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How Fox North became Harper's priority
Why do deficit hawks hate social security?
Oil sands pollute with fish-killing toxins, new study shows
Let's put an end to ruling through fear
Fish Lake is a test for Canadian environmental law
'Making waves out of ripples': the ripple effect of municipal procurement
ACTION ALERT: Act now to stop Harper from using our taxes to fund hate!
Not Rex: The future of Canadian food security
G-20: Is there a right to protest?
G-20: Senior lawyer says "Beware of coming police state"
"Martial Law" G-20 charge disappears
ACTION ALERT: Join the fight to stop Raven Coal Mine
The economist in Harper knows exactly why he's decimating the census
Shrinking marine food chain: Declining phytoplankton another sign of climate catastrophe
Protect nature for world economic security, warns UN biodiversity chief
F-35 jets are useless without war
Premiers warned not to compromise economic, water policy in Canada-EU 'free trade' talks
New fighter jets have no 'useful military role'
Harper's Ottawa becomes Republican la-la land
No one should be surprised, let alone shocked, by PM's census policy
Trade agreement with E.U. could crush Canadian farmers
Awesome new album by PADMA: In Defense of the Wild
The logical result of cultivating Genetically Modified crops: First GM plants found in the wild
ACTION ALERT: Demand that the government keep the Census Long Form Questionnaire!
Harper government directive paints war resisters as criminals
G8/G20 Communique: The police's five metre backtrack and criminal charges that never existed?
Just 15,000 families win 'The American Dream'
Police ethics update: Mocking the Charter
Canada & U.S. appear to agree on government procurement talks
Top 10 Reasons why CETA is a BAD DEAL: comic leaflet
10 Reasons why CETA is a bad deal for Canada
Maude Barlow: Running out of water
Canada must acknowledge international recognition of right to water
Harper's attack on the census: Bad news for the poor
Canada's water supply not threatened by UN water rights vote
recognize the human right to water!CETA talks limit EU action against the tar sands
Another EU for Canadians to see
G20 police shot rubber bullets, woman says
ACTION ALERT: Support the right to water
Ignoring nature's wake-up call
Canadian Civil Liberties Association files complaints against G20 police
Harper's G20 Victory: Shrinking Canada
ACTION ALERT: Saturday, July 17 Post G20 March & Rally for Civil Liberties
Diversity of Tactics and Democracy
Do BC Liberals Support Privatized Schools?
Canada-EU trade deal turns off small business
New interactive website shines spotlight on 'The Real G8/G20'
Canada: The Saudi Arabia of the North?
MPs terminate and destroy tar sands and water report
The Council to challenge Canada-EU 'trade' deal (CETA) at the European Parliament
ACTION ALERT: Support Facebook page calling for G20 policing inquiry
Canada-Colombia 'free trade' deal receives royal assent
ACTION ALERT: What really happened at the G8/G20 summit in Toronto?
Is this what a police state looks like?
VIDEO of Council's 'Shout out for global justice!' event during G8/G20 summit
UPDATE: The aftermath of the summits
Judy Rebick reminds us why protest is powerful and necessary
Inside and outside the G20, Harper tries to make the world safe for free trade
Council of Canadians condemns G8, G20 agenda
My civil liberties went to Hunstville, and all I got was this lousy protest zone
Council launches 'Summits Expense Clock' on website
Council of Canadians paddles to the G8
NEED TO KNOW|Just how big is the oil spill?
Canadian government to take 'free' trade message to the G20
Broderick says scrap the summits
'Arctic not for sale' float joins Environmental Justice March in Toronto
Canadian nightmare: Fox News North
Maude Barlow opens the People's Summit in Toronto
Mary Walsh introduces Maude Barlow at People's Summit in Toronto
ACTION ALERT: Demand that Canada support UN right to water resolution
Flickr photostream: pictures from Vancouver People's Summit
Andrea Harden-Donahue: Reflections from the People's Summit
700 people from around the world open the People's Summit in Toronto
Zero Point of Systemic Collapse
How Canada could make the G8 and G20 work
BC Energy Minister resigns over HST
The Big Short: A Robin Hood tax could soften the blow of the market meltdown.
