Reprint (Ontario Bar Association - Environews - January, 2009) by Kaitlyn Mitchell The Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993 (“EBR”) (1) was enacted to protect the environment by giving Ontario residents meaningful ways in which to participate in environmentally significant government…
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…
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
(Originally published in Intervenor, the CELA newsletter until 2004.) Intervenor: vol. 27, no. 1 - 2, January - June 2002 By Linda Pim, Kathleen Cooper and Karyn Keenan The following table is excerpted from the web site of Ontario MoE…
Read More Blog: Pesticide Applicators Failed 70% of Inspections in 2001
(Originally published in Intervenor, the CELA newsletter until 2004.) Intervenor: vol. 27, no. 1 - 2, January - June 2002 By Linda Pim, Kathleen Cooper and Karyn Keenan Swirling amidst the debate on pesticide bylaws for Canadian municipalities are plenty…
Read More Blog: Urban versus Agricultural: Pinning Down the Numbers on Pesticide Use
