Media Backgrounder: Monsanto Papers
Did Health Canada rely on manipulated science by Monsanto when assessing the safety of glyphosate? This backgrounder explains the “Monsanto Papers.” Download the backgrounder
Our Latest Report
Missing the Forest: How Carbon loopholes for logging hinder Canada’s climate leadership
About The Report: This report finds that Canada underreports 80 million tonnes of emissions from industrial logging, downplaying the logging industry’s devastating toll on the climate and threatening Canada’s commitments…
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Our work is based on research, science, and a strong understanding of the facts. Below you will find our archive of reports, guides and media backgrounders that are available for download. You can find our government submissions here.
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Plastic Pollution
Talking Trash
About The Report: Plastic pollution is literally piling up around us. Canada only recycles 11 per cent of its plastic waste, letting the rest accumulate in landfills or the environment, and currently has no national waste strategy for dealing with the problem. This report examines the global and national plastic pollution crisis, and outlines how...
Climate change
Public Cash for Oil and Gas: Mapping Federal Fiscal Support for Fossil Fuels
About The Report: Despite a longstanding promise, Canada is still the largest provider of subsidies to oil and gas production in the G7 per unit of GDP. This briefing note looks to shed some light on the federal subsidies for oil and gas production in Canada. Download The Report Read the Blog Post
Plastic Pollution
Incineration is not recycling
About The Report: Backgrounder on why incineration is not the answer to Canada’s plastic pollution problem. Download the report
Toxics
What’s in your lunch?
About The Report: Every day, Canadians are exposed to many chemicals that are linked to adverse health conditions such as cancer, asthma, diabetes and behavioural problems like ADHD. Glyphosate, Canada’s top-selling weed killer and the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, is of particular concern because of its links to cancer. That’s why we tested common...
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