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|  | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONMr. Jonah Schein: Speaker, this question is to the Minister of the Environment. Ontarians want the government to protect—Interjections.The Speaker (Hon. Dave Levac): Order. The member from Pembroke will come to order––the second time, please.Member?Mr. Jonah Schein: Thank you.Ontarians want the government to protect our... (more) | | (1 comments) Drink Environmental Law Fish Ontario Swim |
| | | Mr. Monte McNaughton: Mr. Speaker, my question today is for the Minister of Economic Development and Innovation. As you know, there are over 500,000 job-killing regulations currently on the books here in Ontario, and in October alone over 75,000 full-time jobs were lost. In fact, seven out of 10 jobs being lost across Canada are being lost right here in Ontario.My riding of... (more) | | (0 comments) Drink Environmental Law Fish Ontario Swim |
|  | Mike de Souza of PostMedia writes about a new report that suggests industrial water users should pay for the water they use. The report also suggests that Canada should create a new inventory of its water resources:
The panel, appointed by the federal government to provide advice on environmental and economic issues, said that industry accounts for about 86 per cent of... (more) | | (0 comments) Canada Drink Environmental Law Groundwater Industrial Emissions |
| | | Ms. Joyce Murray (Vancouver Quadra, Lib.):Mr. Speaker, this is an extraordinary moment for our planet. This month the world's seven billionth citizen was born into a population more aware than ever of the challenges of sustaining life on a crowded planet.Between 1960 and 2000, the world's population doubled. During that same period, the world lost 25% of its land... (more) | | (0 comments) Canada Drink Fish Swim |
| | | Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis, Lib.):Mr. Speaker, Canada's drinking water report card says the government is failing in almost every aspect of water protection.Only marginal improvements have been made to municipal water treatment since the government was first elected, an area where we should be investing to help cash-strapped municipalities.The report... (more) | | (0 comments) Canada Drink Environmental Law |
| | | Colin Perkel in the Hamilton Spectator on November 15, 2011 writes about a recent report from Ecojustice, which surveys Canada's drinking water protections:
More than a decade after the Walkerton disaster, much of Canada's tap water remains at risk from contamination despite initial progress in front-line monitoring and treatment, a new report concludes.In its third such... (more) | | (0 comments) Canada Drink Environmental Law |
| | | Heidi Riedner of YorkRegion.com writes about a plan to treat York Region's sewage in its original watershed, rather than pipe it off to Lake Ontario. The story is from November 3, 2011:
The ability of the wastewater treatment plants to remove pharmaceuticals and personal care products that are flushed down drains is one issue for Councillor Craig, who suggested the region go... (more) | | (0 comments) Drink Durham Region Fish Greater Toronto Region Sewers & Urban Runoff Swim |
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