Feb 25 2013
Members of Neskonlith have drafted a water declaration stating the importance and sanctity of their watersheds and their opposition to mining in the territory.
Feb 22 2013
A new study published by the CCPA and the Polaris Institute shows how the failure to carefully regulate the bitumen industry is putting Canada on a dangerous economic and environmental trajectory.
Feb 22 2013
The 40 000 people who rallied in Washington DC to encourage President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline have got me thinking about where the tar sands movement has "come from."
Feb 22 2013
Dozens of organizations across the country are mobilizing to engage in a dialogue with UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Olivier De Schutter on March 4 and March 5.
Feb 20 2013
Join the Beit Zatoun community for an evening of Middle Eastern sounds and flavours to go along with sharing and warm friendships.
Feb 20 2013
Angered and frustrated by management's outright refusal to bargain a fair and reasonable collective agreement, 70 workers at the Homes First Society went on strike on February 18.
Feb 20 2013
The Global Days of Action for Mexico from February 18 to 24 advocates for free and fair trade union rights in Mexico.
Feb 18 2013
The growing use of tax havens is costing Canadians an estimated $7.8 billion annually, the executive director of Canadians for Tax Fairness has told a Parliamentary committee studying the issue.
Feb 15 2013
Bring the UN to your community -- join Food Secure Canada for a conversation with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
Feb 15 2013
Reducing the hours of Educational Assistants in Fort McMurray public schools only hurts students, and especially hurts special needs kids.
Feb 15 2013
It's about shoring up one of the basic human rights supporting a fair and prosperous Canada. But ultimately, it's about saving lives.
Feb 13 2013
One Billion Rising began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime.
Feb 13 2013
For years, multinationals have publicly complained that getting rid of tax havens would lead to "double taxation." Only activists were talking about the bigger problem of "double non-taxation."
Feb 13 2013
The Boreal Forest Network and the Council of Canadians renewed calls to the Ontario government to save the Experimental Lakes Area by asking the Premier to provide funding to the research centre.
Feb 8 2013
We all believe that countries need to live within their means, but what those means are, and how they are spent, is another matter.
Feb 8 2013
Hopefully it will be a wakeup call as well for all levels of government to ensure that public policies on issues such as child care and elder care are a priority.
Feb 8 2013
Poilievre’s attack on the Rand formula is not about protecting workers. It is about silencing dissent, and trying to limit the labour movement’s ability to speak up for workers.
Feb 6 2013
The Ontario government must not wait for another tragedy before it acts.
Feb 6 2013
Retirees have once again been told to go to the back of the line so that banks and hedge funds can collect their winnings.
Feb 4 2013
By allowing tar sands crude to be shipped through Line 9, Ontario will be helping the tar sands industry expand.
Feb 4 2013
The House of Commons Finance Committee has set aside four days of hearings (Feb.5,7,14,26) to examine the multi-billion dollar impact of tax havens on Canadians.
Feb 1 2013
A new report from the Canadian Labour Congress says tax freedom day is coming earlier for the country's corporations, thanks to aggressive government tax cuts.
Feb 1 2013
Following years of denial, Barrick Gold is implementing a remedy program for victims of rape by employees of its Porgera Joint Venture mine in Papua New Guinea.
Feb 1 2013
African-Canadian history spans 400 years, and includes slavery, abolition, pioneering, urban growth, segregation, the civil rights movement and a long engagement in social economic and political life.
Jan 30 2013
The solution is not to hack and slash at services which are already only modestly funded. The real solution is tax and royalty reform to fix the hole in our revenue base.
Jan 28 2013
Pharmacare 2020 is a stimulating, national symposium conceived to promote clarity about the future of prescription drug coverage in Canada.
Jan 28 2013
People in communities across Canada are coming together under a banner of "Common Causes" on January 28 as MPs head back to the Hill and Parliament resumes.
Jan 28 2013
Ontario has an opportunity to address many of its problems quickly if guided by fairness.
Jan 25 2013
The reviews rely on the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers for information on fracking chemicals, commit to engaging other "industry stakeholders on ongoing Environment Canada initiatives."
Jan 25 2013
Underinvestment in infrastructure is not a crisis but a chronic problem in Canada, says a new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
