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CELA has submitted comments in response to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s Regulatory Oversight Report for Canadian Nuclear Power Generating Sites: 2021.
CELA has made a submission to the Environmental Registry of Ontario regarding the recent application by Ontario Power Generation for a site-specific air pollution standard for its Lennox Generating Station.
If granted, the facility would be entitled to exceed the provincial air pollution standard for sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and sulphuric acid for a 10-year period.
In this month’s bulletin, we feature the Healthy Great Lakes program’s work with Coueraj to increase Indigenous engagement and outreach plus new reports on safe drinking water and climate change and vulnerable communities.
As Parliament resumes sitting this fall, CELA and other civil society organizations – advocates for social justice and equity, environmental protection, and public health – urge federal ministers to expedite passage of Bill C-226, An Act Respecting the Development of
Twenty years after the release of the two Reports of the Walkerton Inquiry, CELA assesses the status of the 121 recommendations made by Justice O’Connor.
CELA worked with Coeuraj to build stronger Indigenous inclusivity within the Healthy Great Lakes program, and develop greater connections to Indigenous land and water stewardship initiatives and with Indigenous groups.
On behalf of several environmental organizations and individuals, CELA sought a judicial review in Divisional Court of the statutory decision by two Ontario Cabinet Ministers that denied our clients and other members of the public their legal right to be notified and consulted on environmentally significant legislative amendments contained in Bill 197 (COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020) before they were enacted by the Ontario Legislature on July 21, 2020. These amendments include changes to the Environmental Assessment Act (EAA), the Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR) and the Planning Act.
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