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The Issues

Kicking Out Toxic Chemicals

Ensuring safe products are on our shelves.

Climate & Clean Economy

Stopping climate change and creating jobs in the clean economy.

Protecting Ontario's Environment

Stopping the province's attacks on farmland, forests, wetlands and endangered species.

Safeguarding canada's freshwater

Protecting safe, clean water.

Ending Plastic Pollution

Creating a future free from plastic waste.

Exposing Alberta’s Inquiry

In 2019, the Alberta government launched a politically motivated “Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns.”

LATEST NEWS

New Government Information Shows Alberta’s Tailings Ponds Increased in 2020 Despite Decrease in Oil Sands Production

Statement from Michelle Woodhouse, Water Program Manager, on Canada’s move to invoke 1977 Pipeline Treaty 

Election’s Over: It’s time for Parliament to get to work on the climate crisis

Beneficiaries warn Canada’s largest pensions of legal duty to manage climate-related financial risks

Phasing out Fossil Gas: A Plan for Green Buildings, Jobs and Prosperity for Ontario

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Less talk. More action. Whether you have 30 seconds, 30 minutes or 3 hours per month, we have action that you can take to protect Canada's freshwater bodies, our green space and our climate.

When you join with thousands of other Canadians, you can make change happen.

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PROTECT THE GREAT LAKES: SHUTDOWN LINE 5

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Stop the destructive Highway 413

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