Enviromental Defense

APRIL 17, 2024

Cassie Barker, Senior Program Manager for Toxics at Environmental Defence, was on Parliament Hill yesterday when the motion was introduced and is available to discuss this new motion in depth. More than 98 per cent of us already have PFAS in our blood—substances with known ties to thyroid disease, asthma and an array of cancers.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 16, 2023

We are relieved to see that this bill enshrines the Greenbelt’s boundaries in the Greenbelt Act itself, and includes provisions that would reverse the $8.28 billion dollar giveaway of development rights in the Duffins Rouge Agricultural preserve and prevent land speculators from suing the government for undeserved “compensation”.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 21, 2024

The federal government has done this even though it has not yet put in place a revised law or committed to a new designation, representing a gross abandonment of federal responsibility to protect the people of Ontario and an acceleration of ongoing attacks on our shared future by the provincial government.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 23, 2022

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, BREAST CANCER ACTION QUEBEC, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION, ECOJUSTICE. Bill S-5 modernizes Canada’s cornerstone environmental law on pollution and toxic substances. Cassie Barker, Senior Toxics Program Manager, Environmental Defence, said: .

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 21, 2022

OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Today, the Senate Energy, Environment and Natural Resources ( ENEV ) Committee completes its review of Bill S-5, a long-awaited government bill to modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. Ecojustice.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 23, 2023

The right to a healthy environment will be recognized for the first time under federal law. The right to a healthy environment will be recognized for the first time under federal law. The House of Commons committee studying the legislation reported the bill with amendments yesterday.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2023

This study is needed due to the Ontario government’s decision to remove 4,700 acres of land from the protection of the Greenbelt directly adjacent to Rouge National Park. This study is needed due to the Ontario government’s decision to remove 4,700 acres of land from the protection of the Greenbelt directly adjacent to Rouge National Park.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

While CEPA requires the federal environment minister to develop risk management strategies for each substance found to be toxic, implementation of planned control measures can be delayed by years, or even decades. Addressing this problem is a critical gap in the federal government’s bill to modernize CEPA, say environmental and health groups.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 1, 2023

After years of advocating for stronger toxics laws, we are celebrating the passage of Bill S-5 – the Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act in the House of the Commons. It also means critical and hard-fought protections can’t be rolled back.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2023

This week, on March 21 and 22, the federal government is defending its Impact Assessment Act (IAA) (formerly Bill C-69) at the Supreme Court of Canada. We spent years fighting for much-needed legislation to strengthen Canada’s environmental laws and fix the broken project review process. That’s why we’re in court defending this law.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Advocates for social justice and equity, environmental protection, and public health call on Parliament to expedite passage of Bill C-226, Canada’s first environmental racism law.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Nature loss is an environmental and social issue that threatens the health of people and the planet alike. Implementing an ambitious Global Biodiversity Framework and Canadian Biodiversity Action Plan can transform the world and halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. There is no time to wait.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 2, 2022

Finally, after over two decades of waiting, the Canadian government listened to the thousands of people across Canada who called for stronger laws to protect us against toxic chemicals. At the end of June, the Senate approved Bill S-5, the long-awaited legislation to modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA).

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 20, 2023

Imperial Oil’s Kearl mine has been leaking toxic industrial wastewater, called tailings, onto the territories of numerous Indigenous communities, including Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Mikisew Cree First Nation, for over nine months. million litres of wastewater into the environment.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The decision is a major win that upholds Canadians’ right to participate in decision-making about risky pesticides that impact their health and that of the environment. G lyphosate poses an unacceptable risk to human health. Toronto, Ont./ Attorney General of Canada.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, BREAST CANCER ACTION QUEBEC, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION, ECOJUSTICE. Environment committee to consider Bill S-5 this week. It has been over two decades since CEPA, Canada’s cornerstone environmental protection law, was last modernized.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 28, 2022

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, BREAST CANCER ACTION QUEBEC, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION, ECOJUSTICE, ÉQUITERRE. CEPA is supposed to protect people in Canada from harmful pollution and toxic chemicals, but it has not been significantly updated in over 20 years.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

million litres of wastewater into the environment. million litres of wastewater into the environment. “We There are no right words. When will government stand up with action for Indigenous rights in this country?” The leak only came to light when a separate incident spilled 5.3 The seepage from Kearl is ongoing.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2021

PFAS have also been found to be extremely persistent in the environment, which is where their description as “forever” chemicals came from. ( As seen in the table below, out of the 231 Canadian and American cosmetics tested, more than 52 per cent of them had high levels of fluorine, which suggests the presence of PFAS.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 15, 2023

