News and Analysis
In support of our campaigns and organizing, we publish insightful research and hard-hitting analysis and keep our members and supporters informed.
WIN! Amherst town council rejects fracking wastewater disposal plan
The town council of Amherst, NS has decided to abandon plans to accept fracked wastewater.
The Council of ...
Could a corporation use CETA investor-state to challenge the consequences of its criminal actions?
This past March, the Harper government adopted federal procurement 'Integrity Framework' regulations that state that companies convicted in Canada or ...
Newfoundland & Labrador fracking review fails to consider climate change
In December 2013, the Council of Canadians congratulated the Newfoundland and Labrador government on its decision to establish a de ...
Over 3000 rally to stop cuts to health care and to stop private clinics in Ontario
Today thousands of people traveled from all corners of Ontario and gathered at the provincial legislation (Queens Park) ...
Council concerned natural gas storage proposal will harm the Shubenacadie River
The Shubenacadie River. Photo from Colchester County Acadian Heritage.
Concerns are being raised about a plan by Alton ...
New report outlines the threat of CETA’s corporate rights protections
The Council of Canadians and more than a dozen European and Canadian organizations today simultaneously released a new report that ...
Trading Away Democracy report calls for CETA’s investor-state rules to be rejected
The Council of Canadians has been working with numerous organizations in Canada, Quebec and Europe on a 20-page report released ...
Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter helps organize forum against genetically engineered foods
The Council of Canadians Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter is helping to organize a public forum today at Trent University opposed to ...
Council of Canadians to speak in Victoria against LNGs and fracking
The Council of Canadians and the GVTA Social Justice Committee are organizing a public forum against Liquefied Natural Gas ...
TransCanada hires controversial PR firm to derail public opposition to the Energy East pipeline
There are now multiple news articles that report Calgary-based TransCanada hired the controversial public relations firm Edelman in an ...
Coalition takes citizens initiative on CETA to the European Court of Justice
About 100 people held a demonstration against CETA and TTIP in front of the European Court of Justice ...
LNG industry in BC would emit 28 million tonnes of greenhouse gases
Darwish speaks in Ladner on October 22.
The Council of Canadians is opposing the development of Liquefied Natural ...