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| Maude Barlow, Mark Mattson on the Great Lakes, Fisheries Act Allie Kosela, Waterkeeper.ca Weekly | May 15th, 2012
  |  | | The Great Lakes need great friends and great protections. (Photo credit: Dylan Neild) |
You’ve heard about the heartbreaking news for Canada’s water lovers. Like us, you don’t want last month’s Earth Day to be Canada’s last one ever. We know your Canada includes fish. This week, there are some important and free events for you to learn how Canada and the Great Lakes will be impacted by sweeping environmental policy changes.
Tuesday, May 15, 7:00 pm
Great Lakes Need Great Friends
Maude Barlow and Mark Mattson will speak about the importance of protecting our Great Lakes. Join them at the Argonaut Rowing Club to hear them speak about the Great Lakes as a commons and local issues Torontonians face.Argonaut Rowing Club, Toronto, ON
Wednesday, May 16, 7:30 pm
Great Lakes Need Great Friends
The second stop on the Council of Canadian’s Great Lakes tour takes Maude and Mark to Hamilton. Learn about what you can do locally in Hamilton to work towards a Great Lakes commons.First Unitarian Church, Hamilton, ON
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|  | Proposed environmental changes in the federal government’s omnibus budget bill would dilute existing regulations, says the past-president of a local conservation group.Chris Grooms, a member of the Kingston Field Naturalists, said it appears the intent of the proposed changes “is to weaken all the regulations.”“They talk about efficiencies, that the... (more) | | Canada Environmental Law Fish Research |
| | | Great Lakes groups on both sides of the Canada/U.S. border are not going to let the Conservative government of Stephen Harper gut one of Canada’s most effective pieces of environmental protection legislation.Canada’s decades-old federal Fisheries Act – a piece of legislation that was actually approved and embraced with pride by the former Conservative government of... (more) | | Canada Environmental Law Fish Ontario Research |
|  | Transport Canada announces to new appointees to the Oshawa port Authority board:
The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today announced the appointments of Mr. Joe Allison and Mr. Norman Mackie to the board of directors of the Oshawa Port Authority for three-year terms.
Read the full story via Transport Canada | Appointments to the... (more) | | Durham Region Other Shipping, boating & navigation |
| | | Great Lakes United is offering a free public issue briefing Thursday, May 17 at 12:00pm EDT regarding the proposed Fisheries Act rollbacks. Mark Mattson of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper will be leading the presentation. Reserve your spot now by contacting Lauren Cheal by email at lcheal [at] glu.org.Join Waterkeeper and Great Lakes United for a free issue briefing on the... (more) | | Canada Environmental Law Features Fish Great Lakes-Basin Research Waterkeeper.ca Weekly |
| | | It should be no surprise to federal authorities that toxic Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) is leaking off Hamilton’s airport fire training pad since they have been dealing for years with the same pollutant at numerous other Canadian airfield fire training areas. A multi-million dollar cleanup has been underway in Williams Lake BC since 2005 and PFOS pollution has... (more) | | Development & Land Use Environmental Law Fish Hamilton and Region Sewers & Urban Runoff |
| | | The Government of Canada has decided to move forward with a new nuclear power plant in Darlington, Ontario. Lake Ontario Waterkeeper is one of several environmental organizations challenging this project in federal court right now. For background on that case, please see our Fall 2011 press release.
The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, announced today the... (more) | | Drink Durham Region Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Fish Nuclear Industry |
|  | I remember the first time I sat around a kitchen table in a rural community giving environmental law advice. I was speaking with a farmer who was beset by pollution running across his fields and destroying his fish and hunting camp along the Rideau Canal.The family had asked my law firm what we could do about the landfill leachate from a major Ontario city dump that was... (more) | | Canada Drink Environmental Law Features Fish Swim Waterkeeper's work Waterkeeper.ca Weekly |
| | | Laura Bowman writes about the cost of hiding environmental information on Rabble.ca. She notes that governments routinely discriminate against information requests from environmental organizations:
Federal and provincial governments are currently promoting the benefits of streamlining environmental decisions, but largely ignoring the benefits of streamlining public access to... (more) | | Environmental Law Other |
| | | In April 2012, the Harper Government announced sweeping changes to Canada's environmental protection legislation, including the nation's flagship water protection law, the Fisheries Act. This story was covered by Debra Eindiguer of the Green Party of Canada on April 27:
C-38 also guts the Fisheries Act’s habitat provisions. “Apparently, the only important fish are those... (more) | | Canada Environmental Law Fish |
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