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|  | Lake Ontario Waterkeeper has been monitoring debate in the House of Commons regarding sweeping changes to the Fisheries Act and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. Each day we post excerpts from the debates below, with the most recent commentary at the top. We try to select the most relevant debates and do not necessarily support or endorse the content or the views of... (more) | | Canada Environmental Law Fish |
| | | Editor’s note: The following letter was addressed to local MP John Weston. A copy was provided to The Question for publication. The writers said they have since been contacted by Weston, who said he intended to take the following concerns to the federal Fisheries Minister.Dear Mr. Weston,The Sea to Sky Fisheries Roundtable, comprised of a broad range of Canadians with... (more) | | Canada Environmental Law Fish Issue |
| | | 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 |
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