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AbitibiBowater NAFTA settlement has privatized Canadian water, trade committee hears

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Council of CanadiansMarch 8, 2011Ottawa – The record-setting $130-million NAFTA settlement with AbitibiBowater has effectively privatized Canada's water by allowing foreign investors to assert a proprietary claim to water permits and even water in its natural state, says trade lawyer and Council of Canadians board member Steven Shrybman, in a presentation to Parliament today."It would be difficult ... [click title to continue]

How Ethical are Canada’s Ethical Funds?

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“Conscientious” investments and the tar sands connection   By Larry Powell The Dominion - http://www.dominionpaper.ca Photo: Larry Powell Ethical Funds, and investing ethically in general, sounds good on paper. But how good is it in practice?  "The greatest contribution that I appreciate from the Dominion is that one feels the energies, the focus of a new generation of Canadians ... [click title to continue]

Liberate Tate continues to protest oil funded arts

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By Amanda McCuaig  Art Threat March 7, 2011   Liberate Tate will be one of the many artists featured in 6 Billion Ways, an event aimed at informing and mobilizing a wide range of people on local and global justice issues. The event takes place on Saturday, March 5 at Rich Mix in London.They will be joined by PLATFORM and Art Not Oil.“Across the world, ordinary people are paying the price ... [click title to continue]

End Fossil Fuel Tax Breaks

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Climate Action Network CanadaGet the government to end tax breaks to dirty fuels!We are only weeks away from the 2011 federal budget and the federal government continues to give billions of dollars in tax breaks to the companies producing oil and gas in Canada. Analysis shows a total of $1.4 billion per year in federal subsidies, $840 million of which are special tax breaks, with a disproportionate ... [click title to continue]

Weyburn Carbon Storage Project Enters a Critical Phase

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By Peter Montague opednews.com? A photo taken in 2005 shows a site in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, where carbondioxide is piped and buried underground. ??The Weyburn carbon storage project in Saskatchewan, Canada, has entered a critical phase as authorities scramble to respond to claims that toxic amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) have leaked out of the ground, contaminating soil and water, killing small ... [click title to continue]

Unions Can Address Jobs Crisis with Bold Action to Protect the Climate

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By Sean SweeneyLabor NotesJanuary 28, 2011Also read Climate Protection Strategy: Beyond Business-­as-­UsualBy the Labor Network for SustainabilityUnions can use the promise of a Green New Deal to turn climate negotiations into a rallying point. Some U.S. unions could start by breaking ties with polluting employers and joining the movement for a global climate deal with binding targets to reduce carbon ... [click title to continue]

Canada’s Climate Challenge

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How to trim greenhouse gas weight while piling on the tonnes in the oil sands? By Fred WilsonRabble.caJanuary 19, 2011 Third in a series on oil politics and climate changeThere is one overriding question that hangs over the Harper government's adamant refusal to face up to climate change and to regulate a reduction in Canada's greenhouse gases. How is it possible to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ... [click title to continue]

Species-at-risk defenders walk away from NAFTA review process

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Citizen’s complaint process a ‘sham,’ groups sayEcoJusticeJan 17, 2011 VANCOUVER — An international coalition of environmental groups, represented by Ecojustice, has withdrawn in protest a complaint against Canada, a first in the history of NAFTA’s environmental watchdog. The complaint, made to the Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC) in 2006, alleged that the Canadian government ... [click title to continue]