“It’s your duty to fix Bill C-5.” On June 23, 2025, that’s what the Group of 78 told the Speaker of Canada’s Senate, the Hon. Raymonde Gagné, and a dozen sitting Senators with interests in social, environmental and Indigenous policy issues. The Senate is to review the legislation during the week of June 23-27 and has the power, opportunity… Continue Reading G78 to the Senate: It’s Your Duty to Fix Bill C-5
On June 19, 2025, G78 Vice-Chair Susan Tanner wrote to Julie Dabrusin, Canada’s Minister for Environment and Climate Change, to underscore citizens’ deep commitment to fight climate change and their skepticism of the efforts to date of governments and the fossil fuel industry. Last fall’s G78 climate conference generated a wide range of recommended citizen actions at all… Continue Reading Canadian Environment Minister Briefed on Citizen-Driven Action to Fight Climate Change
In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Group of 78 has registered its objection to the Government of Canada’s Bill C-5 on major projects as too rushed and giving enormous power to the fossil fuel industry, the major source of the greenhouse gas emissions warming the planet. We call for Bill-5 to be carefully reviewed by… Continue Reading Too Rushed, Too Much Power for Big Oil: G78 Objects to Bill C-5 in Letter to Mark Carney
On June 12, 2025, the Group of 78 wrote to Prime Minister Mark Carney urging him to speak out in the strongest terms against the defence-spending target of 5% of GDP to be debated at the upcoming NATO Summit and to join with other Allied countries to collectively and assertively reject this goal, which we believe is policy… Continue Reading G78 Urges Mark Carney to reject 5% defence spending target at NATO Summit
On June 9, 2025, the Group of 78 wrote to Prime Minister Mark Carney urging him to work with other leaders to de-escalate the Ukraine-Russia conflict and redouble multilateral efforts toward a lasting peace between these two important nations. “You have a unique opportunity,” read the letter, “to use your presidency at the G7 Summit to catalyze negotiations… Continue Reading G78 Urges Prime Minister to Use G7 Presidency to De-Escalate Urkaine-Russia Conflict and Work for Peace
The June edition of G78 Update is a newsletter that reports on our recent AGM and also reviews our productive past year of webinars on peace and conflict and economic and social justice as well as our major conference in September 2024 on citizens confronting the climate crisis. The Update also looks ahead at our 2025-2026 plans for… Continue Reading G78 Update: Looking Ahead to an Exciting Year
On May 28, 2025, the annual general meeting of the Group of 78 honoured the excellent leadership of Dr. Roy Culpeper, who served as Chair of the G78 for 11 years. The more than 30 members attending the AGM elected Dr. Ted Jackson, public policy professor and development consultant, as the organization’s new Chair. The meeting also welcomed… Continue Reading G78 AGM Honours Roy Culpeper’s Leadership, Welcomes New Chair and Board Members
Register now to attend this important conversation with Thomas Homer-Dixon and Ted Jackson at noon on June 26, 2025. How serious is Donald Trump about annexing Canada? Many scholars say he’s very serious. He wants our land with its minerals, energy and water to assert complete hemispheric control through an enlarged America. In their view, the trade war… Continue Reading If You Want Peace, Prepare for War: Why and How Canada Should Move to a Wartime Footing with the US on all Fronts
A new letter was sent on May 22 to Prime Minister Mark Carney and Foreign Minister Anita Anand regarding Canada’s recent partnering with the United Kingdom and France in denouncing Israel’s military action in Gaza. At the same time, our letter encouraged a re-opening of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and actions to be taken should Israel fail to… Continue Reading Read our letter to our new PM and Foreign Minister re: Israel and Gaza
This is a webinar worth watching as Manfred Bienefeld discusses the complex layers of the geopolitical factors and actors in the Ukraine War. Watch now.