Comments by the Canadian Environmental Law Association and Nature Canada in response to Bill S-5 Ottawa – By approving a deeply disappointing Bill S-5 (amending…
What started as a discussion on protecting our source water became a deep dive into how climate change is impacting quality freshwater sourcing in Canada.…
The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) is calling on Canadians to recognize the health impacts of hazardous lead in drinking water—and to help advocate for…
In response to the Ontario Government’s proposed Bill 66, the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), which represented the Concerned Walkerton Citizens at the Walkerton Inquiry,…
Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has recently changed the measurement standard for E. coli at public beaches, permitting more of the bacteria per…
The Canada-EU Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) moved closer to full implementation this fall. A late- October challenge from the Walloon region of Belgium threatened…
Jacqueline Wilson is counsel at the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) and works on law reform and litigation relating to climate change, energy policy, and…
A day after Ontario Minister of the Environment John Gerretsen announced some details of the province’s proposed Water Opportunities and Water Conservation Act, the feedback…
With the announcement of the proposed Water Opportunities Act in yesterday’s Speech from the Throne, the Ontario government is setting the province on a path…
Federal pollution data would give valuable additional information to the program created to protect sources of Ontarians’ drinking water, says a new report from the…