With funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) officially launched the Healthy Great Lakes program in December 2016.
CELA identified a need to enhance the capacity of organizations working to influence freshwater policy in Ontario and has been working to engage a broad network of individuals and organizations in understanding, shaping, effectively implementing, and making use of laws and policies that promote freshwater health in the Great Lakes – St Lawrence River Basin.
Law Reform: Safe Drinking Water for All 18% of people in Ontario don’t have sufficient legal protections for their drinking water. That’s over 2.6 million people whose water is at risk of contamination – from sewage works, landfills, manure application,
Law Reform: Get the Lead Out of Drinking Water We’ve known for a long time that exposure to even very low levels of lead can have serious health consequences, especially for children and babies in utero. Although the health impacts
Law Reform: Ontario’s Clean Water Act The final recommendations of the Walkerton Inquiry, held in response to the drinking water contamination tragedy there in May of 2000, described the protection of drinking water sources – source water protection – as
Quarterly in-depth discussions amongst water champions about important freshwater policy topics
Quarterly in-depth discussions amongst water champions about important freshwater policy topics
CELA’s response to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development’s study on freshwater, which examined federal policies and legislation relating to freshwater.
On the eve of World Environment Day, CELA reflects on the status of a number of federal pieces of legislation that are critical to environmental justice in Canada
The provincial government has initiated the first (of three) steps toward implementing remaining changes to Ontario’s Conservation Authorities Act that have been on the books for a couple of years.
CELA lawyers recently submitted a letter to Ontario’s Environment Minister regarding the province’s voluntary Best Practices for Source Water Protection.
CELA has provided comments on the Draft Low Impact Development Stormwater Management Guidance Manual (ERO Number: 019-4971).
CELA has provided comments on the draft Subwatershed Planning Guide
CELA partnered with Wildlands League to host a webinar about expanding the Greenbelt. CELA Special Projects Counsel, Healthy Great Lakes, Anastasia Lintner presented. Anastasia’s presentation is available here: Expand the Greenbelt for Nature and People (CELA presentation)
Speak Up on How and Where to Grow Ontario’s Greenbelt – Information Session for Guelph-Wellington Webinar originally aired March 25, 2021 Ontario’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is seeking feedback on ways to grow the size of the Greenbelt.
Speak Up on How and Where to Grow Ontario’s Greenbelt – Information Session for Greenbelt-West Ontario’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is seeking feedback on ways to grow the size of the Greenbelt. This is an important opportunity for
