Media Release The Canadian Environmental Law Association ("CELA") is calling upon the Eves Government to substantially strengthen and improve two key drinking water bills before they are enacted into law. On Wednesday, November 27th, CELA lawyers will be presenting proposed…
Read More Media Release: CELA Urges Eves Government to Amend Deficient Drinking Water Bills
Media Release The Partnership for Pesticide Bylaws, a new collaboration of health professionals and other concerned organizations, held a media conference to announce their call for Toronto to enact a bylaw prohibiting cosmetic pesticide use to protect public health, children's…
Blog posted by Kathleen Cooper, CELA Senior Researcher From the Grassroots to the Supreme Court, and Back Again When the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously decided, in June of 2001, that the small community of Hudson, Quebec had the legal…
Read More Blog: Protecting Children’s Health from Needless Exposure to Pesticides
Media Release The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) today called upon the Eves government to ensure that its proposed Safe Drinking Water Act contains the strongest possible measures to protect drinking water quality in Ontario. It is widely anticipated that…
Read More Media Release: CELA urges Ontario to enact strong Safe Drinking Water Act
Toronto. In implementing the Walkerton Inquiry recommendations to protect drinking water and agricultural lands, municipalities may face unexpected barriers arising from Canada's approach to trade negotiations, according to a new study by the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) and the…
Read More CELA says “trade rules will interfere with Walkerton recommendations”
Media Release Toronto: The Canadian Environmental Law Association applauds the Part II Walkerton Inquiry Report, issued today in Toronto. "Mr. Justice O'Connor has made significant recommendations for improvement of the drinking water system in Ontario" stated Paul Muldoon, CELA's Executive…