Greater transparency is needed to give consumers the basic “right to know” about the products we use. It would also force product manufacturers to reformulate their ingredients and materials to use less harmful substances in the Canadian marketplace. Exposure to harmful chemicals will continue to put people and ecosystems at risk.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 9, 2022

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, BREAST CANCER ACTION QUEBEC, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION, ECOJUSTICE. Groups welcome Senate committee amendments to protect the right to a healthy environment and close loopholes.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, BREAST CANCER ACTION QUEBEC, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION, ECOJUSTICE, ÉQUITERRE. CEPA is supposed to protect Canadians from harmful pollution and toxic chemicals, but it has not been updated in over 20 years.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 17, 2023

Canada must seek justice under relevant federal laws, including the Fisheries Act, and provide a comprehensive baseline human health study over the next ten years. Canada must seek justice under relevant federal laws, including the Fisheries Act, and provide a comprehensive baseline human health study over the next ten years.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Statement from Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment Program Manager, Environmental Defence. That is because the substantive impact of Schedule 2 of the bill – Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve Repeal Act – is to remove strong legal protection for the Greenbelt’s unique Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 21, 2023

Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – This week, the federal government is defending its Impact Assessment Act (IAA) (formerly Bill C-69) at the Supreme Court of Canada. Provincial and federal governments share the legal authority to protect the environment and conserve nature.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 19, 2023

The proposal to regulate PFAS as a class of chemicals allows the government to more effectively address the human health and environmental harms associated with these thousands of chemicals in products. Today’s proposal is a bold step in the right direction.” a leader in toxics policy. a leader in toxics policy.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 4, 2022

Significant amendments made to Planning Act without required public consultation. ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, EARTHROOTS, ONTARIO NATURE, SMART GROWTH WATERLOO REGION. Leading environmental organizations assert that the adverse impacts of these changes to farmland, water systems and natural areas will be significant.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 18, 2024

WHAT : Yours to Protect Weekend Days of Action, featuring more than 40 events from Amherstberg to Ottawa. WHAT : Yours to Protect Weekend Days of Action, featuring more than 40 events from Amherstberg to Ottawa. 1, McGregor, ON Planting of a pollinator garden, various booths (including EVs), children’s activities. .#1,

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Climate catastrophes are happening throughout our planet, and are only projected to get more intense and more frequent, unless we get a handle on addressing the leading cause of this crisis: Fossil Fuels. We are in the midst of a climate crisis – that much is certain. degrees Celsius. degrees Celsius.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 10, 2023

In 2021, recognizing the urgent need to address the industry’s carbon pollution, the Canadian government committed to limit and reduce oil and gas emissions at a pace and scale needed to keep global average temperatures to below 1.5 A majority of the Canadian public supports putting a firm limit on oil and gas emissions.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Montreal | Traditional, unceded territory of the kanien’kehá:ka First Nation – Yesterday, the Kunming-Montreal Agreement was announced at COP15 in Montreal to halt and reverse global biodiversity loss by 2030. and ignoring and violating Indigenous rights and sovereignty on several fronts with its handling of the Line 5 pipeline.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 1, 2022

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, GRAVEL WATCH ONTARIO, SIMCOE COUNTY GREENBELT COALITION. Mining these aggregates will have serious impacts on nearby communities and must be addressed in environmental reviews of the proposed highways. Simcoe County, Ont. – There is no net benefit.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 17, 2021

After a summer of devastating extreme weather events and stark IPCC report, 34 of Canada’s leading environmental organizations call on voters to demand transformative change. The State of Science Index 2021 reported that 63% of Canadians – and 81% of youth – say the pandemic has made them more environmentally conscious.)

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 11, 2023

While Enbridge continues to spin a narrative that it can be trusted to act in the best interest of the Great Lakes, its actions tell a different story. In order to keep the dangerous 70-year-old Line 5 oil pipeline in operation, Enbridge is violating tribal rights and sovereignty in both Wisconsin and Michigan.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

The “Rights of Nature” movement is fundamentally rethinking humanity’s relationship with nature, and it is gaining momentum. The “Rights of Nature” movement is fundamentally rethinking humanity’s relationship with nature, and it is gaining momentum. What are the “Rights of Nature”? What countries have declared rights of nature?

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 18, 2024

WHAT : Yours to Protect Weekend Days of Action, featuring more than 40 events from Amherstberg to Ottawa. WHAT : Yours to Protect Weekend Days of Action, featuring more than 40 events from Amherstberg to Ottawa. 1, McGregor, ON Planting of a pollinator garden, various booths (including EVs), children’s activities. .#1,

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

In celebration of Environment Day 2020 on June 5, we publish here in full the speech given by Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme. “World Environment Day is a day of celebration. This year, we cannot take to the beaches, forests and streets.

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