Public Service Alliance of Canada
June 17: A day of action to protest Canada's harsher, hurry up and leave refugee laws
Jun 17 2013
The federal government made major changes to Canada's refugee policy in 2012.
Canadians for Tax Fairness
Message to finance committee: Bilateral tax haven agreements useless
Jun 17 2013
Canadians will continue to lose a minimum of $7.8 billion a year if Prime Minister Harper and other members of the G8 fail to agree on a plan to tackle global tax havens.
Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union
Supreme Court protects workers’ privacy rights
Jun 14 2013
Today’s Supreme Court decision on mandatory random alcohol testing is a victory in the battle to protect workers’ privacy rights
Sierra Club of Canada
Why Arctic sea ice will vanish in 2013
Jun 14 2013
Within the last few weeks, cyclonic activity has returned and once again caused substantial thinning and weakening of the sea ice near the North Pole.
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Poll shows support for postal banking and opposition to postal privatization and deregulation
Jun 12 2013
People like the idea of Canada Post making money through financial services, according to a new poll.
National Union of Public and General Employees
NAPE launches boycott on Labatt products
Jun 12 2013
Boycott Labatt products and tell Anheuser-Busch InBev why.
United Food and Commercial Workers
Activists demand equality for First Nations children on National Day of Reconciliation with Aboriginal communities
Jun 12 2013
UFCW Canada activists joined thousands of community members across the country in walking and sending letters to demand an equal future for First Nations children.
Canadians for Tax Fairness
Canada must support the G8 tax haven action plan
Jun 10 2013
Send a message to Stephen Harper with this form and tell him you want Canada to join G8 leaders in endorsing U.K. PM David Cameron's tax haven action plan.
United Food and Commercial Workers
Conservatives found spying on well-known aboriginal advocate and UFCW national partner
Jun 10 2013
We have to ask ourselves, "who else is being targeted and for what purpose?"
Canadian Union of Public Employees
CUPE urges Senate to block anti-union bill
Jun 10 2013
Bill C-377 is a solution in search of a problem. This bill has little to do with transparency, as the government claims.
Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union
Tory hypocrisy exposed as attacks on workers continue in midst of financial scandal
Jun 7 2013
It is the height of hypocrisy for the Conservatives to introduce anti-worker bills in the name of so-called transparency and accountability while the public is learning the existence of a secret fund.
Sierra Club of Canada
The world needs zero plastic heroes
Jun 7 2013
Can you be a 'Zero Plastic Hero' and shop plastic-free for an entire week?
Public Service Alliance of Canada
Conservative attack on workers continues with private member's bill
Jun 7 2013
The bill is masked as an attempt to provide workers with a choice in whether or not to join a union, but in reality, it is a further attempt to dismantle the rights of workers to join a union.
Inter Pares
Food and migrant workers: An engaging matter
Jun 5 2013
While many farmers treat their employees fairly, temporary foreign worker programs create a systemic vulnerability for migrant workers.
Council of Canadians
Groups applaud government's anti-SLAPP bill
Jun 5 2013
Public interest groups applauded a proposed new law that would allow Ontario citizens to speak out without fear of damaging lawsuits meant to intimidate them.
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Ten essential questions mayors and councillors should raise about P3s
Jun 3 2013
The bottom line is that municipalities should be wary of pursuing P3s. They are neither the best, nor the only option.
Socialist Worker
Mass protests in Turkey inflict a defeat on the government
Jun 3 2013
The resistance turned from defence of the trees to a mass movement against police violence.
Mining Watch
Greek delegation asks canadians to help stop Canadian mining company Eldorado Gold
May 31 2013
The situation around Eldorado Gold Corporation’s mining projects in northern Greece is extremely tense.
Canadian Auto Workers
What is Unifor?
May 31 2013
Two great Canadian unions, the Canadian Auto Workers union and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union are forming a new union with a modern, inclusive approach to serve members better.
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Even the wealthy can be impacted by the negative health effects of austerity
May 31 2013
While the super wealthy may feel they are winning the class war as the inequality gap widens, the face of austerity is an evidence-based decline in population health.
Canadian Health Coalition
Canadian views on prescription drug coverage
May 29 2013
A clear majority of Canadians feel that access to prescription drugs should be based on the patient’s medical needs, most would support a universal drug plan to ensure that all Canadians are covered.
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Ottawa must stop the dangerous domino effect on airline passenger safety
May 29 2013
The Conservative government’s decision to approve an application by WestJet to reduce the number of flight attendants on its aircrafts is setting a dangerous precedent for passenger safety.
Canadians for Tax Fairness
It's about time: Senator asks for ethics investigation Into tax haven use
May 29 2013
Ontario Senator Vern White, a former police chief, has written the Senate Ethics Officer asking for an investigation into the offshore holdings of one of his Senate colleagues.
Sierra Club of Canada
The tornado connection to climate change
May 27 2013
The Oklahoma tornado is just another example of the global 'weirding' that we are seeing.
Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union
Harper’s silence undermines democracy
May 24 2013
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is undermining Canada's democratic process by not responding to basic questions put to him by Canada's journalists.
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
A solution to Toronto's $2.5 billion public transit expansion
May 24 2013
A new report by CCPA-Ontario economist Hugh Mackenzie lays out a range of revenue generating options that could readily fund plans to expand public transit in the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton.
Council of Canadians
Fraud found in robocalls case; Supreme Court appeal being considered
May 24 2013
The decision vindicates the applicants' concerns, as the judge concludes that "fraud occurred in the 2011 Federal Election" though he did not annul the results.
Food Secure Canada
Local, what's in a word?
May 22 2013
The recent media and political focus on the definition of 'local' have helped to launch an important dialogue.
Sierra Club of Canada
Give me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees!
May 20 2013
The European Union banned three pesticides (Imidacloprid, Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam) to protect rapidly declining bee populations.
Canadian Auto Workers
Take action: Support garment workers in Bangladesh
May 16 2013
Take action and show solidarity with these workers by sending a message to Bangladesh's Prime Minister and the Minister for Labour and Employment.