This webinar is an overview of a recently completed project by multiple stakeholders to explore successes, challenges & lessons learned from existing municipal septic re-inspection programs across Ontario, and a review of the legal context for managing rural wastewater. Panelists…
Category: Public Legal Education
Webinar – An Overview of Septic System Re-inspection Programs in Ontario
There are approximately 1.2 million residential on-site wastewater treatment systems in use in Ontario. A quarter of these are located directly adjacent to the lakes and rivers of the Great Lakes Basin.
Allies in Addressing Water for First Nations
CELA's Theresa McClenaghan and Kerrie Blaise presented on CELA's mandate and services to the Assembly of First Nations. Download slide deck here: AFN-Water-Symposium-Nov21-2019.
Canadian Climate Law and Vulnerable Communities
CELA's ED Theresa McClenaghan spoke on the topic of Canadian climate law and vulnerable communities at the University of Western Ontario's Climate Change symposium.
CPCHE Position Statement on Climate Change
The Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment (CPCHE) Position Statement on Climate Change.
Court Upholds Public Participation Rights under Ontario’s EBR
Posted by Richard D. Lindgren, Counsel In a recent judgment, Ontario’s Divisional Court has upheld public participation rights under Part II of Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR). The central legal question in this litigation was whether a provincial election…