In the news

Chapter activists, Board members and staff of the Council of Canadians have appeared on television, on the radio and in newspapers across this country. Read some news articles featuring the Council.

2012

The Council in the news

• Euro trade deal would ban local rules, Stuart Trew, Financial Post, May 2, 2012
• Take water off CETA table, Angela Giles, The Chronicle Herald, April 14, 2012
• Robocalls: Activist group files legal challenge of results in seven ridings, Postmedia News, March 27, 2012
• Spur provinces to be innovation incubators, Adrienne Silnicki, The Chronicle Herald, March 14, 2012
• Protect Healthcare with EU trade deal? Not gonna happen, Adrienne Silnicki & Stuart Trew, The Hill Times, March 12, 2012
• Too close for comfort, Dylan Penner, Edmonton Journal, March 9, 2012
• VIDEO: Robocalled legal rights, CBC Power & Politics, March 1, 1012
• VIDEO: Robocalls: CTV News Channel: Garry Neil, executive director, March 1, 2012
• Key point missed, Stuart Trew, The StarPhoenix, February 21, 2012
• Moratorium vital, Emma Lui, Calgary Herald, February 20, 2012
• With Trade Deal, Will Canada Give EU 'Right to Profit' on Water? Maude Barlow and Paul Moist, The Tyee, February 2, 2012
• Documents show CETA ill-advised, Stuart Trew, The StarPhoenix, February 2, 2012
• Harper must get fired up to deal with fuel shortage, Gordon Laxer, Edmonton Journal, January 26, 2012
• Don’t use E-word when describing concerned citizens, Anne Lévesque, The Chronicle Herald, January 21, 2012
• Ontario should call Europe’s bluff on Green Energy Act, Stuart Trew, The Toronto Star, January 16, 2012

Headlines

• Maude Barlow wants Great Lakes declared public trust, Hamilton Spectator, May 16, 2012
• Great Lakes subject of Maude Barlow talk in Hamilton, CBC Hamilton, May 13, 2012
• Council of Canadians hopes to protect lakes, The Owen Sound and Sun Times, May 10, 2012
• Barlow visits Perkinsfield this month, The Barrie Advance, May 10, 2012
• Great Lakes said to be on 'crisis pathway', CBC Windsor, May 1, 2012
• Water warrior Maude Barlow coming to Sarnia, Sarnia Observer, April 30, 2012
• VIDEO: Fraudlent Election Calls, Interview with Frank Graves, EKOS Research and Garry Neil, Council of Canadians, CBC Power and Politics, April 24, 2012 [1:48:30]
• Fraudulent election calls 'widespread' in 7 ridings, poll suggests, CBC News, April 24, 2012
• Canada-Europe trade deal prohibits provinces, municipalities from favouring local bidders on contracts, The Star, April 24, 2012
• Robocalls targeted NDP, Liberal voters, survey finds, CTV News, April 24, 2012
• Vote-suppression calls more likely to target Liberal, NDP supporters: pollster, National Post, April 24, 2012
• Non-Tory voters targeted in robo-call scandal, pollster finds, The Globe and Mail, April 23, 2012
• Canada-EU free trade talks '75 per cent' complete, EU rep says, Postmedia News, April 23, 2012
• Earth Day activities in Guelph attract many, Guelph Mercury, April 23, 2012
• Locals challenge proposed 10-year extension of Nestlé Waters permit in Hillsburgh, The Wellington Advertiser, April 20, 2012
• Conservatives reject affidavit that phone workers misdirected voters, Postmedia News, April 18, 2012
• Former phone-bank worker files sworn affidavit over election calls, Canadian Press, April 18, 2012
• Conservative candidates will ask court to toss legal challenge to election result: lawyer, The Star, April 16, 2012
• It's time for Canada to recognize water as a basic human right, The Vancouver Sun, April 2, 2012
• Public funds being wasted on purchase of bottled water, The Sun Times, March 30, 2012
• Council to look at fracking debate before committing, Lethbridge Herald, March 23, 2012
• Oilsands critics in Europe to counter fuel directive lobby, CBC, March 22, 2012
• Canadian oilsands opponents take fight to European capitals, iPolitics, March 22, 2012
• Ben Powless, un Indien Mohawk en guerre contre les sables bitumineux, Le Monde, March 20, 2012
• Teen pushes water awareness, Sun Times, March 16, 2012
• World Water Forum declaration falls short on human rights, claim experts, The Guardian UK, March 14, 2012
• Water Rights Groups Blast Corporate-Dominated Water Forum, Common Dreams, March 12, 2012
• Islanders demand inquiry into robocalls controversy, The Guardian PEI, March 9, 2012
• Barlow deserves a place on panel, Edmonton Journal, March 9, 2012
• Guelph groups organizing rally over robocalls election scandal, March 5, 2012
• Diverse water panel welcome idea, Edmonton Journal, March 1, 2012
• Nestlé CEO receives controversial honour from the U of A, CTV Edmonton, March 1, 2012
• NEWS: Robocalls scandal: Council of Canadians urges voters to join legal action, Postmedia News, March 1, 2012
• Canada-Europe trade deal prohibits provinces, municipalities from favouring local bidders on contracts, The Star, February 24, 2012
• Pacts may signal free trade with China, Winnipeg Free Press, February 10, 2012
• Truth is the best weapon to combat the CETA paranoia pandemic, iPolitics, February 9, 2012
• CETA vote sends right message, The StarPhoenix, February 9, 2012
• Grand Canyon Will Ban Sale of Bottled Water, ICTMN.com, February 8, 2012
• Green groups lobby embassies on EU fuel, Embassy, February 8, 2012
• New Education about Water Storage, "Fracking" and Gender Equality on Sharon Kleyne Hour Power of Water, PRWEB.com, February 8, 2012
• North Vancouver becomes a Blue Community, North Shore Outlook, February 7, 2012
• Poll: Most Canadians Oppose Fracking, Common Dreams, February 7, 2012
• Austerity budget, free trade, crime bill: Conservatives eye sweeping changes with 2012 legislation, Vancouver Observer, February 7, 2012
• Nelson Contracts Open to European Bidders? The Nelson Daily, February 7, 2012
• NGOs counter-lobbying the EU, Straight Goods, February 7, 2012
• Most Canadians oppose natural-gas 'fracking', Postmedia News, February 6, 2012
• Critics point out water not excluded in EU trade deal, Postmedia News, January 26, 2012
• Canada seeks to carve out agriculture, telecom in EU trade talks: documents, The Guardian, January 26, 2012
• Canada’s cities (well, some of them) against Europe trade deal, Macleans, January 25, 2012
• Threats to health care worst in decades: Council of Canadians, Saanich News, January 20, 2012
• Conceptualizing A Great Lakes Commons, Ashland Current, January 20, 2012
• The future of Canada's health care at stake: Maude Barlow warns of privatization and high-cost drugs, Vancouver Observer, January 17, 2012
• Water Law: Public Trust May Be Fresh Approach to Protecting Great Lakes, Circle of Blue, January 17, 2012
• 'Left, right or centre, Canadians want public healthcare': Maude Barlow, Rabble.ca, January 16, 2012
• Anti-fracking forces gather in N.S., The Chronicle Herald, January 15, 2012
  
• Is the Canada-European Trade Agreement Helping or Hurting? Huffington Post, January 15, 2012
• Council asks province to include it in approval process for oil and gas tests, The Chronicle Herald, January 9, 2012