Media Release Much-Needed Source Protection Legislation Receives Second Reading Toronto – Laurel Broten, Ontario’s Environment Minister, presented the Clean Water Act, 2005 to the Legislative Assembly and it passed Second Reading this afternoon. The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) commends…
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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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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Media Release Toronto - Ontario Environment Minister Leona Dombrowsky and Ontario Natural Resources Minister David Ramsay today announced 12.5 million dollars in funding for watershed based source protection in Ontario. Funds are directed to conservation authorities and municipalities to hire…
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