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New report on leaked CETA documents explains threat to water services from Canada-EU trade deal

OTTAWA, ONTARIO – The Council of Canadians and Canadian Union of Public Employees have released a briefing note on recently ...

Toronto faces hidden threats from Canada-Europe trade deal, say councillors and community groups

Toronto – Toronto councillors and community groups hauled a giant Trojan Horse in front of City Hall this morning to ...

McClelland & Stewart takeover a CETA bargaining chip, says Council of Canadians

Ottawa – The Council of Canadians is accusing the federal government of ignoring Canadian law and approving the takeover of ...

Groups urge Ontario and Manitoba governments to fund the Experimental Lakes Area

The Boreal Forest Network and the Council of Canadians are calling upon the Ontario and Manitoba governments to fund the ...

Timing is right for a fracking ban to protect Ontario from NAFTA lawsuits, says Council of Canadians

The Council of Canadians is pointing to recent lawsuits under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as strong reasons ...

Stop the War on Science: Save the Experimental Lakes Area

Winnipeg – Scientists, activists, and concerned citizens alike are uniting to send a clear message to the Harper Government: it ...

Council of Canadians calls on Ontario Liberal Party leadership candidates to ban fracking

The Council of Canadians is calling on Ontario Liberal Party leadership candidates to take a stand against fracking in the ...

Grupos canadienses unen sus fuerzas para salvar Wirikuta “el lugar donde nace el sol”

English PARA SU DIFUSIÓN INMEDIATA 20 de noviembre de 2012 Nueve importantes organizaciones canadienses ambientales y de justicia social han ...

Canadian groups join forces to save Mexican spiritual site dubbed “the place where the sun was born”

español Nine major Canadian environmental and social justice organizations have issued an open letter to Mexican President Felipe Calderon urging ...

ELA to be sold off to “client-friendly” buyer with no scientific expertise?

Ottawa – Yesterday, an article in iPolitics reported the federal government is in negotiations with the International Institute for Sustainable ...

Council of Canadians raises concerns about shale gas drilling by Ontario government

In the wake of a new report assessing shale gas potential in Southern Ontario, the Council of Canadians is raising ...

Council of Canadians raises concerns about fracking chemicals and Bill C-45’s elimination of Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission

The Council of Canadians is raising concerns about the impacts that abolishing the Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission (HMIRC) would ...