Canada (2378 articles) Canada borders on all of the Great Lakes, except Lake Michigan. 1 in 5 Canadians lives in the Great Lakes Basin, nearly all in the Province of Ontario. The federal government plays a role in international treaties, fisheries, and regulation of the nuclear industry.
|  | Mr. François Lapointe (Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, NDP):Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the government quietly revealed that it will spend more than $800 million on AECL this year alone.Many people may say that massive overspending on the nuclear crown corporation is par for the course for the government, but what is different this time is that it has... (more) | | (0 comments) Canada Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Nuclear Industry Other |
|  | A system used by 1,769 health care and research workers to measure their workplace radiation exposure may have under-reported radiation levels since 2008, says the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.The commission says a “calculation error” in the management system used by the devices is responsible for the low readings.The errors led to potential under-reporting of... (more) | | (0 comments) About Waterkeeper Canada Drink Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Fish Nuclear Industry |
| | | Patrick Lamarre, who heads Candu Energy Inc. is quoted in the Toronto Star saying that new Candu reactors are on hold:
In an interview, Lamarre said work on the next-generation Advanced Candu Reactor, or ACR, has been put on hold because there’s no market demand.
via Candu Energy seeks Ontario boost - thestar.com. (more) | | (0 comments) Canada Drink Durham Region Energy & Fossil Fuels Fish |
|  | Mr. Robert Chisholm (Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NDP):Mr. Speaker, Environment Canada's Dartmouth office is slashing 18 to 43 staff, devastating vital research on toxic substances, having the impact of axing studies on important environmental impacts of salmon farms and on poisonous mercury fallout from U.S. coal-fired power plants.Our environment cannot stand the... (more) | | (0 comments) Canada Drink Environmental Law Fish Swim |
| | | The Hill Times Online describes how eliminating the Canadian Environmental Network's core funding may impact environmental development in Canada. Click through to read the full story:
The Canadian Environmental Network is reeling from the elimination of its core funding by Environment Canada, and last week the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency told the Committee on the... (more) | | (0 comments) Canada Drink Environmental Law Fish Swim |
| | | On October 20, 2011, CBC reported from Ottawa that a 43% budget reduction at the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency could mean layoffs for 80 people at a time when Canada's major development projects are booming:
The federal watchdog that keeps an eye on natural resources projects to prevent environmental damage says it could soon be understaffed and overworked, limiting... (more) | | (0 comments) Canada Drink Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Fish Swim |
| | | Mr. Fin Donnelly (New Westminster—Coquitlam, NDP):Mr. Speaker, infectious salmon anemia has been diagnosed in sockeye smolts in the Pacific. This is the same virus that infected and wiped out almost 70% of farmed salmon in Chile.We do not know the long-term effects on wild salmon or how long this virus has been present in the Pacific waters. What is the government... (more) | | (0 comments) Canada Environmental Law Fish |
| | | Mr. Fin Donnelly (New Westminster—Coquitlam, NDP):Mr. Speaker, the fisheries minister is lost at sea. He has yet to say where the $57 million in cuts will come from. Now we learn that the government is cutting the Fisheries Resource Conservation Council on both coasts. These groups work closely with fishing communities providing much needed advice to the minister.Why... (more) | | (0 comments) Canada Fish |
| | | Ms. Megan Leslie (Halifax, NDP):Mr. Speaker, RCEN is a network of 640 environmental organizations in Canada. For the past 30 years, the network has been facilitating and supporting the work of Environment Canada. Last May, Environment Canada confirmed that funding for the network's operations would be maintained. Confirmation of the funds was to follow. After months of... (more) | | (0 comments) Canada Drink Environmental Law Fish Swim |
| | | Hon. Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, Lib.):Mr. Speaker, an internal memo to DFO employees has laid out the government's plans to wind down large ocean management projects, slash funding for science, services, aquaculture and other crucial departmental responsibilities. It seems that fishing communities are caught in the middle of the Conservative attack on facts and... (more) | | (0 comments) Canada Environmental Law Fish |
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