Convened by the the Council of Canadians, 8th Fire Rising and World BEYOND War, the “Many vs. the Money” counter-summit at OCAD University will feature journalist/author Naomi Klein, U.S. academic and socialist Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and many more Learn more: canwcc.fillout.com/t/uj7XU5BWQ8us

Join Isaac Murdoch and friends for a day in community: songs, stories, silk-screening and feast! Water is Love — A Community Gathering with Isaac Murdoch & Friends August Sept 23, 10-4 pm in Georgetown, ON GET DETAILS: www.facebook.com/events/86495... We are here to LOVE WATER. 💙

Job Opportunity: Director of Membership & Development Strategy Working closely with campaign and organizational leadership, the Director is responsible for growing revenue, strengthening supporter relationships & building fundraising capacity Apply: canadians.org/job/job-post...

The Carney Liberals have increasingly aligned their messaging, rhetoric and policy vision with Build Canada, an AI-hyping, austerity-loving advocacy group created by tech executives previously linked to Pierre Poilievre, reports Chris Holcroft in The Tyee. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Climate and Water Campaigner, Jessica Cheung, speaks with Jenny Yeremiy about the importance of municipalities in the battle against AI Data Centres. www.thegravitywell.net/p/civil-soci...

Civil Society Summit on the AI Industry

with Jessica Cheung of the Council of Canadians

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Coming this Tuesday at 1 pm (EST), join Council with special guest Janine MacLeod for an hour of grounding, learning, and conversation with water — its struggles, its stories, and its power to call us toward something different. Join us! canadians.org/event/join-t...

The first round of Take Back the Power community meetings has wrapped, with 7 events held across Nova Scotia. From Lower Sackville and Wolfville to Halifax, people came together to discuss the future of our electricity system and build momentum for change. Read more: canadians.org/update/take-...

Council's own Nikolas Barry-Shaw recently joined the CanCon podcast to discuss how Canada's promising pharmacare program became at risk of vanishing as quickly as it became reality. Listen now elbows-up.simplecast.com/episodes/wha...

What happened to Canada's Pharmacare plan? | CanCon

It was long overdue, and began with a promise: It might start small, covering just a few common drugs, and expand until Canadians without benefits were no longer struggling to afford medication…

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Carney's Pipeline MOU with Alberta is the final nail in the coffin for Canada’s climate policy. It’s time to rise up and stop Big Oil from winning everything on their wishlist. That's why people are rising up in 35+ communities for the #PeoplesMOU Day of Action on June 25th. Join us: 350.org/mou/

Prime Minister Mark Carney made history last week with a surprise appearance at the CANSEC arms fair in Ottawa. With his radical shift towards arms investments and continuing cuts to pharmacare and other public services, it's not hard to see why. canadians.org/analysis/mr-...

Mr. Carney Goes to CANSEC

The costs and consequences of this radical shift to a military-first economic strategy were the focus of a recent Ottawa-area bus tour that the Council of Canadians organized with Peace Brigades In…

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Althia Raj: "Grit MPs report Carney lashing out... [including] Winnipeg MP Doug Eyolfson, a physician, being told not to come to the prime minister with his concerns over the lack of federal response to Alberta’s two-tiered health care Bill 11" www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

Althia Raj: ‘He yells’: Mark Carney’s focus has Liberal MPs bristling

A prime minister with a penchant for centralizing power does not want to be challenged, Althia Raj writes.

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Across Canada, people are protesting planned AI data centres. In Canada, many proposed data centres will be fueled by fracked gas. Local citizens are also concerned about the downstream effects of AI on mental health, work, learning, and water consumption.

Last week in Montreal, organizers, researchers, labour leaders, environmental advocates, community groups gathered for the Civil Society Summit on the AI Industry. How is artificial intelligence shaping civil society in Canada? Read the recap: canadians.org/analysis/civ...

"The banality of killer robots: How can disarmament and arms control efforts counter autonomous weapons systems?" Now has additional speakers. Charlotte Akin(SKR), Fanny Dagenais-Dion(Red Cross IHL), and Azeezah Kanji(legal academic), moderated by Kristen Thomasen(UWindsor).

Join our “Fund Healthcare, Not Warfare” Ottawa Bus Tour to call for public money to support healthcare, not conflict. Together, we’ll travel to Ottawa and learn more about how the fight for public healthcare and against militarism are intertwined. www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...

"Fund Healthcare, Not Warfare" Ottawa Bus Tour

Join our “Fund Healthcare, Not Warfare” Ottawa Bus Tour to call for public money to support healthcare, not conflict. Together, we’ll travel to Ottawa and learn more about the fight for public…

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The AI Civil Society Summit, in Montreal on May 22nd, is fast approaching! We have some excellent panels lined up for the event! A 🧵 thread 🧵

A few days after officially cutting Pharmacare, our Prime Minister is being very direct about aligning his government with Big Tech. How do you think this will play out?

