Bill 15, the Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act 2019, currently being debated in the BC Legislature, has revealed deep-seated divisions between the governing BC NDP an
Environmental Law Alert Blog
Through our Environmental Law Alert blog, West Coast keeps you up to date on the latest developments and issues in environmental law. This includes:
- proposed changes to the law that will weaken, or strengthen, environmental protection;
- stories and situations where existing environmental laws are failing to protect the environment; and
- emerging legal strategies that could be used to protect our environment.
If you have an environmental story that we should hear about, please e-mail Andrew Gage. We welcome your comments on any of the posts to this blog – but please keep in mind our policies on comments.
Canadians depend on the federal government to safeguard our families, our health and the environment from pollution, toxic contamination and other potential harms.
Increasingly, we are seeing stories of how the ocean is changing – both locally off the coast of BC, and on a global scale.
We are running a race to protect the environment, and the environmental rule of law could be the last hurdle.
For over 14,000 years, the Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nation has thrived on the abundance of the lands and waters in what is now known as the central coast of British Columbia.
Big Oil’s problem isn’t international philanthropy – it’s a changing market in the face of climate change
The world watched last week as an armed RCMP force entered Wet’suwet’en territory without their consent and arrested 14 people.
Sometimes the little guy gets a clear win.
As 2018 comes to a close, the West Coast team wanted to share our victories and milestones with our “Year in Review”
When it comes to protecting freedom of speech, the BC government is all talk.