Articles

The Environmental Bill of Rights allows residents to initiate a review of existing environmental legislation and policy through the Environmental Commissioner for Ontario.

A former Fisheries and Oceans Canada official contends that the federal government is considering watering down section 35 of the Fisheries Act to only protect fish of economic, cultural or ecological value, rather than all fish habitat.

As the Charter turns 30, Kaitlyn Mitchell examines the question of environmental rights and what they would mean in the Canadian context.

In the recently-concluded Zephyr Farms wind energy case, an Environmental Review Tribunal decision clarifies the nature of an appeal from a decision to grant a renewable energy approval, and a subsequent decision provides guidance on the evidence that will be necessary to prove health impacts.

In assessing the MOE’s remediation orders against Nortel, the Ontario Superior Court has weighed in on the “untidy intersection” between the CCAA priority structure and MOE remediation powers.

Recently, the federal government has indicated that the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act should be streamlined and has described its proposed solutions.

We’re very pleased to present the fourth (and final) edition of Environews for the 2011-2012 OBA year. Our authors - some you’ve heard from before, some fresh to the pages of Environews - have contributed great articles.