There's been a big fuss about the 'ISDS' clauses in the TTIP trade deal that would allow US corporations to sue the EU and its member states for 'lost profits', writes Maude Barlow. But ISDS is already in CETA, the already negotiated EU-Canada trade deal - and nothing would be easier than for US companies to use it as their 'back door'. We must make sure CETA is rejected at its final hurdle.
… EU-Canada CETA trade deal is a back door for US … Justice Now | 30th October 2015 News Trade EU Canada USA Corporations ttip-ceta-demo-cut.jpg … is already in CETA, the already negotiated EU-Canada trade deal - and nothing would be …
Canadian has approved production of GM Atlantic salmon eggs. Conservation NGOs cry foul - and fear for the future of the species.
… Canada approves GM salmon eggs EcoWatch | 28th November 2013 News GMOs Gm Food Fish Canada Canadian has approved production of GM … as an alarming decision that positions Canada as the source of global environmental …
A key NAFTA body has recommended a formal investigation into Canada's refusal to protect its polar bears despite the grave threats posed to them by climate change.
… NAFTA: Investigate Canada's failure to protect Polar Bears The Ecologist | 20th November 2013 News Canada Climate Change US Natural World A key … has recommended a formal investigation into Canada's refusal to protect its polar bears …
A series of judgments against Canada in secret corporate tribunals costing taxpayers $100s of millions show that 'free trade' agreements really do restrict governments' right to protect health, environment and endangered species, writes Nick Dearden.
… know why TTIP would be a nightmare, look to Canada Nick Dearden | 26th March 2014 Comment Politics Corporations Trade Mining Canada EU whale-watching-digbys-neck-cut.jpg A series of judgments against Canada in secret corporate tribunals costing …
The EU's Fuel Quality Directive is set to be the first casualty of the TTIP trade talks, writes Derek Leahy. Canada and the US have threatened to pull out unless the EU ignores the massive emissions of oil from tar sands - and the EU is collapsing under the pressure.
… tar sands emissions! EU buckles under US, Canada pressure in TTIP talks Derek Leahy | 23rd July 2014 News Oil Canada USA Fossil Fuels EU Climate Change … of the TTIP trade talks, writes Derek Leahy. Canada and the US have threatened to pull out …
Maude Barlow, Chair of the Council for Canadians, has dedicated her life to fighting injustice, and so-called 'free trade' deals in particular. In this interview with Nick Dearden, Maude explained how CETA, the Canada-EU trade and investment agreement, is every bit as dangerous as TTIP, but has somehow escaped the same level of media and campaign focus - and what we can do about it.
… Global Justice Now | 29th April 2016 Comment Canada EU Trade Corporations … Nick Dearden, Maude explained how CETA, the Canada-EU trade and investment agreement, is … CETA is a so-called 'free trade' deal between Canada and the EU, very similar to TTIP, but …
It's all change in Canada with the dramatic ousting of anti-environment Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, writes Carol Linnitt. Under the new Liberal PM Justin Trudeau things are looking a lot better for climate, science, environment, transparency and First Nations. But Canada is still set to go into the Paris climate talks with the same weak level of commitment.
… Canada's new Liberal government - an … Linnitt DeSmog.ca | 21st October 2015 News Canada Politics Climate Emissions Oil Tar … trudeau-gay-pride-cut.jpg It's all change in Canada with the dramatic ousting of …
Rising emissions and support for tar oil sands leads prominent figures to call for suspension
… Throw Canada out of Commonwealth for climate record … | 27th November 2009 News Climate Change Canada Tar Oil Sands tarsands.jpg Canada is ignoring opposition to destructive …
The city of Brussels, capital of Europe, has joined with other Belgian regions to defeat the CETA 'free trade' deal between the EU and Canada, in an unprecedented victory for civil society and campaigners against the EU's 'by the corporations, for the corporations' trade agenda.
… Brussels defeats toxic EU-Canada trade deal, CETA Oliver Tickell | 24th October 2016 News Belgium EU Canada Trade Campaigning brussels-cut.jpg The … the CETA 'free trade' deal between the EU and Canada, in an unprecedented victory for civil …
Richard Brooks spoke out against the destruction of Canada's publicly owned boreal forests and loss of caribou habitat. His reward - a $7 million lawsuit from the country's biggest logger, Resolute.
… Canada - fighting the legal clamp-down on … Brooks | 25th February 2014 Comment Forests Canada Politics Law richard-brooks.png Richard … Brooks spoke out against the destruction of Canada's publicly owned boreal forests and …
Canada's 'Anti-Terrorism Bill' proposes a massive increase in the power of security services, writes Pete Dolack - and in the crosshairs are campaigners against a tar sands industry that's intent on releasing 240 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere, and those fighting the pipelines needed to get the heavy crude to market. Who are the real 'extremists'?
… Tar sands campaigners are Canada's new 'terrorists' Pete Dolack | 5th … Photo: Mark Klotz via Flickr (CC BY 2.0). Canada's 'Anti-Terrorism Bill' proposes a … to market. Who are the real 'extremists'? Canada's Harper régime has invented the new …
UK banks helping to finance oil giant Total's exploitation of tar sands on the world's fourth largest island despite lack of adequate environmental controls or regulation
… Madagascar fears repeat of Canada's tar sands devastation Tom Levitt | 1st June 2011 News Tar Sands Oil Energy Canada Madagascar tarsands.jpg Canada has struggled to limit the pollution …
Hydraulic fracturing is roaring ahead in the Canadian Arctic, writes Ed Struzik. Companies are competing to exploit the Northwest Territories' 2-3 billion barrels of shale oil, as the NWT government ignores calls from indigenous nations and scientists for a moratorium on fracking pending an open review of its impacts.