Canada complicit in flotilla "farce"
Vancouver People's Summit: 'At the Table' event at Car Free Day on Sunday, June 20
Libby Davies and the NDP: Jack Layton's leadership test
Human Rights - 1; Christian Right - 0
Vote in CBC online poll to name Harper's artificial G20 lake
'Canada is a free speech zone', say Marc and Craig Kielberger
VIDEO: Maude Barlow speaks out about Fish Lake
Canadian Water Issues Council critiques Bill C-26
B20 to meet with G20 finance ministers
Why Israeli soldiers shot the activists
Bonn climate talks: updates from the climate justice movement
VIDEO: Water is a human right, says Maude Barlow
ACTION ALERT: Cochabamba's People's Agreement must be on the table at Bonn!
CETA threatens public water services, says Shrybman
Israeli murder on the high seas
Enbridge asks NEB for Gateway pipeline permit
Council to distribute free ear plugs at G20 summit
This (summit) hour has $22 million
Canada-EU free trade and Ontario Green Energy Act
FTA-gate strikes the Council of Canadians
'Shout Out for Global Justice' public forum awaits police approval
Banning Queers Against Israeli Apartheid 'sets a very dangerous precedent'
Obama's responsibility for the BP oil spill
Greek union leader's view of his country's strikes and suffering
Humberto Da Silva takes on the banks:'Tax the bastards!'
Do Harper Conservatives hate women?
Harper moves to put price tag on nature
U of T to be closed for G20 summit
Facebook group formed to protect Bamoos Lake
Canadian Civil Liberties Association raises concerns about G8/G20 security measures
ACTION ALERT: Please take action once more to try to stop the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement!
Jim Standford as Not Rex: Financial literacy for bankers
Democracy: 'Government by amateurs'
The Canadian 'good banks' myth
Toronto Star supports full cost water pricing
Council report back on the experiences of Cochabamba conference
Climate change & G8/G20: 'Not Business as Usual' tour
Canadians concerned about current offshore drilling
Law & Order: Corporate Crime Unit
Chomsky: "We were denied entry."
Canada's best economic policy option: inequality reduction
Monetary policy may seem dull, but what's at stake isn't
Winnipeg council votes on unseen 30-year sewage deal lock-in
Culture Wars: The commoners versus the end-timers
ACTION ALERT: Council and Co-Dev Canada report to Canada-Colombia Free Trade committee
The Liberals have sabotaged Parliament
'Firestorm of anger' hits Facebook after EU condemns privacy policy
Harper and Merkel lecture while the world suffers
Consumer culture crisis looming
Retirement security for everyone: let's grow the Canada Pension Plan!
Murray Dobbin interviews Jack Layton
Harper introduces bulk water legislation
Harper challenged on his U.N. bid
VIDEO: Muriel takes on war propaganda in 'NOT REX' commentary
Protestors' testimonies ignored from Greece to Arizona
Canada-EU free trade would worsen climate crisis, discourage environmental protection
Saskatchewan Premier breaks promise, signs TILMA/New West Partnership
An image that reminds us of the need to prevent offshore drilling (poster by Carl Chaplin)
Harper misled parliament: he should be held to account
Water services and the proposed Canada-EU trade agreement
BC Health Coalition Upcoming Forum: 'Public Health Care: How can we sustain it?'
Four ways Canada's democracy crisis is deepening
The farcical abuse of 'national security'
ACTION ALERT: Help with final push for the Climate Change Accountability Act!
Many concerns about Site C, says Council of Canadians
WIN! Nova Scotia bans bottled water in public buildings
WIN! CETA resolution passed by Trail, Burnaby, North Van councils
Enbridge to file in May for Gateway pipeline permit
The No Impact Community Project
VIDEO: Life After Growth - Economics for Everyone
Burnaby, North Van city councils demand answers on Canada-EU trade talks
Big stakes in the Canada-EU trade talks
Delta-Richmond chapter unfurls large 'Climate Action Now!' banner
VIDEO: Interview with Meera Karunananthan, National Water Campaigner
Federal panel recommendations on Fish Lake by June 30
Climate Justice page provides compendium of Cochabamba conference information
Jaffer and Guergis: Reliable opportunists are hard to find
TILMA 2.0: Saskatchewan Premier must keep his promise to consult with the public
Introducing the Green Economy Network
Jason Kenney: Point man for a theocratic state?
