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Conservative budget levies frontal assault on environment, First Nations
Friday, March 30, 2012 Canadians opposed to the Harper government's austerity measures are rallying around the slogan Not Our Budget in response to the 2012 federal budget. Only a week after...
View ArticleHill Dispatches: Turning back the clock on environmental checks and balances
What is puzzling about Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver's announcement today of a streamlined environmental review process is the sense of urgency -- almost panic -- to get resources out of the...
View ArticleWe need better, not shorter environmental assessments
It's hard not to sympathize with those who want to drastically change provincial and federal government environmental assessment processes. You only have to suffer through one or two, witnessing...
View ArticlePeter Kent, pants on fire!
This week Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent has made repeated allegations that environmental groups are “laundering money”. This is a serious charge because according to the federal government’s...
View ArticleClarifying the deliberately confusing Bill C-38
As a long-time environmental lawyer who has watched, and, in some cases, played a role in the development of Canada's environmental laws, I am devastated at the cynical, manipulative, and undemocratic...
View ArticleShining a light on the federal government's false claims on Environmental...
Federal budgets weren’t always this controversial. Sure, there was a tough public debate around the financial direction the government was taking, but – that was all. Radical changes to environmental...
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Not Rex: C-38 Special
Is this show currently playing? June 7, 2012 The 38 Special was the official calibre for police handguns for over 80 years. Now Bill C-38 is going to blow away over 80 years of Canadian labour and...
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Not Rex breaks down omnibus budget bill C-38
Not Rex explains how Bill C-38 is going to blow away over 80 years of labour and environmental regulations.Not Rex: C-38 Special
View ArticleOntario's nuclear plants: Harper government's next environmental assessment...
I’ve been watching reality TV this week (yes I really was) on CNSC TV (not SCTV, but not dissimilar in some ways), the web channel of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). I first tuned in to...
View ArticleTaseko gets an incomplete: 50 substantial deficiencies found in environmental...
Yesterday the federal Review Panel examining the New Prosperity Gold Copper Mine Project issued a notice to proponent Taseko Mines that the company's environmental impact statement (EIS) is deficient...
View ArticleFederal government balking at first small step to rebuild Environmental...
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View ArticleEnvironmental assessment of Cliffs Chromite project is off the rails
If you follow mining in Canada you’ve certainly heard about the much hyped “Ring of Fire” or McFauld’s Lake area of northern Ontario. This area on the boundary of the Hudson Bay lowlands and boreal...
View ArticleStand up for Southgate in fight against sludge plant
The community of Southgate, Ontario is fighting to stop a sewage sludge treatment plant from being built there, beside a wetland and a few hundred meters from the local elementary school....
View ArticleNew study confirms government misled public on environmental assessment 'delays'
New study confirms government misled public on environmental assessment 'delays' We now have clear evidence there were no excessive delays and absolutely no need to gut Canada's environmental...
View ArticleGroups call for former oil exec to step down as Alberta's new energy regulator
The Council of Canadians has joined with more than 30 landowner, labour, environmental and First Nation groups to call on Alberta Premier Alison Redford to remove Gerry Protti, founding President of...
View ArticleHarper weakens rules for offshore oil drilling
The Harper government has weakened the rules for offshore drilling.Now, rather than every exploratory offshore well needing an environmental assessment, projects will only be required to undergo an...
View ArticleWanted: Environmental assessment on Enbridge's Line 9
Dear Premier Kathleen Wynne, Environment Minister Jim Bradley and Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli,We request the Ontario government conduct a Provincial Environmental Assessment on Enbridge's Line 9...
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Toronto City Council pushes back against Big Oil and Line 9
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 The Toronto City Council struck a blow to the NEB-approved project Line 9B when they voted in favour of asking Ontario to conduct a comprehensive environmental assessment....
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Provincial candidates commit to environmental assessment on Line 9
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 A coalition of grassroots groups have received confirmation from 67 provincial candidates in Ontario that, if elected, they would conduct an environmental assessment on the...
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Experts: Halt tar sands development until environmental impacts are properly...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014A moratorium on any new oil sands expansion is imperative given Canada's failure to properly assess the total environmental and climate impacts, Canadian and U.S. experts say in...
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