Media Newsroom
This site is designed to provide members of the media with timely and accurate information about all aspects of hemispheric trade issues and the Common Frontiers organization.
Here you’ll find copies of current media releases, background information on important issues, an introduction to Common Frontiers and its members and articles about CF that have appeared in the media.
Our Latest Media Release:
The Peoples’ Social Forum
The Peoples’ Social Forum The countdown is on until the Peoples’ Social Forum in Ottawa from August 21 to 24. But surprisingly, one of the organizers can hardly wait until the event – a historic gathering of social movements and Indigenous peoples – is over and done...
The Peoples’ Social Forum
The Peoples’ Social Forum 1) Who and what organisations/groups are involved in building the Peoples Social Forum? Raul: Those involved in organising include community groups, racialized communities, Indigenous nations, labour, NGOs, students, workers from across...
An Algonquin Invitation to the Peoples’ Social Forum
An Algonquin Invitation to the Peoples' Social Forum Ottawa, August 21-24, 2014
August 22, 2013 – Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Canadian groups demand end to secrecy, want all TPP chapters made public
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Canadian groups demand end to secrecy, want all TPP chapters made public August 22, 2013 For Immediate Release Ottawa – Ministers from the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership countries, including International Trade Minister Ed Fast, should...
2009-08-10 – Same old false solutions and short-sighted North American vision from Guadalajara summit, say Canadian civil society organizations
Same old false solutions and short-sighted North American vision from Guadalajara summit, say Canadian civil society organizations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2009 Guadalajara , Mexico – North American governments cannot adequately address climate change,the...
2009-08-06 – Renegotiate the North American agenda, civil society groups ask in letter to Prime minister Harper
Renegotiate the North American agenda, civil society groups ask in letter to Prime minister Harper FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2009 Action urged at North American Leaders SummitOttawa - Stephen Harper must reconsider his opposition to NAFTA renegotiation and seek...
2009-06-18 – CIVIL SOCIETY NETWORKS FROM NORTH AMERICA APPLAUD LETTER TO PRESIDENTS FROM LEGISLATORS’ TASK FORCE ON RENEGOTIATING NAFTA
2009-06-18 – CIVIL SOCIETY NETWORKS FROM NORTH AMERICA APPLAUD LETTER TO PRESIDENTS FROM LEGISLATORS’ TASK FORCE ON RENEGOTIATING NAFTA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mexico City, Montreal, Ottawa, Washington June 18, 2009 The four civil society networks from North America...
2009-06-12 – Canadians ask Federal Government to Halt Ratification of Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement in Light of Peruvian Police Massacre of Indigenous Protesters
Canadians ask Federal Government to Halt Ratification of Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement in Light of Peruvian Police Massacre of Indigenous Protesters OTTAWA, ONTARIO - Non-governmental organizations are urgently asking Canadians to write tosenators, MPs and the...
2009-04-07 – A call to stop the imminent implementation of the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement
A call to stop the imminent implementation of the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 07, 2009 Toronto, ON - On March 26, 2009, the Government of Canada introduced legislation (Bill C23) in theHouse of Commons that could lead in short...
2009-02-13 – Canadians to Harper Renegotiate NAFTA with Obama
Canadians to Harper Renegotiate NAFTA with Obama For Immediate Release February 13, 2009 OTTAWA / February 13, 2009 – On the occasion of the first visit to Canada by US PresidentObama, major organizations from across Canada representing diverse sectors of the...
