Media Release Minister of Environment Leona Dombrowsky today announced that a draft Drinking Water Source Protection Act has been posted to the Environmental Bill of Rights registry for public comment. The government intends to introduce the legislation in the fall…
Read More Media Release: Ontario Proposes Badly Needed Source Protection Legislation
Media Release Toronto. CELA today praised Ontario Environment Minister Dombrowsky’s release of the White Paper on Watershed-based Source Protection Planning. “Source protection planning in Ontario is long overdue and is urgently needed for the protection of drinking water sources throughout…
Read More Media Release: Province Moves Forward On Source Protection
Media Release (Toronto) A coalition of doctors, nurses, lawyers, and environmentalists who supported the City’s decision to adopt a pesticide bylaw now urge City Council to provide funds for educating the public about the bylaw this year. The bylaw was…
Media Release Today, Environment Minister Leona Dombrowsky announced the membership of two essential source protection committees - covering technical and implementation issues respectively. CELA counsel Theresa McClenaghan will be sitting on the province’s source protection implementation committee. CELA advocated the…
Read More Media Release: CELA Appointed to Source Protection Committee
Media Release Today, the Superior Court dismissed Crop Life Canada’s application challenging City of Toronto By-law 456-2003 to prohibit the use of pesticides. Crop Life Canada is an industry body that represents the manufacturers of pesticide products. "We are absolutely…
Read More Media Release: Superior Court Dismisses Industry Challenge of Toronto Pesticide By-law
Media Release Urges Councillors to Put Kids Health First Now (Toronto) Today, health professionals, environmental groups, trade unions, and the Humane Society of Canada issued a final call for Toronto City Council to approve a bylaw which would restrict the…
Read More Media Release: Pesticide Bylaw Partnership Makes Final Push
