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Lawyers release report card grading proposed federal environmental law reforms

VANCOUVER, BC, Coast Salish Territories – Following the release of the federal government’s discussion paper

Topics: Strong Environmental Laws, Environmental Assessment
Proposed federal environmental law reforms fall short of the mark, need more work

Proposed changes to Fisheries Act and National Energy Board encouraging, but environmental assessment and Navigation Protection Act reforms fall far short, say environmental lawyers

Topics: Strong Environmental Laws, Canada's Environmental Reviews, Environmental Assessment
Oceans Act amendments raise the bar on marine protection, say environmental lawyers

Proposed changes add some wind to the law’s sails; more needed for rough waters ahead

Topics: Strong Environmental Laws, Marine Protection, Protected Areas
NEB Modernization Panel report: The good, the workable and the ugly

VANCOUVER, BC, Coast Salish Territories - The report released today by the Expert Panel on the Modernization of the National Energy Board (NEB) contains a mixed bag of recommendations to significantly overhaul Canada’s sys

Topics: Strong Environmental Laws, Environmental Assessment
21 leading organizations ask government to enact panel recommendations on freedom of speech for charities and income tax law reform

Ottawa, ON – Today, 21 leading charities and non-profit organizations reacted to a new independent Expert Panel Report by requesting the federal government immediately table a bill to implement

Topics: Strong Environmental Laws
Canadians demand big changes to environmental assessment law

Environmental lawyers say Expert Panel report should be a floor, not a ceiling

Topics: Strong Environmental Laws, Canada's Environmental Reviews, Environmental Assessment
Health and ENGO groups say new BC rules lock in cosmetic pesticide use

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Topics: Green Communities
Foreign Funding Poll: British Columbians Worried about Foreign Investment in Canadian Resources, Not Philanthropic Support for Environmental Groups

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (Jan. 9, 2012) - A poll released today by BC environmental groups shows that almost 75 percent of British Columbians are worried about foreign investment in Canadian natural resources.

Topics: Strong Environmental Laws
District of Central Saanich concedes in Court battle over water line

 

District of Central Saanich repeals bylaw, pays court costs for neighbourhood group

Topics: Environmental Legal Support, Green Communities