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The list below consists of links to notices from the national office or the national or chapter listserve, or to news articles. These links provide valuable information that you often won't find in the mainstream media.

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

Harper's Fox News luncheon

G-20: Is there a right to protest?

G-20: Senior lawyer says "Beware of coming police state"

ACTION ALERT: Please vote in poll about the need for an inquiry into police conduct at the G-20 Summit

"Martial Law" G-20 charge disappears

Citizens demand inquiry with teeth: Public tells Toronto Police Services Board a G-20 inquiry must find out why rights violated and by whom

ACTION ALERT: Join the fight to stop Raven Coal Mine

Fish feedlot leases expired

It isn't just journalists who need to know: Canadians have right to more than the trickle of information from the PM

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

The return of the bicycle

F-35 jets are useless without war

America goes dark

Premiers warned not to compromise economic, water policy in Canada-EU 'free trade' talks

The term 'NGO' is a misnomer

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

PM's actions, words at odds

Trade agreement with E.U. could crush Canadian farmers

Awesome new album by PADMA: In Defense of the Wild

Film examines consequences of a childhood removed from nature and encourages action for a sustainable future

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'

Why attack the long census?

F-35 wrong plane for Canada

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

The G8's $10 billion failure

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"

Al Jazeera in Canada

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

MP Libby Davies under attack

Fire the managers

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

The reality of the Heartland

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

Harper backs REDD

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'

Harper's small tent strategy

G20 Lingo

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

Robin Hood to the rescue!

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

War on public schools rages

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)

The Ecology of Socialism

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

They're recharging democracy

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

VIDEO: Humberto goes to Cuba

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

VIDEO: The Robin Hood tax

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

ACTION ALERT: Take action to support Canadian farmers and protect the environment from genetically engineered foods!

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

Three right wing governments, one agenda: BC, Alberta, & Saskatchewan pursue an expanded investors' rights agreement

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 - Working TV cut (all the highlights, in under 9 minutes!)

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 Tappie Award - Whistler Water Watch, accepted by Bob Ages, Council of Canadians

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

Austerity is wrong move

Healthy mothers come from healthy communities

Groups endorse open declaration on Canada-EU trade talks

Israel's Apartheid

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

Harper's assault on democracy

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

Avoiding apocalypse fatigue

Restraint for everything but sports

ACTION ALERT: Keep our media Canadian!

Yahoos on parade

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!

Harper gives away the store

ACTION ALERT: We need parliamentary &provincial hearings on 'Buy American' deal

Van Loan criticizes the Council on 'Buy American'

The rich are Canadians, too

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!

Net throttling hasn't stopped

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!

What's up, Jack?

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?

The world needs climate justice

Category: General

Posted by: Norman

The list below consists of links to notices from the national office, the national or chapter listserve, or news articles. These links provide valuable information that you often won't find in the mainstream media.


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