Care about bees and food security? Give your voice to challenge Canada’s...
Concern for food quality, how it’s produced and where it’s produced has never been greater. Canadians recognize the value of healthy food and the significant impacts its production has on the...
View ArticleDozens of International Organizations and Networks Call for an End to State...
December 19, 2016 Today, nearly fifty international organizations and networks sent the following letter to Ecuadorian authorities urging an immediate end to the militarization and the State of...
View ArticleLe Comité de la Chambre des communes débute les audiences sur les pesticides...
Pour publication immédiate 6 mars 2017 English version Une coalition d’ONG qui demande l’interdiction des néonicotinoïdes pour protéger la biodiversité et la sécurité alimentaire à long terme invitée à...
View ArticleHouse of Commons committee to open hearings on neonic pesticide with...
For immediate release (update) March 6, 2017 Version française 11th-hour invitation to testify issued to coalition of NGOs pressing government to proceed with proposed phase-out to protect biodiversity...
View ArticleHelp Save the Bees – the Wild, Native Bees Need You
You want to help save the bees? Guess who is waiting for you in your garden – and it’s not me, Bea! You might have leaf-cutters, mining bees, bumblebees or sweat bees and lots more. These are wild,...
View ArticleTaking a Bumble Bee Census
By Mireille Gauthier | Research assistant at Friends of the Earth The Great Canadian Bumble Bee Count offers educational material to help people learn about our 40+ species of bumble bees and submit...
View Article2017 Bumble Bee Count Calls for Volunteer Census-takers
August 3, 2017 (Ottawa, Ontario) – In response to global concerns about declines in pollinator biodiversity, Friends of the Earth is launching its second “Great Canadian Bumble Bee Count” and offering...
View ArticlePMRA Misses the Mark On Bee Protection
19 December, 2017 (Ottawa) – Today, after five years of study, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency has again failed to protect bees and pollinators. Its re-evaluation report on two...
View ArticleCanada Creates Human Rights Watchdog For Overseas Operations of Canadian...
OTTAWA, January 17, 2018 – Friends of the Earth is encouraged by the Government of Canada’s announcement today regarding the creation of a Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Business Enterprise....
View ArticleOfficial Ombudsperson Announcement
After 11 years of campaigning for greater corporate accountability, the CNCA is encouraged by the federal government’s creation of a human rights ombudsperson regarding the overseas operations of...
View ArticleRecord environmental judgement, moves to Ontario Superior Court in Toronto
Long running dispute between petro-giant Chevron and Ecuadorian citizens has Canadian component April 5, 2018 (Toronto, Canada) – This morning, Friends of the Earth Canada, the Steelworkers Humanity...
View ArticleWhen I go yard saling this spring, I’ll be looking for Friends of the Earth...
Spring has sprung and, in my home town, Chatham, Ontario, that means the yard sale circuit gets underway. I have wonderful memories of taking my mother and father out for a drive in the spring. Whether...
View ArticleTell the Feds you want strong environmental laws
Friends of the Earth has joined with other environmental groups across the country to insist that the government fulfill its promise for strong environmental laws. Here’s the situation. Bill C-69 —...
View ArticleOfficial Ombudsperson Announcement
After 11 years of campaigning for greater corporate accountability, the CNCA is encouraged by the federal government’s creation of a human rights ombudsperson regarding the overseas operations of...
View ArticleRecord environmental judgement, moves to Ontario Superior Court in Toronto
Long running dispute between petro-giant Chevron and Ecuadorian citizens has Canadian component April 5, 2018 (Toronto, Canada) – This morning, Friends of the Earth Canada, the Steelworkers Humanity...
View ArticleWhen I go yard saling this spring, I’ll be looking for Friends of the Earth...
Spring has sprung and, in my home town, Chatham, Ontario, that means the yard sale circuit gets underway. I have wonderful memories of taking my mother and father out for a drive in the spring. Whether...
View ArticleTell the Feds you want strong environmental laws
Friends of the Earth has joined with other environmental groups across the country to insist that the government fulfill its promise for strong environmental laws. Here’s the situation. Bill C-69 —...
View ArticleCanadian Supreme Court denies justice to Indigenous Ecuadorians
On April 4th 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal in the historic case of the Indigenous people of Ecuador versus Chevron, which has become known as the “Amazonian Chernobyl” due to...
View ArticleTHE CASE OF CHEVRON IN THE ECUADORIAN AMAZON: THE RULING OF THE SUPREME COURT...
The Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples´ Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and End Impunity regrets the ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the case of Chevron in the Ecuadorian Amazon,...
View ArticleCanadian Government Reneges on Promise to Create Independent Corporate Human...
For Immediate Release: April 8, 2019 The Government of Canada failed today to appoint an independent Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) with real powers to investigate abuses and redress...
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