
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.

Ford wants to bulldoze his way through First Nations land. The Land Alliance wonât let him.Â
In Northern Ontario, five strong First Nations have pledged to stand united to protect the land and water and defend ...

Remembering Leo Cheverie
The Council of Canadians extends our condolences to the friends and family of Leo Cheverie â activist, union leader, arts ...

We need a public-powered just transition
For a just transition to be truly just, it must be public. In order to ensure that Indigenous peoples, workers, migrants, ...

Remembering Veronica Swan
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Veronica Swan, one of the original members of the ...

Keep fossil fuels out of Canadaâs clean energy rules
The federal government has released the first draft of its long-awaited regulations on clean electricity â regulations that bring us ...

âFree medicinesâ program an industry ploy to stop public pharmacare
With pharmacare legislation expected this fall, the insurance industry is ramping up efforts to protect its profits ...

Grill the parties not the planet
As our communities face the devastating wildfires this summer, federal politicians are engaging with constituents at barbecues and meet-and-greets. Itâs ...
Pharmacare will save us a s***load on downstream health care costs (Part 2 of 2)
Four points about what pharmacare will cost â and what it will save â that some Liberal officials donât seem ...

Thousands of students have asked Trudeau to end the First Nations water crisis
On Tuesday, we delivered the latest collection of Water Drops to Prime Minister Trudeau with the help of some Ottawa ...

Canada is burning: take action for a just transition
As wildfires rage from coast-to-coast, join a day of action to get the government to take the climate emergency seriously ...

Memo to the Trudeau government: Pharmacare will SAVE us a s***load (Part 1 of 2)
Four points about what pharmacare will cost â and what it will save â that some Liberal officials donât seem ...
Guns or butter
The classic question of what a government should spend on is described as a choice of âguns or butterâ â ...