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As Liberals meet before Parliament returns, broad coalition of unions and progressive groups says pharmacare extremely urgent
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOTTAWA - As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet gather in Hamilton for a three-day retreat, a ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: MEXICO UNDER PRESSURE FROM U.S. OVER GMO AND GLYPHOSATE BAN
Ottawa/Cobourg - The Council of Canadians, along with organizations representing Canadian farmers, workers, consumers, public health, and sustainable agriculture constituencies ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: As parents feel the strain of mounting RSV cases, Big Pharma price-gouging keeps RSV-prevention drug out of reach.
It’s time for the government to intervene on sky-high pricing for Palivizumab (brand name Synagis). THE COUNCIL OF CANADIANSFOR IMMEDIATE ...
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New Poll Reveals Canadians’ Views on LNG
Council of Canadians and Sierra Club Canada New Poll: Canadians Believe Climate Impacts Should Be a Deciding Factor on Whether ...
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Lowest common-denominator deal for COVID-19 tools shows just how broken WTO is
STATEMENT BY 298+ ORGANIZATIONS: Governments Must Break Big Pharma-WTO Stranglehold on Access to Medicine by Taking Immediate Action to Prioritize ...
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PRESS RELEASE: Prominent Canadian and international figures urge PM Trudeau to back the global call for a patent waiver
Health and justice advocates say Canada has been “out of step with the rest of the world.” THE COUNCIL OF ...
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Prominent Canadian and international advocates urge Trudeau to back TRIPS waiver
DOWNLOAD THE LETTER HERE (PDF)TO: The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P.Prime Minister of CanadaOffice of the Prime Minister80 Wellington StreetOttawa, ...
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NEW POLL: Strong majority of Canadians oppose Trudeau’s stance on patent waiver at WTO
More than 2 out of 3 support waiving intellectual property rules for COVID-19 vaccines and other tools, as called for ...
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Fund transit, not highways through Greenbelt, coalition tells party leaders
The Keep Transit Moving coalition (KTM) today released its platform for the Ontario election, offering a bold, positive vision for ...
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Letter: Commit to decarbonization to address today’s crises
See the full letter with French and German translation and full list of signatories here. Die deutsche Version des Briefs ...
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Letter from 113 organizations re: ending fossil fuel subsidies and public finance
To: The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of FinanceThe Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources CanadaThe Honourable ...
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Moderna plant in Montreal not a cause for celebration, vaccine equity advocates say
Instead of rolling out the red carpet for private vaccine producers, we should reduce our reliance on corporations that put ...
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