Recent highlights
How could the Bank of Canada assist with the transition to a clean energy future?
December 6, 2017
The Council of Canadians Kelowna chapter hosted a talk by author-activist Joyce Nelson on neo-liberalism and Bank of Canada reform, October 5, 2017.
Numerous Council of Canadians chapters have called for Bank of Canada reform.
Don't fall for the pipelines vs. coal shell game
December 6, 2017
Last week saw Alberta Premier Rachel Notley join federal Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr and Kinder Morgan CEO Ian Anderson in Vancouver to deliver a hard sales pitch for completing the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Liberals & Conservatives vote together to indefinitely delay equality for Indigenous women in the Indian Act
December 6, 2017
Image from Policy Options.
Why does Canada want to worsen the climate crisis by expanding energy proportionality in NAFTA?
December 6, 2017
The Council of Canadians is opposed to the energy proportionality provision in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Call for Action during NAFTA's Sixth Round of Negotiations
December 6, 2017
With the next round of The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations set for Montréal from January 23rd to 27th 2018, it is important for organized labor, environmentalists, family farmer groups, and other civil society organizations to show their united opposition to corporate trade deals as we did in our efforts to defeat the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas in the 1990s.