Media Release Toronto – Yesterday, Ontario’s Minister of the Environment, Laurel Broten, introduced new legislation which is intended to protect current and future sources of drinking water. If passed, the Clean Water Act, 2005 will introduce a process by which…
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Media Release Groups ecstatic as Toronto pesticide by-law withstands final legal assault TORONTO - The Supreme Court of Canada announced today that it has rejected the pesticide industry's last gasp effort to challenge the City of Toronto’s pesticide by-law. The…
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Report issued by Dr. David McKeown, Medical Officer of Health, Toronto Public Health and prepared at CELA. This is the technical background report used as a basis for writing Child Health and the Environment - A Primer. Co-authors: Kathleen Cooper,…
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Media Release Toronto. Environmentalists applauded today’s release of the Progress Report by Ontario’s Chief Drinking Water Inspector under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002. “We strongly support the community’s right to know about all aspects of drinking water safety,” stated…
Media Release Toronto, Ontario - The Ontario Court of Appeal today released its decision in the challenge against Toronto's Pesticide By-law. The Court ruled that the City of Toronto has the authority to pass the by-law controlling pesticides. No other…
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Canadian municipalities have the power to restrict pesticide use thanks to the Supreme Court and Hudson, Quebec By Kathleen Cooper, Senior Researcher and Theresa McClenaghan, Executive Director and Counsel, CELA. Originally published in Alternatives Journal, 31:2 (23-25) 2005. When the…
