CELA and other environmental groups filed a joint submission to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada regarding the proposed "One Project, One Review" approach under the federal Impact Assessment Act.
This blog by CELA lawyer Richard Lindgren provides an overview of the background and content of the federal government's recently proposed amendments to the Impact Assessment Act.
CELA presented a brief to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development on whether the federal Environmental Commissioner should be restructured as an independent officer of Parliament. Prepared by: Richard D. Lindgren, Counsel, Canadian Environmental Law Association Download CELA's…
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Joint submission from more than 60 environmental NGO's commenting on proposed changes to the Growth Plan of the Greater Golden Horseshoe in order to maintain existing protections for water sources.
Letter to PM detailing recommendations for short- and medium-term investment in natural infrastructure as an integral part of Canada's recovery from the COVID crisis and its long-term resilience to climate change.
CELA and 15 other organizations have written a letter to the Prime Minister urging the government to resist pressure to weaken or delay the implementation of federal environmental laws during the COVID-19 pandemic.
