B.C. Rejects Request for Inquiry into Mining Practices
Widespread criticism of B.C.’s mining rules is undeserved according to Energy and Mines Minister Bill...
Public Inquiry Formally Requested to Investigate B.C.’s Shoddy Mining Rules
The ramshackle regulatory system governing B.C.’s mining industry is profoundly dysfunctional and the public has...
No Fines, No Charges Laid for Mount Polley Mine Disaster
No charges will be laid against the Mount Polley Mine Corporation, owned by Imperial Metals,...
UVic Report Calling for Updates to Charities Law Creates Stir
The release of a University of Victoria study calling for updates to Canadian charitable law...
Canada’s Charitable Law Urgently Needs Reforming: New UVic Report
A report released today by the University of Victoria’s Environmental Law Centre calls for sweeping...
Environment Canada Letter to Federal Scientists Acknowledges 22 per cent of Interviews Denied in 2013
An open letter to Environment Canada staff from Deputy Minister Bob Hamilton and Associate Deputy...
Harper’s Attack on Science: “No Science, No Evidence, No Truth, No Democracy”
This is a DeSmog Canada post originally commissioned for the Academic Matters: The Journal of...
Interview: ELC Legal Director Calvin Sandborn “Tickled Pink” Over Commissioner’s Muzzling Investigation
Calvin Sandborn, the Environmental Law Centre’s (ELC) legal director, is “tickled pink” over the Information...
