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Getting it Right: Strong Laws for Healthy Communities and a Resilient Environment
Author: West Coast Environmental Law Association, David Suzuki Foundation, Ecojustice, Environmental Defence, Freshwater Alliance, Pembina Institute, Northern Confluence, Tides Canada
Publication Date: November 2017
Pages: 12
Topics: Federal environmental laws
Infographic: Floodplain Jurisdiction in BC
Author: Deborah Carlson, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: November 2017
Pages: 1
Topics:
Submission to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Regarding the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act
Author: Gavin Smith
Publication Date: October 2017
Pages: 11
Topics: Oil tankers, Bill C-48, Oil Tanker Moratorium Act
Between Law and Action: Assessing the State of Knowledge on Indigenous Law, UNDRIP and Free, Prior and Informed Consent with Reference to Fresh Water Resources
Author: Hannah Askew, Corey Snelgrove, Kelsey R Wrightson, Don Couturier, Alisa Koebel, Linda Nowlan, Karen Bakker
Publication Date: September 2017
Pages: 54
Topics: UNDRIP, FPIC, Indigenous Law
Top 10 Recommendations for a Renewed Fisheries Act
Author: Linda Nowlan
Publication Date: August 2017
Pages: 12
Topics: Fisheries Act
WCELA Submissions on Modernizing the National Energy Board
Author: Anna Johnston, Jessica Clogg
Publication Date: August 2017
Pages: 4
Topics: National Energy Board
Outcomes of Federal Environmental Assessment Reform Summit II
Author: Anna Johnston
Publication Date: August 2017
Pages: 40
Topics: Environmental Assessment
WCELA Submissions on the Environmental Assessment Aspects of the Environmental and Regulatory Reviews Discussion Paper
Author: Anna Johnston, Jessica Clogg
Publication Date: August 2017
Pages: 19
Topics: Environmental Assessment
Letter on Reforming Federal Environmental Assessment Law
Author: West Coast Environmental Law Association, Nature Canada, MiningWatch Canada, Centre Québécois du Droit de L’Environnement, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, Anna Johnston, Jessica Clogg
Publication Date: August 2017
Pages: 4
Topics: Environmental Assessment
Making the Grade: A Report Card on Canada’s Proposal for Strengthening Environmental Laws and Processes
Author: Jessica Clogg, Anna Johnston, Linda Nowlan, Eugene Kung, Andrew Gage
Publication Date: July 2017
Pages: 8
Topics: Environmental Assessment, NEB, Fisheries Act, Navigation Protection Act