Ontario Nature, Earthroots, Ecojustice and Ducks Unlimited released a report this week on Ontario Wetlands: Protecting Greenbelt Wetlands: How Effective is Policy.
Many of the report’s suggestions relate to better interdepartmental and intergovernmental decision-making integration. Others propose more measurable and defensible standards in the approvals process.
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In August David McRobert and Paula Boutis asked if it was time for Ontario political parties to revisit the issue of intervenor funding and access to environmental justice. They have followed up and made an application under the Environmental Bill of Rights requesting a review of existing laws, regulations and policies related to public participation and hearings under the Environment Assessment Act and other environmental and planning laws.
Recognizing the barriers that individuals with disabilities face in obtaining access to goods, services, facilities, accommodation, employment and buildings or premises, the Ontario legislature enacted the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA).
Ecojustice filed a petition in November demanding that federal Environment Minister Peter Kent issue an emergency order to protect a sagebrush prairie bird from extirpation from Canada. They relied on provisions in the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA) (section 80(2)) allowing the Minister to recommend emergency protection of the endangered Sage-Grouse and stop further human disturbance in the habitat the birds need to survive. The petition, sent on behalf of an international coalition of 12 environmental groups, demanded that the Minister respond by Jan. 16.
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The Internet represents a communications revolution. It makes instantaneous global communication available cheaply to anyone with a computer and an Internet connection. It enables individuals, institutions, and companies to communicate with a potentially vast global audience. It is a medium which does not respect geographical boundaries. Concomitant with the utopian possibility of creating virtual communities, enabling aspects of identity to be explored, and heralding a new and global age of free speech and democracy, the Internet is also potentially a medium of virtually limitless international defamation [emphasis added]. 1
Continue reading “Defamation, SLAPP suits, and the Internet Age”
On January 10, 2011, the Environmental Commissioner’s released his special report “Biodiversity: A Nation’s Commitment, an Obligation for Ontario.” The Commissioner’s Press release is aptly titled “Ontario Government Missing in Action to Halt the Loss of Biodiversity.”
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