GM plants - progressive solution to famine and malnutrition or ecologically (and possibly physiologically/environmentally) destructive corporate property? Anyone? Beuller?

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Seeds for the Future: The impact of Genetically Modified Crops on the Environment, by Jennifer A. Thomson
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June 18, 2009June 18, 2009 - Council of Canadians activist, Jim Riesberry was informed yesterday that he would not be granted permission to attend a press conference on behalf of the organization's publication Canadian Perspectives. The press conference is being held by Aquablue, a bottled water company that has ( Read more... )

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June 12, 2009

Alberta petroleum company asked to cease operations in Peru now: Concerned Albertans demand Petrolifera cease operations after Peruvian police massacre Indigenous protesters
Calgary - Socially conscious Albertans gathered today at the headquarters of Petrolifera Petroleum to demand the company cease ( Read more... )

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Press Conference
When: Tuesday June 9, 9:30 a.m.
Who: Gerry Barr, Canadian Council for International Co-operation
Alex Neve, Amnesty International Canada
Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians
Where: Charles Lynch Room, Centre Block, Parliament Hill

Respected Human Rights and Citizens Movements Denounce Human Rights Crisis in Colombia ( Read more... )

October 21, 2008

Ottawa - Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians and founder of the Blue Planet Project, has been appointed as the first Senior Advisor on water issues by Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd session of the United Nations.

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September 26, 2008

Growing Majority of Canadians Agree with Obama: Renegotiate NAFTAOttawa - The Council of Canadians has found that 58% of Canadians agree with U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama that NAFTA should be renegotiated to include enforceable labour and environmental standards, in a poll commissioned from Environics. The finding ( Read more... )

September 24, 2008

Great Lakes Compact must protect against all diversions, says Council of CanadiansThe Council of Canadians is demanding that the Canadian government intervene to secure an amendment to the Great Lakes Compact which received U.S. Congressional approval yesterday. The organization is calling for an elimination of the loophole that ( Read more... )