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Letter to International Trade Minister, The Honourable Mary Ng RE: The need for Canada to support Mexico’s phase out of GM corn and glyphosate

Joint letter calling on International Trade Minister Ng to desist from the request for formal consultations with Mexico over restrictions ...

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

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

New data shows pharmaceutical lobbying of the federal government has quadrupled since NDP-Liberal confidence-and-supply agreement

Coalition of public pharmacare advocates calling on government to listen to patients, implement pharmacare now ...

As Liberals meet before Parliament returns, broad coalition of unions and progressive groups says pharmacare extremely urgent

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet gather in Hamilton for a three-day retreat, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Council of Canadians supports CUPE workers in Ontario 

People across the country should defend our charter rights, which are currently under attack in Ontario ...

Letter – CFIA President must be replaced in light of CropLife Canada’s apparent involvement in writing regulations

On October 14, 2022 the National Farmers Union and 13 additional organizations sent the following letter to Agriculture and Agri-Food ...