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! High-level nuclear waste dump ruled out for Saugeen Shores
The Toronto Star reports, "Two Bruce County communities have been scratched from the list of possible sites for a high-level ...
Broderick on ‘social licence’ and fracking
Council of Canadians vice-chairperson, Charlottetown chapter activist, and Don't Frack PEI co-founder Leo Broderick spoke at an information meeting at ...
Want access to health care? You might need to move
The Health Council of Canada (HCC) released a new report this week showing that Canadians' views on access to health ...
Dire state of South African democracy and water
In the run up to national elections, the ANC is pumping resources into service delivery. Still many municipalities are so ...
Harper government not committed to public health care
Halifax-based Council of Canadians organizer Angela Giles and Nova Scotia Citizens’ Health Care Network chairperson Lee Seymour write, "The federal ...
Council supports Mi’kmaq speaking tour against fracking in Pacific region
As noted on a Facebook event page, "Members of the Mi'kmaq Warriors Society who have been arrested and incarcerated will ...
PEI environment minister waiting on studies to make decision on fracking moratorium
The Charlottetown Guardian reports, "There are no oil wells pumping away or gas wells flowing (in Prince Edward Island)... But ...
Fracking wastewater leaking in Nova Scotia, calls grow for a ban on fracking
CBC reports, "Provincial environment officials are looking into a leak of fracking waste water at holding ponds in Kennetcook, Nova ...
Council/ Blue Planet sign letter against fracking in Europe
The Council of Canadians and the Blue Planet Project have joined with almost 250 other organizations across Europe in an open ...
BC Water Act not likely to limit fracking in the province
The Council of Canadians has promoted water justice and actively opposed fracking in British Columbia.
Today, the Globe and Mail ...
Fracking threatens right to water for Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana
Survival International tells us, "Large parts of Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) – home to Africa’s last hunting Bushmen ...
Is Canada opposing the European directive against fracking?
The Telegraph reports, "(British prime minister) David Cameron’s plan for a new fossil fuel bonanza from 'fracking' underground gas reserves ...
