
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.

CCUS: Capturing more public funds than carbon since 1972
Let’s be very clear: carbon capture, utilization, and storage is NOT a climate solution. It’s a prime example of greenwashing ...
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Storm of the Century, an Annual Event?
Canada’s approval of Bay du Nord project shows the government still not taking climate change seriously ...
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Corporate Capture vs. Democracy
We all know that corporate elites have far too much influence in determining how political and economic decisions are made ...
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Domestic, publicly-owned production key for Canada’s vaccine-security
Moderna’s new, Quebec-based vaccine manufacturing facility is not a cause for celebration, it’s another signal that the government is putting ...
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Far from a utopian idea, pharmacare is a policy that’s both practical and urgently needed
More Canadians report being unable to afford medication even as the government sits on a report that offers a way ...
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Council of Canadians urges Canada to back proposal at WTO to waive intellectual property rights for pandemic treatments and technologies
The Council of Canadians joined with other progressive groups in sending the following letter to Trade Minister Mary Ng and ...
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Fighting back makes a difference
Canada’s unions have just won a huge victory for democracy in this country. By standing together in an unprecedented show ...
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Solidarity with the GO Transit Strike
Why are GO Transit workers on strike? The 2200 GO transit workers of ATU (Amalgamated Transit Union) Canada Local 1587 ...
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As the toll of the tar sands on Indigenous communities grows, Canada continues to fail in its obligations to UNDRIP
For decades government and industry have been making decisions about tar sands development without the free, prior, and informed consent ...
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Garbage dumps and gravel pits: Fight to protect Simcoe County water has waged for decades
It’s been more than a decade since Site 41 in Simcoe County in southern Ontario became a flashpoint in the ...
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Council of Canadians supports CUPE workers in Ontario
People across the country should defend our charter rights, which are currently under attack in Ontario ...
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Council of Canadians supports #StatusForAll
It’s time for a migrant regularization program that leaves no one behind ...
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