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Letter Action: Tell Your Premier, We Want Pharmacare, Not Privatization!

Big Pharma is ripping people off, leaving one in four unable to afford their life-saving medications. Write to your Premier ...

Phone Zap: Tell Your Premier, We Want Pharmacare, Not Privatization!

On July 16, Premiers from all of Canada’s provinces and territories will gather in Halifax. With public health care systems ...

Halifax Pharmacare Demonstration: Privatization is a Poison Pill

Join us on July 16 in Halifax at Peace and Friendship Park for the “Private health care is a poison ...

Delivering the water drops on National Indigenous Peoples Day

On Friday, June 21st, the Council of Canadians team celebrated National Indigenous Peoples Day by bringing messages from students across ...

The Sustainable Jobs Act has become law. Now what? 

The Sustainable Jobs Act, a key piece of legislation for workers and the climate, finally received royal assent last week ...

Oil and gas corporations contribute to high grocery prices too

The affordability crisis and the climate crisis are intimately linked – and our decision-makers are still not holding the corporations ...

Phone zap: Call MPs to demand a full arms embargo on Israel

Please click to call on MPs, the Prime Minister, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs to immediately suspend all arms ...

Council of canadians on cusma review

When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was renegotiated into the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in July 2020, the ...

Wild salmon can’t wait: Phase out fish farms in BC now!

The federal government has repeatedly promised to phase out open net-pen salmon farms from the coastal waters of British Columbia ...

Welcoming the first Blue Communities on the African continent! 

The global network of Blue Communities is growing day by day. Last month, three African organizations became the first on ...

The Pharmacare Act has passed third reading. Here’s what comes next.

We have passed a crucial milestone in the fight for pharmacare. Together, we can make pharmacare a reality and ensure ...

Council of Canadians welcomes progress on pharmacare legislation

Ottawa – The Pharmacare Act (Bill C-64) is expected to pass third reading in the House of Commons later today ...