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Heat-related Death Tracking in Ontario

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A Letter from CELA and other legal aid clinics was sent to the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario expressing their concern about the increasing impact of extreme heat on our client communities. Vulnerable people are more prone to heat-related death. With the climate crisis worsening, it is essential that the Coroner’s Office improves its tracking of heat-related deaths to better capture the true impact of extreme heat and to allow for government policy to address the full extent of the problem.

CELA-PCN comment on the risk assessment framework for nanomaterials

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CELA and Prevent Cancer Now (PCN) have provided comments to pre-consultation on the draft Framework for risk assessment of manufactured nanomaterials (NMs), under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA).

NGO comments to new requirements for reporting releases of criteria air contaminants and speciated volatile organic compounds to the National Pollutant Release Inventory

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CELA and various NGOs submitted comments and recommendations to the following consultation document released for public comments: Changes to the National Pollutant Release Inventory substance list for 2022, related to the Chemicals Management Plan Consultation document, March 2021. Our comments and recommendations below follow up on initial comments provided as early engagement through the work of the NPRI Multi-Stakeholder Work Group.

NGO comments to Changes to the National Pollutant Release Inventory substance list for 2022

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CELA and several other NGOs have provided comments and recommendations to the consultation document released for public comments: New requirements for reporting releases of criteria air contaminants and speciated volatile organic compounds to the National Pollutant Release Inventory, Consultation document, March 2021. Our comments and recommendations build upon initial comments provided as early engagement.

Proposal to Develop a Canada Water Agency

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Submissions of CELA to the Government of Canada regarding the proposal to develop a Canada Water Agency

Blog: Auditor general criticizes Ontario’s environmental record

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CELA Counsel Richard Lindgren blogs about Ontario auditor general Bonnie Lysyk's recent annual report on the provincial government’s environmental record in 2019-20.