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• An Energy Gold Rush: The SPP hands control of Canada’s energy to the oil and gas industry, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2008
• Why We Need a Canadian Energy Strategy, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2008

Reports and articles

• An Energy Gold Rush: The SPP hands control of Canada’s energy to the oil and gas industry, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2008

• Why We Need a Canadian Energy Strategy, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2008

• 'Freezing in the dark?' (PDF) powerpoint presentation by Gordon Laxer, Parkland Institute Director and member of the Board of Directors of the Council of Canadians, explains why Canada needs an energy security plan. October 2007.

• In the shadow of the oil sands: Alberta’s Industrial Heartland suffers from a “minimum of red tape” October 2007

• Energy Revenues: Are Canadians Getting Fleeced? A report by Jean-Yves LeFort, Energy Campaigner, the Council of Canadians, October 2007

• The SPP Is a Waste of Energy: Workers denounce integration at landmark meeting, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2007

• The SPP and energy: Securing U.S. control of Canadian and Mexican resources, Behind Closed Doors: What they're not telling us about the Security and Prosperity Partnership, July 2007

• Deep Integration and energy INTEGRATE THIS! A Citizen’s Guide to Fighting Deep Integration

• Energy position paper (PDF) - Drafted by the Council of Canadians’ Board-Staff Committee on Energy, August 2007

• On August 18, 2007, representatives of energy workers unions, social justice networks and civil society organizations from Mexico, Canada and the United States, met in Montreal to discuss alternatives to the energy provisions in the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America. Here is the final declaration from the meeting.

• On May 14, 2007, the Council of Canadians’ Lyn Gorman made a presentation to the Alberta Royalty Review Panel, arguing that the current royalty regime is “outdated,” and “does not serve the long-term interests of Albertans.” The impartial panel was appointed by the Alberta government in February 2007 to complete a thorough review of the province’s royalties and taxes on energy. Click here to read the presentation (PDF).

• Water and the Oil Industry (PDF) March 2007

• Council of Canadians presentation to the Joint Review Panel on the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Project February 2007 (PDF)

• Council of Canadians presentation to the National Energy Board on the Keystone Pipeline Project, October 26, 2006 (PDF)

• Letting Canadians Freeze in the Dark “U.S. First” Energy policy leaves Canada vulnerable to shortages - Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2006

• Going South Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2005

• Keep a Light on for Canada: Why we need to reclaim energy sovereignty - before it's too late! Canadian Perspectives, Spring/Summer 2005

• If our NAFTA Partners Can Have National Energy Programs, Why Can't We?
  Canadian Perspectives, Spring/Summer 2005

• Citizens’ Inquiry in Canada-U.S. Relations: Findings on Energy (PDF) October 2005

Multimedia

• Canadian energy needs should come first (VIDEO)
  Gordon Laxer, Parkland Institute Director and member of the Board of Directors of the Council of Canadians, explains how Canada’s lack of a national energy plan or security policy leaves the country at risk during a time of supply crisis. August 2007

• Nationalize Oil - Gordon Laxer, Parkland Institute Director and member of the Board of Directors of the Council of Canadians. The Current for May 3, 2007 (CBC Radio)
  (scroll down the page to "Listen to The Current: Part 1")

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updated April 2, 2008