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Environment is a Social Justice Issue
Overview of environmental impacts on vulnerable communities, and associated programs and resources.
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Action Alert – A Green and Just Recovery Depends on Your Voice
Take Action for a Green and Just Recovery! Right now the federal government is deciding on economic stimulus measures to recover from the impacts of COVID-19. We have a once-in-a-generation chance to get this right.
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CELA in the Courts – An Impressive Track Record Continues
CELA articling student Krystal-Anne Roussel blogs about CELA’s legacy of precedent-setting litigation victories, and some of our current cases.
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CELA’s 50th Anniversary
Join us throughout 2020 for a year of celebrating CELA! There is so much to celebrate, including the additional milestone of 40 years as an Ontario Legal Aid Specialty Clinic.
Alert: In light of the current corona virus emergency, CELA staff are working remotely. Please do not visit our offices. You may contact our staff at their normal email addresses and telephone extensions. All services are continuing, but there are no in person meetings occurring; all of these are being adjusted to remote options such as teleconferences and videoconferencing. For deliveries, please contact the person expecting the package for specific arrangements. Mail can be sent to the normal address. We hope that all of you are well in these challenging times.
CELA is a non-profit specialty legal aid clinic funded by Legal Aid Ontario. We work to protect human health and our environment by seeking justice for those harmed by pollution and by working to change policies to prevent such problems in the first place.
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CELA's Latest Activities
Discover staff blog posts, publications, reports, alerts, and media releases.
Virtual Hill Days call on federal government to keep its promise to strengthen toxics and pollution law
Environmental, health and clean cosmetics groups ask for immediate reform to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. The groups are joined by hundreds of concerned citizens in calling on the federal government to fulfil its promise to reform the country’s two-decade old pollution prevention and toxic chemicals law.
November 23, 2020
Landfill “shortage” claims a redux distraction from need for dramatic waste reduction
Isobel Mason, CELA Communications Intern, blogs about the distraction of alarmist warnings about shrinking landfill capacity in Ontario and the need to switch the focus from where we put garbage towards stopping generating so much of it in the first place.
November 20, 2020
Primer: Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs)
SMRs are a dangerous distraction from real climate action in Canada.
November 17, 2020
Statement on Small Modular Reactors
Public interest groups across Canada are criticizing the federal government for funding small nuclear reactor development and are challenging the government to release the research and data that support its strategy.
November 17, 2020
Critics Call Out Ontario Power Generation on SMR Photo-Op Announcement
Toronto – Public interest groups say that the environment and electricity consumers must be protected from Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) risky plan to build three prototype “small modular reactors” (SMRs) at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. On Friday, OPG announced
November 14, 2020
Proposed Exploration Permits in the Ring of Fire
Response to proposals to issue multiple explorations in the Ring of Fire
November 13, 2020
Action Alert – We Need Our Conservation Authorities
Action alert about alarming proposed changes to the Conservation Authorities Act and conservation authorities role in land use planning.
November 12, 2020
We Need Our Conservation Authorities – Webinar
Webinar about the proposed changes to the Conservation Authorities Act contained in Bill 229
November 12, 2020
Proposed Amendments to the Conservation Authorities Act – Preliminary Analysis
Preliminary Analysis of Schedule 6 of Bill 229, amending the Conservation Authorities Act.
November 10, 2020
Action Alert – We Need Our Conservation Authorities
Action alert about alarming proposed changes to the Conservation Authorities Act and conservation authorities role in land use planning.