Just Recovery
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and entrenched the deep inequities of our existing economic system. It also opened a pathway to leave these injustices behind. We need a just recovery from the pandemic that puts people first, instead of corporate elites.

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 ...

Commit to a bold, green and just recovery
The Council of Canadians joined progressive organizations in Toronto to call on Toronto Mayor John Tory and City Councillors to ...

Big oil lobby group asks feds to suspend environmental laws, meet in secret
A Big Oil lobby group is using the COVID-19 pandemic as cover to ask the federal government to suspend dozens ...

Bail out workers, not Big Oil bosses
Millions of people across the country are facing dual crises: trying to stay healthy during the public health emergency of ...

Put public health and wellbeing before Big Oil profits
Across B.C. and Alberta, over 100 energy megaproject work camps are continuing to operate, including Site C and the Trans ...

Green New Deal Communities Organizing Guide
You can use this Organizing Guide to raise awareness in your community and build support for a Green New Deal ...