution against CETA on the grounds the Canada-EU trade negotiations are too ...

ELECTION 2011: Get out and vote for democracy!
Day 32 NEWSPAPER ADS: The Council of Canadians will be running an ad campaign in Metro newspapers from coast to ...

VIDEO: Barlow on Democracy Now! discussing the Rights of Mother Earth
Democracy Now! reports that they, "interviewed leading environmentalist Maude Barlow about the Universal Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth, ...