The Council of Canadians

The Council of Canadians is a Canadian non-profit agency that advocates for clean water, fair trade, green energy, public health care, and a vibrant democracy. The organization is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario with regional offices in Halifax, Toronto, Edmonton together with Vancouver and a network of local chapters across the country.

While primarily focused on national issues, the Council of Canadians also does international produce through its Blue Planet Project, which focuses on the execution of the human right to water and sanitation.

Civil disobedience

On November 20, 2014 Brigette DePape, a Vancouver-based organizer with the Council of Canadians, was arrested with over 14 others by the RCMP at Burnaby Mountain while protesting against Texas-based Kinder Morgan over the company's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The protestors were arrested for "civil contempt” of a court profile permitting the company's pipeline survey work. All charges were subsequently dismissed.