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FEDERAL BUDGET RESPONSE: 2024
The 2024 Federal Budget is a clear attempt by the Liberal government to appeal to popular progressive sentiments without making ...

Sustainable Jobs Act finally passes!
Despite significant obstruction by the Conservative party over the last year, the Act is now on its way to the ...

Federal budget falls short on pharmacare promise
Press Release For Immediate Release Statement from Nikolas Barry-Shaw, Council of Canadians campaigner for public pharmacare: OTTAWA – “This budget ...

Buried secrets and unheard voices
Canada plans to abandon its most radioactive nuclear waste without real community consent ...

profit is not the cure
Canada stands at a crossroads. For many Canadians, access to health care—the lack of family doctors, backlogs of surgeries, and ...

Open letter supporting the right of the people of Mexico to determine their own relationship with corn
The Council of Canadians has signed this open letter led by the National Farmer's Union in solidarity with farmers in ...

PRESS RELEASE: Canada argues against Mexico’s restrictions on GM corn
"Mexico is a sovereign nation with the right to determine the future of its food supply." ...

Climate organizations fight lng developments from coast to coast | Press releases
Climate organizations call on Premier Eby to abandon fracking, LNG plans VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh AND səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES — ...

We support the right of the people of Mexico to determine their own relationship with corn
The Government of Canada is supporting a trade challenge initiated by the USA, under CUSMA, that aims to end Mexico’s ...

Open Letter: 86 Organizations Demand Canada to Cut Off Fossil Fuel Financing
86 organizations call on the Government of Canada to fulfill its commitment to phase out public financing of the fossil ...

‘Water is life’: BC water protection survey results
The results of our 2024 BC water survey are in. See this snapshot of responses to the threats to clean ...

Tell the federal government to stop stalling and pass the Sustainable Jobs Act
The Prime Minister needs to hear from you about the Sustainable Jobs Act. Despite assurances that the bill is a ...