Media Release Toronto. Environmental groups have identified a number of significant shortcomings in the new Drinking Water Protection Regulation announced today by the Ontario government."The new regulation is only an interim step," stated Richard Lindgren, staff lawyer with the Canadian…
Read More Media Release: Environmentalists Pan Drinking Water Regulation Proposed by Ontario
Media Release Toronto. The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), a legal aid clinic specializing in environmental law, will represent the Concerned Walkerton Citizens (CWC) group during the upcoming public inquiry. CELA has a 30 year history representing citizens and community…
Read More Media Release: CELA to Represent Concerned Walkerton Citizens
Media Release Concerned Walkerton Citizens (CWC), a new, broadly-based group of residents of Walkerton have asked the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) to help them submit recommendations for the terms of reference for the Public Inquiry into the E. coli…
Read More Media Release: Citizen’s Group in Walkerton Seeks to Intervene in Public Inquiry
Media Release Queen's Park, Toronto. The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) and Dr. Adam Winterton of Chesley, Ontario announced their intention to formally require the Minister of Environment to consider the introduction of a Safe…
A team of lawyers, researchers and physicians with CELA and the Ontario College of Family Physicians , Environmental Health Committee published this report in May of 2000. It summarizes the findings of a lengthy investigation into the adequacy of the…
Read More Environmental Standard Setting and Children’s Health
Media Release Toronto. Late Friday afternoon, Toronto Environmental Alliance, Sierra Club of Canada, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Parents’ Environmental Network, Healthy Lawns-Healthy People, Pesticide Action Group Kitchener, Working Group on the Health Dangers of the Urban Use of Pesticides, Environmental…
