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PHONE ZAP: Call for a ceasefire in Gaza

Thank you to everyone who attended the phone zap and made calls for a ceasefire on February 6, 2024. If ...

Calling for a ceasefire in Gaza: open letter to PM Trudeau and Minister Joly

Today we issued a second open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Joly, urging them to publicly ...

Health care “innovation” roadshow a smokescreen for privatization

Last week I attended the final stop of a national town hall series hosted by the Canadian Medical Association and ...

Saint Paul University IS NOW A BLUE COMMUNITY

Maude Barlow was the keynote speaker at a special event on January 24th, 2024, where Saint Paul University received the ...

“not all canadians are paying their fair share”: A letter to Minister Freeland

This letter was sent to Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland on behalf a long-time supporter of the Council of Canadians, ...

Why Mexico’s 2023 ban on GM corn is the right move

Prevented from providing research and arguments directly to the trade dispute panel, the Trade Justice Group of the Northumberland Chapter ...

TODAY: Public health defenders rally outside pro-privatization town hall 

"Instead of asking how we can invest more resources into our strained public health care system, these consultations are reviving ...

Defend Public Health Care in Halifax: Info-Picket Outside CMA/Globe & Mail Privatization Forum

At a series of events held across the country, the CMA and the Globe & Mail have been giving a ...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Public health defenders to rally outside pro-privatization town hall

The Canadian Medical Association’s public consultation is peddling the dangerous idea that for-profit care can fix our health care, these ...

Chalk River nuclear waste dumps approved without free, prior, informed consent 

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission approved a controversial proposal to build a radioactive waste disposal facility at the Chalk River site ...

Will BC put watershed protection and Indigenous stewardship ahead of corporate profits?

The BC NDP government's proposed Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health framework could signal a paradigm shift towards conservation and reconciliation. But, ...

Who benefits from unjust and damaging renewable solutions?

In this piece, we consider proposed solutions for transitioning off fossil fuels that are nevertheless unjust to people and damaging ...