Posted by Richard D. Lindgren, CELA Counsel on April 23, 2019 Article originally published April 3, 2019 online in The Lawyer's Daily Across Canada, low-income persons and disadvantaged communities often bear a disproportionate burden of the adverse health and environmental impacts from contaminants that…
Tag: Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Greening Federal Environmental Law: An Overview
Posted by Richard D. Lindgren, CELA Counsel on February 14, 2018 The Government of Canada has recently revealed a sweeping package of legislative reforms that, if enacted, will significantly change several of Canada’s most important environmental statutes. For example, in early February 2018, Bill…
Public opinion reaches tipping point on environmental rights
Ontarians overwhelmingly support environmental rights, want stronger government action to protect the environment Joint media release of CELA, Ecojustice and the Blue Dot movement Dec 13 2016 TORONTO – A Nanos poll released today shows Ontarians overwhelmingly favour legal recognition of…
Grassy Narrows sues Ontario over mercury health threat from clearcut logging
Ground breaking case invokes Charter to protect First Nation community from toxic harm Sep 14 2015 Toronto – Today the Grassy Narrows First Nation is filing legal proceedings against Ontario asking the Divisional Court to overturn provincial plans for a decade of clearcut…