Canada Moving to Exempt Majority of New Oilsands Projects From Federal Assessments
After more than a year of public hearings, the federal government unveiled its new and...
Strange bedfellows: Greenpeace, CAPP Team Up in Court Case on Alberta’s Abandoned Wells
The Alberta government and an unlikely crew of allies — including Greenpeace, an oil lobbying...
New Legislation Shows Cracks in Trudeau’s First Nations Promises
When it comes to the rights of Indigenous peoples, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks a...
Three Gaping Holes in Trudeau’s Attempt to Fix Canada’s Environmental Laws
This piece originally appeared on Policy Options. Windows of opportunity for transformative change are rare...
Nova Scotia’s Dirty Secret
Lighthouse Beach, a white sand crescent on the north coast of Nova Scotia, was once...
Remember When Harper Ruined Canada’s Environmental Laws? Here’s How the Liberals Want to Revamp Them
Remember that whole fiasco in 2012 when Stephen Harper basically, you know, eviscerated most of...
New Fisheries Act Reverses Harper-era ‘Gutting’
Canada’s fishery laws are back — well, on the first step to being back, at...
How B.C. Outsourced Environmental Protection (And What You Can Do About It)
If you look closely at almost any major environmental controversy in B.C. in the past...
How Legal Is the “Bloodwater” Dump in B.C.?
By Maryann Watson, Marine Scientist and Stephanie Hewson, Staff Counsel at West Coast Environmental Law...
