Green New Deal
The Council of Canadians is working with locally rooted campaigns to demand just transition legislation that works for people and communities. Nationally, we’re leveraging our collective expertise and energy to win real change at the federal level. Read more.

Where does your MP stand on a just recovery?
We’re at a major turning point in the fight for a just recovery and a Green New Deal that supports ...

Three decisions, two days, one major turning point towards a just recovery
Three pipelines blocked this week are significant back-to-back wins for Indigenous and Black-led resistance and bad news for Big Oil ...

(Recording) A People’s Bailout and a Green New Deal for Alberta
We are facing the most severe public health crisis in a century, a plummet in the global price of oil, ...

Demand a just recovery
It’s time for a political revolution. Are you ready? The pandemic has exposed and entrenched the deep inequities of our ...

Put People First, Demand Over 150 Canadian Organizations with the Launch of Six Principles for a Just Recovery
As governments prepare recovery plans amidst the COVID-19 crisis, an informal alliance of over 150 civil society groups, representing collective ...

Progress for Green Jobs Oshawa
Green Jobs Oshawa began campaigning to manufacture personal protective equipment (PPE) in early April, and this work led to GM signing a contract with the federal government to make 1 million surgical ...

50+ groups across Canada call for emergency and permanent transit funding
The Council of Canadians joined more than 50 organizations across Canada to send a letter to the federal government calling ...

(Recording) Webinar: A Public Infrastructure Bailout
Webinar on the high stakes of public-private partnerships, the Canada Infrastructure Bank, and a green & just economic recovery from ...