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Canada's Withdrawal from Kyoto an International Embarrassment

Posted: Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Canadian Labour Congress Comments on Completion of United Nations Climate Change Talks The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) calls Canada's decision to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change an international embarrassment that tarnishes C… Read More

COP 17 Statement Canadian Labour Congress Statement to the Seventeenth Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC and Government of Canada

Posted: Thursday, 1 December 2011

In December 2011, international climate negotiators will converge on Durban, South Africa, for the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). With the Kyoto Protocol set to expire in 2012, the… Read More

Statement to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Regarding the 2012 Federal Budget

Posted: Friday, 19 August 2011

The CLC has made a submission to the House of Commons Finance Committee regarding the 2012 federal Budget. The brief argues that the federal and provincial governments should pursue as an urgent priority an expansion of the Canadian Pension Plan by doublin… Read More

Earth Day 2011

Posted: Friday, 22 April 2011

April 22 — Earth Day — a time to celebrate the Earth, but with that celebration comes the recognition of the need to come together to live more sustainably. As individuals, we all know we must reduce our consumption of fossil fuels, water, electricity, … Read More

The Canadian Labour Congress Statement to the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC and Government of Canada

Posted: Thursday, 2 December 2010

At COP 16 in Cancun, there is little prospect for achieving a fair, ambitious, comprehensive, and legally binding UN climate treaty which the world had hoped for at COP 15 in Copenhagen. This is a crisis. Current pledges for reducing emissions and financing… Read More

Statement on Negotiations Toward a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Between Canada and the European Union

Posted: Monday, 18 October 2010

Free trade is ... viewed as reliance on the market to determine economic reality. It is part and parcel of the same philosophy that lends support to the “downsizing” of government, privatization, deregulation; in short, the package of “remedies” tha… Read More

2010 Earth Day Statement

Posted: Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Just in time for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, last week Parliament passed the Climate Change Accountability Act. The law requires Canada to meet science-based targets for reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions with targets for 2020 and 2050! But the… Read More

CLC Policy Paper to the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 15)

Posted: Thursday, 3 December 2009

It is imperative to reach a strong international agreement: an agreement in which the needs and aspirations of all are taken into account; an agreement that will effectively shape the blueprint for the type of society we wish to build and pass on to future … Read More

Earth day 2009

Posted: Tuesday, 21 April 2009

Earth Day is a celebration of the Earth. It is a time of optimism and a time to fight to have Canada enact effective climate change policies at home and ensure science-based climate change targets internationally. As Canadian workers fight job losses and an… Read More

CLC Statement on Climate Change for Presentation to the House of Commons Committee on Bill C-30

Posted: Thursday, 1 March 2007

Introduction On behalf of the three million members of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), we want to thank you for affording us the opportunity to present our views. The CLC brings together Canada's national and international unions along with the provinc… Read More

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