Maude Barlow speaks on glaciers and the right to water
VIDEO: Maude Barlow speaks at Cochabamba forum on water and climate change
Another step towards water markets in Alberta
Blue Planet Project blog from Cochabamba
Council representatives attend Peoples' Conference on Climate Change and Rights of Mother Earth
Why are the guys with guns out of control?
Build a Better B.C. rally attracts a great turnout
ACTION ALERT:Act NOW to help stop the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement!
Ignatieff now says Quebec user fee violates the Canada Health Act
New hard-hitting report details Harper's 'assault on democracy'
POLL: Most Canadians want proportional representation
Council to host 'Shout out for Global Justice!' event during G8 Summit in Toronto
Good news: The Climate Change Accountability Act moves toward a final vote!
Chomsky warns of risk of fascism in America
VIDEO: Tens of millions of Americans unemployed are a 'social state of emergency'
Tobacco firms to pay $550 million over cigarette smuggling
Preston Manning up to more mischief
Trade committee gets an earful on 'Buy American' sellout
THE PRICE OF PRIVATIZING WATER: Water poverty in the UK as rates increase, the recession hits
Alberta faces water crisis, looks to water markets
VIDEO: Everything you HAVE TO KNOW about dangerous genetically modified foods
Grassy Narrows emblematic of water injustice in Canada
POLL: 60% of Canadians opposed to extended military mission in Afghanistan
'Corporate profits or human rights?' public forum
VIDEO: 'The Story of Bottled Water' by Annie Leonard
Corporations stash cash but take no risks
Who are we fighting for? The Corleones of Kandahar
Judge in New York dismisses human gene patent
Council of Canadians calls for improved pension benefits
'Human rights critics sounding alarm on Colombia FTA with good reason', says Diebel
The Robin Hood tax and the right to water
Quebec proposes health care user fees
Income taxes are a steal: Seth's tax confessions
Pinpricks derail action on climate change
A lost opportunity for openness
Heed the warning signals: technological fixes can have serious consequences
'Crashes, bubbles and booms': Charles Demers' review of James Laxer's new book 'Beyond the Bubble'
'NOT REX' VIDEO: Humberto DaSilva on 'Teabag Annie'
Harper's militarism and Canadian jingoism
VIDEO: Maude Barlow on trade and the environment
WIN! Duncan city council backs Duncan chapter's climate change motion
VIDEO: The curious case of the missing recovery
Harper's hitlist: The Senate and the Canadian Wheat Board
Harper government moves to gut environmental assessments
EU says Ontario the biggest obstacle to Canada-EU Trade Agreement
This is what neofascism looks like
The crisis of neoliberalism (Pt. 2): neoliberal trends setting up a terrible future
The crisis of neoliberalism - Gerard Dumenil
Test your knowledge: take the CCPA's 2010 Budget Quiz
Media coverage of the Arctic summit protest
Vale Inco in Sudbury and Sandy Pond
Arctic summit told to leave oil and gas in the ground
VIDEO: Think again about our water (with Maude Barlow)
Federal government to hold hearings on pension reform
Harper government muzzles Canadian climate scientists
'NOT REX' VIDEO: Humberto DaSilva on Vale Inco
An open letter to Republicans from Michael Moore
WIN! New Brunswick Power sale scrapped!
Harper government promotes tar sands in Canada-EU trade negotiations
World Water Day 2010 Vancouver Celebration - Toast to public water
World Water Day 2010 Vancouver Celebration - Barry O'Neill, CUPE
World Water Day 2010 Vancouver Celebration - Derek Corrigan, 1st Tappie Award
World Water Day 2010 Vancouver Celebration - First Crappy Award - Gordon Campbell
World Water Day 2010 Vancouver Celebration - Second Tappie Award - Lori Watt
World Water Day 2010 Vancouver Celebration - Second Crappy Award - Coca Cola
World Water Day 2010 Vancouver Celebration - Third Crappy Award - Stephen Harper
Battle to keep water public is too important to lose
Council of Canadians celebrates World Water Day from coast to coast!
Tar Nation: play the game and help get Harper and Ignatieff out of the tar sands!
