Media Release: The Federal Government’s Proposed Impact Assessment Act: Some Forward Progress, but Changes Needed to Ensure Sustainability

Media Release FRANCAIS Feb 08 2018 Toronto – The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) is generally supportive of certain elements of the proposed impact assessment law introduced today in Parliament. However, CELA concludes that several aspects of the legislation require further…

La Loi sur l’évaluation d’impact proposée par le gouvernement fédéral : des progrès sont à venir, mais des changements sont nécessaires pour assurer la durabilité

ENGLISH Fév 08 2018 Toronto − L’Association canadienne du droit de l’environnement (ACDE) appuie certains éléments de la Loi sur l’évaluation d’impact proposée aujourd’hui au Parlement. Cependant, l’ACDE conclut que plusieurs aspects de la Loi nécessitent d’autres modifications afin d’assurer la…

Circular economy framework promotes recycling but fails to prevent contaminants in new products: banned toxic chemicals detected in children’s toys

Title: Circular economy framework promotes recycling but fails to prevent contaminants in new products: banned toxic chemicals detected in children’s toys Resource Type: Report Content: 1177-BannedToxicChemicalsDetected_1 # of Pages: 6 Date authored: February 8, 2018 Publication number: 1177 Author/s: Olga…

Canada’s Impact Assessment Act: The #BetterRules are Neither Better nor Rules

Title: Briefing Note on Canada’s Impact Assessment Act: The #BetterRules are Neither Better nor Rules Resource Type: Report Content: 1171-CELABriefingNoteImpactAssessmentAct # of Pages: 4 Date authored: February 8, 2018 Publication number: 1171 Author/s: Richard D. Lindgren Author Organization: CELA

Draft Guideline for the Implementation of Administrative Penalties under the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016

Title: Re: CELA Comments on the Draft Guideline for the Implementation of Administrative Penalties  under the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 EBR # 013-1818 Resource Type: Letter Content: 1169-GuidelineForImplementationOfAMPs # of Pages: 4 Date authored: February 8,…