Peterborough, ON - Canada’s nuclear safety regulator will move its licensing hearing for a nuclear fuel manufacturing facility to Peterborough after a local citizens group questioned why it was to be held in Toronto and not the local community.
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Press Release: Environmental and Labour organizations petition the Canadian Ministers to ensure Canada’s trade deal with Brazil and Mercosur countries enforces the protection of the Amazon
Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA] (September 6 2019): Canadian environmental and labour organizations join forces today to petition the Canadian government to ensure the Mercosur trade agreement being negotiated with Brazil and the other Mercosur countries protects the Amazon from escalating…
Environmental Law Toolkit Webinar Series
Jul 23 2019 Richard Lindgren of CELA on Common Law Tools for Protecting the Environment Photo Credit: Adam Harris https://healthyhandyman.com/ If Canadians suffer harm, loss or injury from pollution, civil litigation may be undertaken to obtain compensation, injunctions or other appropriate…
Webinar on July 11th – Environmental Assessment: The (Dead) Letter of the Law
Jul 02 2019 The webinar will examine the evolution of federal and Ontario environmental assessment processes. Joseph Castrilli will outline the 2012 review of CEAA and subsequent Expert Panel which considered a number of challenges including changes to scoping and…
National Housing Strategy Act receives Royal Assent
Jun 21 2019 Today CELA salutes our specialty clinic colleagues at the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) and the Right To Housing (R2H) Coalition for more than a decade of hard work in achieving a National Housing Strategy. Bill C-97, Division 19 of…
CELA reacts to Legal Aid Funding Decision
Jun 12 2019 While we are disappointed in Legal Aid Ontario’s decision to reduce CELA’s allocated operating funding by almost 17% this year and by 35% next year, we remain focused on, and committed to, our priority mission –seeking justice…