Robin Tress is the Executive Director of the Council of Canadians, a progressive organization that has been advocating for a national, public Pharmacare program for years. Robin discusses the benefits of Pharmacare, which would provide all Canadians with access to the prescription medicines they need. People would be healthier and many would no longer have […]
As a follow up to the letter written by CCU President Gregory Ball to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and others on Pharmacare for All, the Council of Canadians released an online petition directed at federal Minister for Health, Mark Holland, to support strong legislation. Sign the online petition here As it states: “We are at […]
Download Full Letter (PDF) December 3, 2023 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Re: Pharmacare for All Canadians Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, Canada remains the only country in the world with a universal health care system that doesn’t include prescription medication. A publicly funded, […]
It has been over 30 years since the murder of 14 young women at Polytechnique Montréal (December 6, 1989). This act of violent misogyny shook our country and led Parliament to designate December 6 as The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. On December 6, we remember: * Geneviève Bergeron * […]
Kat Lanteigne is the Executive Director and CoFounder of BloodWatch.org, a not-for-profit organization advocating for a safe, voluntary, public blood system in Canada. The organization calls on all governments to protect the public blood system and ban the private sale of blood and plasma. In this presentation to the CCU, Kat discusses the failures of […]
Tim McSorley is the National Coordinator of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group. Combining his passion for civil liberties and social justice with his background in journalism, policy analysis and communications, Tim digs into the impact of government policies and works with allies and partners to fight for change. In this presentation, he discusses artificial […]
D’Arcy Martin is a social activist and education coordinator for various unions in Ontario. Since 1997, Martin has worked as an educator for a variety of labour unions and other organizations. In 1995, Martin received his Ed.D. from OISE. Martin’s doctoral thesis was on the Canadian labour movement, and was entitled “Streetsmart: Learning in the […]
Congratulations to the following winners of the CCU-CSC Madeleine Parent Bursary and John St. Amand Bursary. Click on their names below to read their winning essays, “What Unionism Means to Me.” Thank you to all who applied for the bursaries. Daniel Boguski Quinn Zumkeller Jerry Zhenyue Chen Jocelyn Kerr
Larry Haiven is professor emeritus in labour relations at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is a founding member of Equity Watch. Larry spoke at the Labour School of the October 2023 convention of the Confederation of Canadian Unions, the largest association of independent labour unions in the country. He talked about the […]
Canadians recognize Remembrance Day, originally called Armistice Day, every November 11 at 11 a.m. It marks the end of hostilities during the First World War and an opportunity to recall all those who have served in the nation’s defence. Remembrance Day ceremonies were usually held at community cenotaphs and war memorials, or sometimes at schools […]