The Council of Canadians says it won't allow the Liberal government’s promise to build a national pharmacare program die a slow, quiet death. "These are programs that are set to end in the coming years," said Health Minister Marjorie Michel. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Advocates fighting to save National pharmacare program the health minister says will expire | CBC News

The Council of Canadians says it won't allow the Liberal government’s promise to build a national pharmacare program die a slow, quiet death.

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Nikolas Barry-Shaw spoke with The Rational National's David Doel about what is happening, what it means for the rest of Canada, and how the Carney government is (or isn’t) handling it. canadians.org/analysis/ame...

American-Style Health Care Comes To Canada | Discussion w/ Nikolas Barry-Shaw

American-style for-profit health care is coming to Canada in a real way through Alberta’s Bill 11. I talk with Nikolas Barry-Shaw about what is happening, what it means for the rest of Canada…

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Artificial intelligence is attracting unprecedented piles of money. Trillions of dollars are flowing into AI companies and data centres, driven by visions of economic transformation. We’re gathering to talk about it. www.aicivilsociety.ca 🧵1/ 11

Civil Society Summit on the AI Industry

May 22, 2026 — Montréal

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While you’re paying more at the pump, Big Oil is exploiting the US and Israel’s illegal assault on Iran to rake in record profits with no remorse. Tell the Carney government to tax the billions Big Oil is taking from our pockets & stop war profiteering canadians.org/action/tax-b...

"We demand that the federal government invest a total of $30 billion, over 5 years, to fund critical transmission linkages between the provinces and territories…" 350 Canada's petition will be delivered to policymakers on Monday. Add your name today: 350.org/canada/peopl...

Build a People's Power Grid

Canadian politicians are pushing for new pipelines, but we need a People's Power Grid that connects communities from coast to coast for affordable, reliable, and renewable electricity.

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"In 2022, the federal government introduced a one-time, 15 per cent tax on excess pandemic profits from the financial sector. Applying that 15 per cent rate on the excess profits of the oil industry could generate $9 billion over the next 12 months." www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

The oil industry is making billions from the Iran war—it should be taxed - CCPA

The current windfall could be Canadian oil's final boom—so the proceeds must be reinvested into economic diversification and industrial planning

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The Liberal Party convention is happening in Montreal this Friday, and we are showing up to demand a health care system that prioritizes people over profits. Join us at 12 PM this Friday outside the Palais des congrès to help us defend public health care for all!

Over 1500 individuals responded to our Iran survey, and here is what you said: • 79% say NO to Canada's support the war in Iran • 81% believe it's worth angering Trump to stand up for the law • 76% and 73%, respectively, think we should STOP arms shipments to Israel and the US

"We need to regulate this industry before it approaches the level of economic and political power we have seen in the U.S. Attempting to tame such a powerful industry after the fact, as Americans are learning, is a difficult task." www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

AI data centres: From boom to backlash - CCPA

As the public becomes aware of the downside of AI data centres in their community, the need to tightly regulate the industry is becoming clear.

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Join us on April 2nd at 1:00 p.m. ET, for a conversation on "Getting Into Fights with Data Centres" with Dr. Anne Pasek. canadians.org/event/gettin...

Getting into Fights with Data Centres

As a wave of new data centres threatens to reshape the Canadian landscape, join us for a timely conversation with Anne Pasek. The Trent University professor’s work challenges common assumptions abo…

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"As provinces encourage the growth of for-profit medical insurance, it will not be possible to control the spread of U.S. firms, which will be entitled to the same subsidies the government provides to public, not-for-profit entities." www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Do trade deals put public health care up for sale? - CCPA

Alberta’s promised two-tier transition comes with unacknowledged threats from trade and investment agreements.

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"National Observer analyzed the locations of 38 data centre campuses proposed in the province, and found that three quarters of them are in regions under high or extremely high water stress." www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/23/i...

Three quarters of data centre sites planned in Alberta are in high water stress areas

Canada’s National Observer analyzed the locations of 38 data centre campuses proposed in the province, and found that three quarters of them are in regions where water use is already in shorter supply...

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300 megawatts in new natural gas capacity is the equivalent of more than 200,000 new fossil-fuel-burning cars on the road.

Bell Canada announces massive AI data centre near Regina in $1.7 billion investment » George Gordon First Nation

CALGARY — Bell Canada and the Saskatchewan government have announced that a new 300-megawatt (MW) AI data centre will be built on the outskirts of Regina. Located in Sherwood, Saskatchewan, the projec...

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