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Petition delivery outside of Holland's office

MEDIA RELEASE: As clock ticks on pharmacare deadline, advocates rally outside Health Minister’s office

The Council of Canadians will deliver petitions signed by more than ten thousand Canadians calling for a national public drug ...
Media advisory / photo opportunity: pharmacare supporters to rally outside Minister Holland's office

Media advisory / photo opportunity: pharmacare supporters to rally outside Minister Holland’s office

Participants will deliver giant pill bottles containing tens of thousands of petition signatures and a prescription for public pharmacare Ajax, Ontario ...
Statement on PBO report on single-payer universal drug plan 

Statement on PBO report on single-payer universal drug plan 

Statement by Robin Tress, Co-Executive Director of the Council of Canadians OTTAWA – We welcome the findings of a new ...
Statement on the first draft of Liberal pharmacare bill

Statement on the first draft of Liberal pharmacare bill

The government must deliver legislation for a public, universal, comprehensive programOTTAWA – The Council of Canadians is alarmed to learn ...
Offshore Alliance alarmed by successful offshore bid, calls on Canada to keep climate promises

Offshore Alliance alarmed by successful offshore bid, calls on Canada to keep climate promises

Kjupuktuk, NS - The Offshore Alliance of Nova Scotia celebrated the protection of seven of eight parcels of ocean space ...
STRONG PHARMACARE LEGISLATION NOW

Open letter to the federal government: establish a public pharmacare program

The Council of Canadians has delivered the following open letter. September 27, 2023 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister ...
Algonquin chiefs joined by Green Party Leader Elizabeth May for press conference on proposed waste dump

Algonquin First Nations oppose giant radioactive waste mound beside the Ottawa River on their unceded territory

Algonquin chiefs joined by Green Party Leader Elizabeth May for press conference on proposed waste dump ...
Pharmacare legislation tabled

Following a groundswell of grassroots support, NDP tables pharmacare bill

Private member’s bill introduced on the heels of 16-city tour of town halls for pharmacare ...
MEXICO’S SCIENCE-BASED DECISIONS TO PHASE OUT GMO CORN AND GLYPHOSATE PUT CANADA’S FLAWED STANCE TO SHAME

MEXICO’S SCIENCE-BASED DECISIONS TO PHASE OUT GMO CORN AND GLYPHOSATE PUT CANADA’S FLAWED STANCE TO SHAME

Ottawa/Cobourg - The Council of Canadians, along with 24 organizations representing Canadian sustainable agricultural constituencies, environmentalists, workers, and consumers have ...
public-health-care-under-threat

Supreme Court of Canada upholds B.C.’s Medicare Protection Act in landmark decision protecting public health care

Today, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Cambie Surgeries Corporation’s (CSC) attempt to overturn previous decisions made by BC’s courts ...
Blue Community Certificate presentation Mother Teresa Secondary School

Mother Teresa Secondary School becomes 100th Blue Community on World Water Day

London, ON – Today, on World Water Day, Mother Teresa Secondary School became the 100th community to be awarded the ...
Climate Groups Sound the Alarm on Public Transit Death Spiral

Climate Groups Sound the Alarm on Public Transit Death Spiral

15 environmental groups signed an open letter calling on Minister Freeland for federal funding to save public transit systems ...