This memorandum briefs municipalities on their broad jurisdiction to enact by-laws dedicated to tackling environmental concerns.
Legal Information: Municipal Powers to Address Climate Change
Tag: Planning Act
Media Release: CELA Lawyers to Represent Residents’ Group at Tribunal Hearing on Controversial Asphalt Plant in Napanee
CELA has been retained to represent a residents' group in Napanee regarding an upcoming Ontario Land Tribunal hearing on a proposed asphalt plant.
Letter to Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing re: Bill 109
CELA submitted a letter to Ontario's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing regarding the recent passage of Bill 109 in a manner that contravenes public participation rights under the Environmental Bill of Rights.
Bill 109 – Proposed Amendments to the Planning Act
CELA submitted a letter to Ontario's Commissioner of the Environment in relation to the recent passage of Bill 109 in a manner that contravenes public participation rights under the Environmental Bill of Rights.
Healthy Waters and Sustainable Planning
Given cumulative assaults on regional forests and wetlands as well as the deterioration in local water quality and aquatic and amphibian species, a valid question arises: Is Ontario’s current system of land use planning protecting our waters?
Court Declares Ontario Government Broke the Law
Decision on Bill 197 legal challenge reaffirms right to participate in environmental decision-making