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Canadian Perspectives 2007

Autumn 2007
Message Delivered in Montebello (Download PDF)
The Council of Canadians joins thousands to say no to the SPP, yes to democracy!

• Letters to the Editor
• On the Road with Maude Barlow
• Out of the Boardrooms and into the Headlines: How the Council of Canadians made the media take notice of the SPP, by Meera Karunananthan
• Victory! Well, sort of... Council welcomes NAFTA victory while decrying NAFTA rules
• Dr. Profit Fudges the Facts: CMA delegates kept from discussing controversial privatization paper at annual meeting, by Guy Caron and Jan Malek
• On the Streets and Behind the Gates: A special 8-page supplement
  
  
• The Jelly Bean Summit: Harper sugarcoated the SPP, glossed over the opposition, and helped consolidate corporate control over deep integration. So why are we smiling? Because we still won. By Stuart Trew
• The SPP Is a Waste of Energy: Workers denounce integration at landmark meeting, by Jean-Yves LeFort
• Taking to the Streets: Thousands gather in Ottawa, in Montebello and across Canada to oppose the SPP, by Ariel Troster
• A “Criminal” Activist Record: Ann Wright on why she was detained by Canadian border officials, by Ann Wright
  
  
• Canoeing to Montebello: Raging Grannies take to the water to fight bulk exports, by Susan Howatt
• “A powerful, global movement”: Maude Barlow explains why the solution to the world water crisis is in our hands, by Ariel Troster
• Giving Monthly Has Its Benefits: The Canada Plan helps the Council now – and in the future, by Dana Chapeskie
• Chapter Action Update, by Brent Patterson

Summer 2007
The plan to drain Canada dry? (Download PDF)
What the Harper government isn't telling you about the SPP and bulk water exports

• Letters to the Editor
• On the Road with Maude Barlow
• In the News, by Meera Karunananthan
• On the Defensive: Harper government backtracks on bulk water exports as Council holds "open door" meeting in Calgary, by Ariel Troster
• Bulk Water Exports: A Timeline, by Susan Howatt
• 'People are talking about water': An interview with the Council of Canadians' Susan Howatt, by Ariel Troster
• High Stakes and Big Ideas: Teach-in draws hundreds to Ottawa to challenge the Security and Prosperity Partnership, by Ariel Troster
• What I was Trying to Say... The presentation on Canada's energy that sent the Harper government scrambling, by Gordon Laxer
• Busting Open the Debate: Council chapters lead the fight against B.C.-Alberta trade deal, by Carleen Pickard
• Law and Disorder: Conservative activists want courts to strike down public health care, by Guy Caron
• Council Activists Tell the B.C Government that Profit is Not the Cure, by Carleen Pickard
• Legacy Giving: Putting your money where your values are, by Jamian Logue
• Chapter Action Update, by Brent Patterson
• Chapter Contacts

Spring 2007
INTEGRATE THIS! Challenging the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (Download PDF)

Download: Canada-U.S. Integration: A Timeline (PDF)

• Letters to and from the Editor
• On the Road with Maude Barlow
• In the News, by Meera Karunananthan
• A National Disgrace: Canada’s shameful position on the right to water needs to change, by Susan Howatt
• Dispatches From the Global Water War, by Anil Naidoo
• Medicare’s Competitive Advantage: Public health care makes good business sense, by Guy Caron
• Integrate This! Challenging the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America A special 12-page supplement featuring:
  
  
  • Download: Canada-U.S. Integration: A Timeline (PDF)
  • Free Trade’s Big Lie: NAFTA has failed to create quality jobs or close the income gap, by Jean-Yves LeFort
  • Way Too Close for Comfort: Canada-U.S. military and security integration endangers all Canadians, by Stuart Trew
  • Courting TILMA: U.S. investors eye Alberta and B.C.’s interprovincial trade agreement, by Stuart Trew
  • Unlikely Bedfellows: Right-wing U.S. groups oppose deep integration – for the wrong reasons, by Ariel Troster
  • “People Would Be Outraged”: An interview with Tom Loudon from the Alliance for Responsible Trade, by Ariel Troster
  • See No Evil, Report No Evil: Why the media isn’t telling you about deep integration, by Meera Karunananthan
  • The Council of Canadians’ Demands
    
    
• The Council of Canadians’ Annual Report 2006
• Charting a Better Course: Annual General Meeting promotes alternatives to deep integration, by Donna James
• The Citizens’ Agenda Fund, by Jamian Logue
• Chapter Action Update, by Brent Patterson
• Chapter Contacts

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updated October 21, 2007