Ontario Superior Court of Justice, between Croplife Canada (applicant) and Corporation of the City of Toronto (Respondent). APPLICATION UNDER section 273(1) of the Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, c.25. Affidavit of Kathleen Cooper on behalf of the Canadian Environmental Law Association…
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Media Release Urges Councillors to Put Kids Health First Now (Toronto) Today, health professionals, environmental groups, trade unions, and the Humane Society of Canada issued a final call for Toronto City Council to approve a bylaw which would restrict the…
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Media Release (Toronto) Doctors, nurses, lawyers, and environmentalists congratulated the Medical Officer of Health for proposing a pesticide bylaw for the City of Toronto, and urged the Board of Health to adopt the by-law. Dr. Sheela Basrur detailed a bylaw…
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Title: Partnership for Pesticide Bylaws: Platform Statement Content: ppbplatform # of Pages: 2 Date authored: November 8, 2002 Author/s: Partnership for Pesticide Bylaws
Media Release The Partnership for Pesticide Bylaws, a new collaboration of health professionals and other concerned organizations, held a media conference to announce their call for Toronto to enact a bylaw prohibiting cosmetic pesticide use to protect public health, children's…
Blog posted by Kathleen Cooper, CELA Senior Researcher From the Grassroots to the Supreme Court, and Back Again When the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously decided, in June of 2001, that the small community of Hudson, Quebec had the legal…
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