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,…
Media Release Toronto. Environmental groups have identified a number of significant shortcomings in the new Drinking Water Protection Regulation announced today by the Ontario government."The new regulation is only an interim step," stated Richard Lindgren, staff lawyer with the Canadian…
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Media Release Toronto. The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), a legal aid clinic specializing in environmental law, will represent the Concerned Walkerton Citizens (CWC) group during the upcoming public inquiry. CELA has a 30 year history representing citizens and community…
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Media Release Concerned Walkerton Citizens (CWC), a new, broadly-based group of residents of Walkerton have asked the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) to help them submit recommendations for the terms of reference for the Public Inquiry into the E. coli…
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Media Release Queen's Park, Toronto. The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) and Dr. Adam Winterton of Chesley, Ontario announced their intention to formally require the Minister of Environment to consider the introduction of a Safe…
Media Release Toronto. Late Friday afternoon, Toronto Environmental Alliance, Sierra Club of Canada, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Parents’ Environmental Network, Healthy Lawns-Healthy People, Pesticide Action Group Kitchener, Working Group on the Health Dangers of the Urban Use of Pesticides, Environmental…
