British Columbia’s looming extinction crisis
British Columbia has well over 2,000 species at risk of disappearing yet has no endangered...
Many of the largest environmental battles in Canada’s history have been fought in front of a judge and gavel. From the Canadian constitution and international commitments to local bylaws, environmental law is shaping the future of Canada’s wilderness, oceans, suburbs, farmland and cities.
Environmental law is penetrating into the public conversation more now than any other time in living memory. But it can seem dense. (Let’s be honest: it is dense.) Never fear — we bring you dynamic legal experts, thoughtful advocates and Indigenous scholars and knowledge-keepers to make sense of Canada’s changing legal landscape.
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British Columbia has well over 2,000 species at risk of disappearing yet has no endangered...
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Canada Water Agency must address boil advisories in First Nations communities, establish national quality standards...
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A recent ruling by three Appeal Court justices has transformed the nature of Treaty 8...
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In a rebuke to Canada, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has expressed regret that work continues on the Coastal GasLink...
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