Media Release: Environmentalists hail precedent-setting Ontario court victory

Media Release Lafarge loses bid to stop hearing into tire and waste-burning at Bath cement kiln TORONTO – In a precedent-setting decision that will impact air, water and waste decisions throughout the province, the Ontario Divisional Court ruled late yesterday…

Blog: Decision Upholds Citizens’ Participatory Rights under the Environmental Bill of Rights

Reprint (Ontario Bar Association - Environews - January, 2009) by Kaitlyn Mitchell The Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993 (“EBR”) (1) was enacted to protect the environment by giving Ontario residents meaningful ways in which to participate in environmentally significant government…

The NAFTA Investment Chapter: Extreme Corporate Rights. Investment in Developing Countries: Meeting the Human Rights Challenge

Title: The NAFTA Investment Chapter: Extreme Corporate Rights. Investment in Developing Countries: Meeting the Human Rights Challenge Resource Type: Presentation Content: 451nafta # of Pages: 9 Date authored: June 11, 2003 Author/s: Michelle Swenarchuk Author Organization: Canadian Environmental Law Association