Blog: CELA Applauds the 25th Anniversary of Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights

Blog post by Richard D. Lindgren, CELA Counsel on February 12, 2019 On February 15, 1994, Ontario’s ground-breaking Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR) was proclaimed into force by the provincial government. From CELA’s perspective, this proclamation was a long overdue but momentous occasion. CELA…

Bill 66: Legal Review and Advocacy Update

Title: Bill 66: Legal Review and Advocacy Update Resource Type: Presentation Content: 1243-CELABill66 # of Pages: 33 Date authored: February 7, 2019 Publication number: 1243 Author/s: Anastasia M Lintner Author Organization: CELA

Blog: Ontario Axes Independent Environmental Watchdog

Blog post by Richard D. Lindgren, CELA Counsel on February 4, 2019 NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Lawyer’s Daily website published by LexisNexis Canada Inc. on January 8, 2019 The Ontario government recently passed Bill 57(Restoring Trust, Transparency and Accountability Act, 2018), which…

Submissions on Bill 66, Schedule 5 (TRA Repeal)

Title: Submissions on Bill 66, Schedule 5 (TRA Repeal) Responding to “Repeal of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 and all associated regulations by December 31, 2021” (ERO # 013-4234) and “Planning and reporting changes under the toxics reduction program and Ontario Regulation 455/09” (ERO…

CELA’s Bill 66 Schedule 10 Brief – Planning and Clean Water

Title: CELA's Bill 66 Schedule 10 Brief - Planning and Clean Water Resource Type: Response to Consultation Content: 1234-CELABrief-Bill66_0 # of Pages: 68 Date authored: January 16, 2019 Publication number: 1234 Author/s: Theresa McClenaghan & Rick Lindgren Author Organization: CELA

Blog: Ontario’s drinking water rules are not red tape

Blog post by Theresa McClenaghan and Richard D. Lindgren, Executive Director and Counsel, CELA on January 2, 2019 Opinion originally published December 21, 2018 by the Toronto Star. A fierce debate was recently unleashed in Ontario when the provincial government introduced Bill 66,…