Tag: public health

Media Release Today, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a by-law passed by the town of Hudson, Quebec that banned the cosmetic use of pesticides within municipal boundaries, including on private property. The Court held that the municipal by-law did…

Read More Media Release: Victory for Pesticide Reduction and Local Democracy

Media Release Toronto. CELA released today its legal arguments filed with the Supreme Court of Canada in an intervention in the court's upcoming decision concerning the powers of Canadian municipalities to control pesticide use on private property. On December 7th,…

Read More Media Release: Environmental and Citizens’ Groups File Pesticide Arguments with Supreme Court

Media Release Toronto. Late Friday afternoon, Toronto Environmental Alliance, Sierra Club of Canada, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Parents’ Environmental Network, Healthy Lawns-Healthy People, Pesticide Action Group Kitchener, Working Group on the Health Dangers of the Urban Use of Pesticides, Environmental…

Read More Media Release: CELA’S Clients Intervening in Supreme Court of Canada Municipal Pesticides By-Law Case

Media Release Toronto. Eleven environmental groups yesterday applied to the Supreme Court of Canada to intervene in a challenge by two lawn care companies against a bylaw in Hudson, Quebec which bans the use of pesticides in the town. Chemlawn…

Read More Media Release: Environmental Groups Seek Leave to Intervene in Supreme Court of Canada Case on Pesticide By-Laws