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Media Release Jul 23 2019 Richard Lindgren of CELA on Common Law Tools for Protecting the Environment If Canadians suffer harm, loss or injury from pollution, civil litigation may be undertaken to obtain compensation, injunctions or other appropriate relief. In
Media Release Today CELA salutes our specialty clinic colleagues at the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) and the Right To Housing (R2H) Coalition for more than a decade of hard work in achieving a National Housing Strategy. Bill C-97, Division 19 of which
Media Release While we are disappointed in Legal Aid Ontario’s decision to reduce CELA’s allocated operating funding by almost 17% this year and by 35% next year, we remain focused on, and committed to, our priority mission –seeking justice for
Media Release Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) welcomes Chair of the Canadian Section, Pierre Béland and Canadian Commissioners, Merrell-Ann Phare and Henry Lickers to the International Joint Commission (IJC). The three Commissioners were appointed for four years at an IJC meeting
Media Release Ottawa, ON — The Government of Canada is proposing that the “project list” for Bill C-69, the Impact Assessment Act, exempt many nuclear reactors from any environmental assessment. Civil society groups are condemning the exemption from environmental assessment
Media Release View associated letter and legal opinion sent April 15/19 to Prime Minister Trudeau. The UN Basel Convention constitutes binding international law and forbids the dumping of illegal wastes in developing countries. Canada has ratified the Convention and is therefore legally and morally
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