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.
Council of Canadians organizes against fracking in Alberta
The Council of Canadians helped to establish the Alberta Fracking Resource & Action Coalition, a network of organizations and individuals ...
Darwish speaks against LNG agenda in Courtenay, BC tonight
Finn, Spratt and Darwish at the public forum in Ladner. Photo by Brigette DePape.
Vancouver-based Council of Canadians ...
Barlow denounces water grab for fracking in New York state
Barlow speaking in Corning, New York on October 18. Twitter photo by People for a Healthy Environment.
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Council fights tar sands pipelines & LNG terminals to avert climate catastrophe
In December 2013, the Harper government told the United Nations that it forecasts emissions from the oil and gas sector ...
Fredericton chapter fights against exclusion of Penobsquis from provincial fracking moratorium
There are growing concerns that the promised fracking moratorium in New Brunswick will exclude Penobsquis.
Council of Canadians national water ...
TransCanada files for Energy East, final decision expected by May 2016
Council of Canadians Board member Leticia Adair and Barlow protest the Energy East pipeline outside the TransCanada open ...
Barlow speaks on health care in Courtenay, British Columbia
Last night's town hall meeting in Courtenay, BC. Photo by Mike Butler.
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow ...
Atlantic regional organizer to comment on fracking legislation in Nova Scotia today
On September 30, Nova Scotia energy minister Andrew Younger introduced amendments to the Petroleum Resources Act in order to ban ...
Playing MRI Politics With The Health Of Saskatchewan’s People
110 years ago this month, the man who would lead the fight to bring public Medicare to all Canadians ...
Global Frackdown: Communities across Canada demand a stop to fracking
Last Saturday, over 300 events were organized in 34 countries for the Global Frackdown, an international day of action initiated ...
Fair Elections Act: Canadian democracy will have its day in court
OTTAWA – The Council of Canadians, the Canadian Federation of Students and three individual electors will file a Charter challenge ...
GLOBAL FRACKDOWN STARTS: Majority of Canadians want fracking moratorium, says EKOS poll
Today, the Council of Canadians released the results of an EKOS Research poll that found most people, regardless of political ...
