This blog by CELA lawyer Richard Lindgren provides an overview of the background and content of the federal government's recently proposed amendments to the Impact Assessment Act.
CELA supports the LCO's report on updating and strengthening the province’s 30-year-old Environmental Bill of Rights.
CELA submitted a brief opposing the Ontario government's proposal to exempt certain orders under the Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act from the public consultation requirements of Part II of the EBR.
CELA submitted a brief to the Ontario government regarding the province's proposal to revoke the current Municipal Class EA and to pass a new regulation under the EAA that sets out streamlined EA requirements for certain municipal infrastructure projects.
CELA and other environmental groups submitted a letter to the federal government to outline the types of amendments to the Impact Assessment Act that are required to address the recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling about the constitutionality of the Act.
A joint letter by CELA and 11 health and environmental NGOs to Ministers of Environment and Climate Change Canada, Health, Agriculture and Agri-food concerned about the role of CropLife in public policy development.
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