… Drills away in Canada's Arctic - 1.35 million hectares of … 360</a></em> | 21st August 2014 News Canada Indigenous Peoples Fracking Oil … has moved this close to the Arctic Circle in Canada. Sensitive ecosystems at risk Critics …
The unprecedented Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement will, if all goes to plan, preserve vast swathes of the country's pristine wilderness. But as environmentalists and the logging industry begin to roll the initiative out, there are claims that not everything is as it should be, reports Christopher Pala
… Will historic deal to protect Canada's mighty boreal forest work? … | 26th October 2010 News Boreal Greenpeace Canada Paper Pulp Investigations Natural World … of relatively intact nature, which is home to Canada’s iconic woodland caribou – and all by …
Canada joined by WWF in rebuffing efforts at Cites conference to stop hunting and commercial exploitation
… Image courtesy of www.shutterstock.com Canada joined by WWF in rebuffing efforts at … of polar bear skins, teeth and paws from Canada will continue unabated after a bitter … until we can deal with climate change." But Canada – home to two-thirds of the world's …
This month a tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine in BC breached, writes Carol Linnitt - spilling 14.5 billion litres of toxic mine waste into Quesnel Lake. A major source of freshwater and one of BC's premier fly-fishing destinations, the lake will never be the same again. But it's just the first big victim of Canada's wave of environmental de-regulation ...
… Swapping red tape for caution tape: why Canada can expect more mining disasters Carol … Mining Water Waste Pollution Regulation Canada hazeltine-creek-farhan-umedaly-cut.jpg … again. But it's just the first big victim of Canada's wave of environmental de-regulation …
A new dam on indigenous lands at Muskrat Falls will join a network of other hydroelectric projects spanning Innu territories across the Labrador-Quebec peninsula, writes Colin Samson. The continual violation of Innu rights imperils their ability to enjoy healthy and sustainable lifestyles - and follows in a long tradition of indigenous land theft in North America.
… Controversial dam robs, poisons Canada's indigenous Innu people Colin Samson … University of Essex | 14th July 2016 Comment Canada Indigenous Peoples Water Energy … hydroelectric dam project in sub-Arctic Canada relies on local Innu people giving up …
The Grizzly bear hunting season is under way in British Columbia, Canada. The government claims that the decision to open the hunt and the kill quotas are 'science-based' but as Kyle Artelle writes, science doesn't get a look in - and the Grizzlies' are in serious danger.
… Renewed hunting imperils Canada's Grizzlies Kyle Artelle | 10th April 2014 News Natural World Hunting Canada Politics Science grizzly-fish.png The … season is under way in British Columbia, Canada. The government claims that the …
Canadian authorities urged to bring in ethical guidelines for extractive industries as Anvil Mining faces court case for alleged role in the killing of 70 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo
… Tom Levitt | 11th November 2010 News Mining Canada DRC Energy Natural World … 70 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo Canada risks tarnishing its reputation for … companies have their head offices in Canada, with the sector contributing more than …
Canadian coastal communities are faced with rising sea levels as the government continues to support destructive tar sands mining
… | 1st October 2009 Activism Tuktoyaktuk Canada Climate Change Take Action Campaigns … of Tuktoyaktuk on the northern coast of Canada is facing the steadily rising Arctic … opposition from environmental groups, Canada is continuing with the controversial …
Andrew Nikiforuk warns us that the Canadian pro-Bitumen lobby will stop at nothing - including ignoring democratic processes and barefaced lying - to promote the dirty, carbon-rich substance.....
… | 4th October 2013 Comment Tar Sands Canada Politics Energy bitumen.jpg It takes 2 … hydrocarbons and therefore slow the growth of Canada's "economic driver." And that would be bad news for Stephen Harper: Canada's Conservative Prime Minister. He's a …
A large-scale independent study by Health Canana finds no link between the noise from wind turbines and health, writes Tyler Hamilton. That's not to say wind turbines can't be annoying - but there's a sure way to deal with that: give locals a financial benefit from their operation. Has Britain's wind industry got something to learn?
… November 2014 Comment Health Wind Renewables Canada wind-turbines-ontario-cut.jpg A … results from a comprehensive Health Canada study launched two years ago. Yes, concluded Health Canada, some people interviewed and assessed …
Does the Canadian Government actually want to wipe out its wild salmon? To ordinary, sane people, the idea is completely mad, writes Jeff Matthews. But for resource extraction industries, salmon farmers and right wing neoliberal politicians, it could make perfect sense.
… Is Canada's government trying to kill off the … Jeff Matthews | 8th June 2015 Comment Oceans Canada Fish Ecology Politics bc-salmon-run-cut.jpg If Canada's government gets its way, this could …
At the COP19 in climate conference in Warsaw, a new coalition has formed - 'the climate saboteurs'. Key members are Australia, Canada, Japan. They are resolute in crushing the hopes of developing countries already suffering climate catastrophes like Typhoon Haiyan.
… 2013 News Climate Change COP19 Unfccc Japan Canada Australia coal-machine-australia.png At … saboteurs'. Key members are Australia, Canada, Japan. They are resolute in crushing … Harper, celebrating the Australian stance. "Canada applauds the decision by the prime …