European Greens, United Left take aim at Canada-EU trade agreement
Shale gas 'fracking' in Ontario brings water concerns
Making Waves Newsletter, March 2010
Water markets: the Alberta government will face a battle
Owning the podium, selling the stadium
NDP get support for 'Buy American Trade Deal' hearings motion
ACTION ALERT: Stand with the Tsilhqot'in - Lakes are not toxic dump sites!
Harper's hitlist: Watchdogs muzzled and kept on chains
Announcing the winner of the NOT REX CONTEST...
VIDEO: The lighter side of privatization!
WIN! Parents vote down water vending machine at Toronto school
Public pressure leads to public hearings on lopsided Canada-US procurement deal
Healthy mothers come from healthy communities
Groups endorse open declaration on Canada-EU trade talks
Council of Canadians marks 25 years of acting for social justice
Harper's Hitlist: The Afghan torture affair
McGuinty to sell out Ontario and put water at risk, says Council of Canadians
ACTION ALERT: Raise taxes on the rich to save the nation
'Blue Gold' video: The Tsilhqot'in Fight for Teztan Biny (Fish Lake)
Teachers' pension plan feels heat over Chile water deal
This is what a people's budget would look like: CCPA's Alternative Federal Budget
Restraint for everything but sports
ACTION ALERT: Keep our media Canadian!
Watch Naomi Klein climate debt lecture live on Rabble TV Thurs. Feb. 25
Abitibi Bowater reportedly set to use infamous Chapter 11 to launch NAFTA challenge
Canadian civil society groups demand consultation on Canada-EU trade talks
BC Health Coalition Feb. 2010 E-Newsletter
Vote now in Rabble's 'NOT REX' contest!
ACTION ALERT: We need parliamentary &provincial hearings on 'Buy American' deal
Van Loan criticizes the Council on 'Buy American'
Toronto Star editorial: Buy America deal requires scrutiny
Check the photo album for pictures from the 'Rally for Canada' and 'Take Back Our City' rallies
ACTION ALERT: Fix the inspection deficit to make our food safe
Conference Board report on P3s biased and superficial
The pollster who couldn't shoot straight
Energy and environment top agenda for Premiers in D.C.
BC Citizens for Public Power eNews Feb. 2010
ACTION ALERT: Stop Uganda's gay death law!
Olympic Tent Village opened in Downtown Eastside
Olympic guide to Vancouver's tap water
Council of Canadians' Olympics Photostream
For independent coverage of the Olympics, Vancouver Media Co-op
Of thugs, CEOs and tax increases
Why the Council leaked the 'Buy American' deal
Gord Hill: Why protest Vancouver's 2010 Olympics?
Thousands march to 'welcome' the Olympics
MP Libby Davies calls on PMO to apologize for false statements
ACTION ALERT: Tell the Premier to walk away from the bad 'Buy American' procurement deal
Harper's 'give everything, get nothing deal': more on the procurement deal with the U.S.
Maude Barlow: Don't celebrate procurement deal with U.S.
Harper runs roughshod over women's rights
Keeping our eye on the ball: Budget 2010
Harper says bye to buy local with sell-out deal on procurement
All provinces to sign WTO Agreement on Procurement
Action Alert: Harper's GHG emissions reduction is off target!
The serious dangers of hydro-fracturing (A.K.A. 'fracking')
Are the Olympic Games really worth it?
Harper government submits weak, MADE IN THE U.S.A. emissions reduction target to U.N.
WIN: Publicly-owned Seymour Capilano water treatment plant opens!
It's time to strengthen the grassroots movement for climate justice
Supreme Court rules Canada violated Omar Khadr's charter rights
Reform democracy or rid the country of Stephen Harper?
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What Can I Do About It?
- Explain to your family, friends, neighbours, and colleagues the problems with 'free' trade.
- Buy locally made and fair trade products whenever possible: shop at neighbourhood stores instead of big box, chain, or dollar stores; buy your groceries from the local farmers' market and gifts at local craft fairs.
- Support political parties that are working for fair trade, not free trade.
- Lobby your city council and provincial government to buy local goods and services to support the local economy and the environment.
- Write to your local paper or post to your favourite blog calling for Canada's withdrawal from NAFTA and other free trade agreements.
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