[le français suit] April 14, 2021 Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories (OTTAWA) — Today three internationally renowned experts identified how Canada can improve its climate leadership. The event highlighted the disconnect between Canada’s bold words on the world stage calling […]
Unceded Kanien’kehá:ka Territories [Montreal], April 8, 2021 – Five environmental organizations – Climate Action Network Canada, the David Suzuki Foundation, Équiterre, Ecojustice and West Coast Environmental Law – are calling on federal parliamentarians to urgently prioritize the Net-Zero Emissions Accountability […]
Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA], 25 March 2021 : Today’s ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada on the Government of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (GGPPA) confirms the constitutionality of the federal carbon pricing backstop. Enacted on April […]
On February 25th, the Government of Canada announced its new Net Zero Advisory Body. Our very own Executive Director, Catherine Abreu, was appointed to the body, along with Yukon Regional Chief to the Assembly of First Nations Kluane Adamek, President […]
Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA], 11 December 2020 : Canada is finally joining countries representing 50% of global GDP that know strong economic policy hinges on strong environmental policy. With this plan, people and communities across Canada can see themselves […]
Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA], 30 November 2020: This afternoon, Canada’s Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, delivered Supporting Canadians and Fighting COVID-19, a long-anticipated fiscal update to a nation that has been humbled by and is hurting from this exceptionally […]
Featured graphic courtesy of West Coast Environmental Law Climate Action Network Canada, along with our members and allies, has been working toward a climate accountability mechanism and legislation for Canada. Bill C-12, the Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act was tabled in Parliament last […]
[Le français suit] Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA] – Catherine Abreu of Climate Action Network Canada – Réseau action climat Canada has issued the following statement on the Federal Government of Canada’s Bill C-12, the Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act: Today the federal […]
Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA] – Teika Newton of Climate Action Network Canada – Réseau action climat Canada has issued the following statement on the Federal Government of Canada’s newly announced $10 billion dollar infrastructure plan “Building a zero-carbon economy […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2020 Unceded Algonquin – Anishinaabe Territory (Ottawa, ON) – The Foundation for Environmental Stewardship (FES) and Climate Action Network – Réseau action climat Canada (CAN-Rac) are pleased to announce our new five-year collaboration. Our organizations […]
Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA], 23 September 2020: Today the Government of Canada delivered the most progressive speech from the throne heard in a generation. The promises made acknowledged the inequalities and vulnerabilities that have been laid bare by the […]
Ensuring a Just Recovery for Canada As governments and institutions make plans to “recover” from the COVID-19 emergency, we cannot go back to the way things were. For years, we have witnessed the results of chronic underinvestment and inaction in […]
***LE FRANÇAIS SUIT*** The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada Langevin Block Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A2 The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, P.C., M.P. Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Minister of Finance House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario […]
Statement from Climate Action Network Canada on Environment and Climate Change Minister Wilkinson’s Decision to conduct a Federal Impact Assessment of the Vista Coal Mine Expansion Project Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA], 30 July 2020 – Teika Newton of Climate […]
Leading environmental organizations endorse new green recovery guidelines, including strict conditions on oil and gas industry July 7, 2020, Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territory (Ottawa) —As the federal government works out its COVID-19 economic recovery, the International Institute for Sustainable Development […]
