The Conservation Council, in collaboration with 34 other Canadian environmental organizations through One Earth One Vote, has sent a list of demands to the federal parties asking them to address the environmental crisis in an ambitious manner and to integrate these demands into their electoral platforms. See One Earth One Vote’s list of demands below and use it alongside our N.B. election toolkit to help you determine where candidates in your riding stand on critical environmental issues.

Indigenous leaders from across the province told the standing committee examining glyphosate use that it’s time to ban the controversial chemical in New Brunswick’s forests.  Leaders from several New Brunswick First Nations appeared before the committee on Tuesday this week. They said glyphosate is a poison that harms forests, rivers, plants and animal life and impacts the plants and berries traditionally used by Indigenous peoples for food and medicine. The hearings resume on Friday, Sept. 10. Click the link to see where you can watch the meetings and read our summary of the committee’s earlier hearings in June.