Media Release Toronto. Concerned Walkerton Citizens (CWC), a group of Walkerton area residents established shortly after seven people died and thousands became ill from the water contamination, are hoping that the questions that they have been asking from the time…
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Media Release Today, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a by-law passed by the town of Hudson, Quebec that banned the cosmetic use of pesticides within municipal boundaries, including on private property. The Court held that the municipal by-law did…
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Media Release Toronto. The Walkerton tragedy demonstrated the need for legislation guaranteeing the right to safe drinking water, the Concerned Walkerton Citizens (CWC) and the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) said today. In one of two papers filed with the…
Media Release Ottawa. Environmental, health and citizen organizations are in Ottawa today to call attention to the respective roles of municipalities and the federal government in regulating pesticides. The Municipal Role Clarification on the municipal role will be determined in…
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Media Release Toronto. In an open letter addressed to Premier Mike Harris, Dalton McGuinty, and Howard Hampton, the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) has called upon all three political parties to commit to the speedy passage of Bill 96, the…
Media Release Toronto. CELA released today its legal arguments filed with the Supreme Court of Canada in an intervention in the court's upcoming decision concerning the powers of Canadian municipalities to control pesticide use on private property. On December 7th,…
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