Chapter activists, Board members and staff of the Council of Canadians have appeared on television, on the radio and in newspapers across this country. Read some news articles featuring the Council.

2007

The Council in the news

• World views collide over water crisis, By Kathleen O'Hara, The Toronto Star, November 22, 2007

• Medicare gives competitive edge in world trade, By Guy Caron, The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon), October 19, 2007

• Water on the agenda as senior officials head to Washington, D.C., Oct. 2, By Simon Doyle, The Hill Times, September 24, 2007

• Lockout highlights dangers of media concentration, Maude Barlow, rabble news, September 25, 2007

• Ignoring the privatization debate at the CMA, Guy Caron, August 27, 2007

• The Trouble With TILMA, Stuart Trew, Vue Weekly, August 23, 2007

• The SPP's prospects are iffy with leaders short on political capital, Gordon Laxer, The Hill Times, August 20, 2007

• Private Clinics: No Quick Fix, Guy Caron, The Tyee, August 17, 2007

• Atlantica more than economic union, Maude Barlow, The Chronicle Herald June 15, 2007

• Stop putting relations with the U.S. ahead of human rights, Maude Barlow, Alex Neve and Roch Tasse, The Ottawa Citizen, June 5, 2007

• Canadian Energy Security: Easterners could freeze in the dark, Gordon Laxer, The Globe and Mail, May 28, 2007

• An Ironic Twist to Committee Censorship, Embassy, May 16, 2007

• Tory MPs cut off presentation on energy and SPP by Council board member, Ottawa Citizen, CanWest News Service, May 11, 2007

• Edmonton Journal asks Harper to "step back" from the Security and Prosperity Partnership! The Edmonton Journal, May 9, 2007

• Closed-door talks focusing on our water supply, Maude Barlow, The Calgary Herald,
  April 26, 2007

• Canada's energy insecurity, Gordon Laxer, The Toronto Star, April 26, 2007

• Denouncing secrecy and demanding transparency Ottawa XPress by Jean-Yves Lefort, trade campaigner for the Council of Canadians March 29, 2007

• Water, water, everywhere -- not, Maude Barlow and David Schindler,
  Special to Globe and Mail Update, March 22, 2007

• Water depletion the next looming crisis, Maude Barlow and David Schindler,
  Special to The Windsor Star, March 21, 2007

• Opening up the Security and Prosperity Partnership By Stuart Trew, The Hill Times, February 19, 2007

• Partnership isn't merely a public relations victim By John Urquhart, The Windsor Star, February 2, 2007

• What is the value of ‘retribution’? By Brent Patterson, The Chronicle Herald,
  January 28, 2007

• TILMA 'radical' shift in business
  By Murray Dobbin, The Daily Courier (Kelowna), January 25, 2007

• Time to review Canada's security links with U.S.
  With our no-fly list set to go into effect, Ottawa is moving closer to meshing security operations with Washington, despite its poor human rights' record
  By: Maude Barlow, Toronto Star, January 22, 2007

• Citizens left in dark on broad-reaching deal
  By Karen Abramsen, The Daily Courier (Kelowna), January 9, 2007

The Council replies: Letters to the editor

• Trade barriers a non-issue, Times & Transcript (Moncton), Stuart Trew, December 11, 2007

• Harper can fix long wait times with funding, The Ottawa Citizen, Guy Caron, December 5, 2007

• Future citizens pay for P3 mistakes, The Chronicle Herald, Angela Giles, December 1, 2007

• Improve public health care, Winnipeg Free Press, Guy Caron, November 30, 2007

• Tar sands to blame, The Ottawa Citizen, Jean-Yves LeFort, November 29, 2007

• Atlantic casualties, The Daily News (Halifax), Brent Patterson, November 20, 2007

• Prentice should open up discussions on Security and Prosperity Partnership, too secretive, The Hill Times, Stuart Trew, November 19, 2007

• Column funny; SPP pact isn't, Moncton Times and Transcript, Stuart Trew, November 13, 2007

• Canadians need leadership on improving wait times, The Ottawa Citizen, Guy Caron,
  November 7, 2007

• No sign security deal is 'smart', Peterborough Examiner, Stuart Trew, November 7, 2007

• Not smart, but certainly secret, Peterborough Examiner, Roy Brady, November 7, 2007

• Two views on Dr. Day's diagnosis, National Post, Guy Caron, October 25, 2007

• Is the SPP dead? The Globe and Mail, Stuart Trew , October 19, 2007

• SPP co-operation framework on pesticides is alarming, The Ottawa Citizen, Stuart Trew, October 3, 2007

• Tory pushes plan to 'Buy Ontario' produce, The Toronto Star, Eduardo Sousa, September 27, 2007

• Pests and TILMA, The Globe and Mail, Eduardo Sousa, September 1, 2007

• Water's on the table, Stuart Trew, The Globe and Mail, The Ottawa Citizen, August 21, 2007

• Citizen Participation, Cliff White, The Chronicle Herald, August 15, 2007

• CMA offers wrong prescription for public health care, Guy Caron, August 2007

• Albertans must have a say, Lyn Gorman, The Edmonton Journal, July 31, 2007

• This boat ain't gonna float, Cliff White, The Coast, July 25, 2007

• A not-so-modest proposal, Brent Patterson, The Globe and Mail, July 10, 2007

• Wrong prescription, Guy Caron, National Post, July 7, 2007

• Concerns over plan to trade CO2 credits, Lyn Gorman, The Edmonton Journal, June 29, 2007

• All wet on water, Susan Howatt, The Globe and Mail, June 26, 2007

• Our health system must help everyone, Guy Caron, The Ottawa Citizen, May 18, 2007

• We need to protect Canada's water, Susan Howatt, National Post, May 17, 2007

• Once water's a commodity, no chance to turn off the tap, Susan Howatt, Port Hope Evening Guide (ON), April 30, 2007

• Wanting a fair shake for Canada isn't anti-American, Maude Barlow, The Vancouver Sun and The Ottawa Citizen, April 20, 2007

• Partnership isn't merely a public relations victim, John Urquhart, The Windsor Star,
  February 2, 2007

Other

• Munk Centre Agrees with Council: Water Under Threat of Being Traded Away, Ottawa Citizen, September 10, 2007

Podcast

• Interview with Jean-Yves Lefort on the Security and Prosperity Partnership (Rabble.ca)

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