Council of Canadians candidate survey reveals local candidate stances
As an organization, the Council of Canadians (CoC) has long held the powers that be to account since its founding in 1985 by Maude Barlow, Mel Hurtig, ecologist David Suzuki and author Margaret Atwood. The CoC’s main focus remains the expansion of public health care, climate justice, the protection of democracy, and the protection of water as a human right, an increasingly important electoral issue with the expansion of water-consuming AI data centres. The CoC remains active locally in London, Ontario, demanding the best of the powers that be. As municipal elections approach, the Coc’s grassroots advocacy seeks to provide…