Blog: What could Budget 2018 mean for Canada’s environment?

Blog post by Kerrie Blaise, CELA Counsel on November 24, 2017 Canada is consulting on Budget 2018. So too, is the Canadian Environmental Law Association and 18 other leading Canadian environmental organizations who have headed to Ottawa, as the Green Budget Coalition, to…

Blog: Where you live should not harm your health

Blog post by Kathleen Cooper, Senior Researcher and Paralegal on November 2, 2017 RentSafe outreach resources and baseline research reports in production For people of comfortable means, home typically means well-being and security. Statistics confirm that wealthier people are healthier with lower…

Media Release: Bill 154 Threatens Health, Safety and the Environment of Ontario Residents

Media Release Oct 30 2017 Toronto – According to a letter sent to the Premier by sixteen environmental, health and labour organizations, Bill 154, an Act to cut unnecessary red tape, currently before the Ontario Legislature threatens the health, safety and environment of…

Media Release: Ontario Residents: Write to your MPP about the need for nuclear emergency planning

Media Release Greenpeace makes it easy to write to your MPP. View suggested talking points and use their on-line form here. Oct 06 2017 I’m an Ontarian, and I deserve world-class nuclear emergency plans. This summer — six years after Fukushima…

Media Release: Nuclear disaster plans overlook Durham’s unique challenges

Media Release Whitby, ON – Durham Region residents could be left vulnerable in the event of a reactor accident unless significant improvements are made to the provincial government’s proposed revisions to its nuclear emergency plans, say environmental organizations. “The holes in…