The final book in Maude Barlow’s Blue trilogy, Blue Future is a powerful, penetrating, and timely look at the global water crisis — and what we can do to prevent it. Continue reading Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever
A billion tonnes of limestone lie beneath the rural countryside in Melancthon Township, 100 kilometres north of Toronto. A plan to remove it spotlights the challenges faced everywhere when the… Continue reading Taters versus craters: mega-quarry pits farmland against industry
People from every corner of Vancouver Island and southern BC are converging in Comox, as the National Energy Board Joint Review Panel for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project holds public hearings. Continue reading BC residents flock to Comox for Northern Gateway pipeline hearings
Canadian actress Margot Kidder, who played Louise Lane in the Superman movies, was arrested last week at a protest outside the White House. Over 2,000 people, including other celebrities such as Danny Glover, have vowed to face arrest as part of a mass civil disobedience in opposition to the “super-sizing” of the Keystone pipeline. Continue reading Actress Margot Kidder arrested at White House in Keystone pipeline protests
Burnaby, BC – The Council of Canadians and the Canadian Union of Public Employees has presented a certificate for becoming the first Blue Community in Canada to the City of Burnaby, the third largest municipality in BC. Continue reading City of Burnaby named first Blue Community in Canada
As the federal government prepares to introduce its budget, the Council of Canadians is calling for the allocation of significant resources to protecting the Great Lakes as a Commons, a Public Trust and a Protected Bioregion. The Council of Canadians outlines how and why to do this in a new report today entitled Our Great Lakes Commons: A People’s Plan to Protect the Great Lakes Forever. Continue reading Protect the Great Lakes as a Commons, says Council of Canadians
Ottawa – With just over a week before the next major round of UN climate negotiations in Cancun, Mexico, results of an Environics Research poll suggest that the Canadian public has far different priorities than the government when it comes to climate change. Continue reading Poll suggests Harper Government out of step with Canadians
Montreal – The Council of Canadians is condemning the Harper government for its sponsorship of an international conference of water … Continue reading Water Privatization and Human Rights
Canadian crusader Maude Barlow, the National Chair of the citizen advocacy group The Council Of Canadians, has had to defend the life-or-death truth against corporate interests for years… And even today, it is a war un-won. Continue reading Water on Table
A petition by the Council of Canadians for politicians to support the 2nd phase of the Kyoto Protocol this December … Continue reading KYOTOplus: Change Canadian Policy to Adopt Kyoto Protocol
