Press releases
Health Canada’s glyphosate evaluation flawed, environmental groups charge
Apr 28, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Widespread use of glyphosate, the world’s most extensively sold pesticide, will continue in Canada despite international concerns about health and ecological risks OTTAWA – April 28, 2017 — … Read more.
N.S. government must clean up Harrietsfield contamination
Mar 22, 2017
HALIFAX — Residents of Harrietsfield, N.S. are asking Environment Minister Margaret Miller to enforce a clean-up order for a defunct construction and demolition recycling facility that has contaminated their drinking water for more than a decade. Ecojustice, Canada’s largest environmental law charity, has launched an e-mail campaign in … Read more.
Statement: NEB hits reset button on Energy East hearing, Ecojustice and Transition Initiative Kenora react
Jan 27, 2017
TORONTO — Ecojustice lawyer, Charles Hatt and Transition Initiative Kenora executive director, Teika Newton made the following statement in response to the new National Energy Board panel granting their motion … Read more.
Federal approval of Kinder Morgan pipeline project unlawful
Dec 20, 2016
VANCOUVER – Environmental groups launched a lawsuit today that challenges the federal Cabinet’s approval of Kinder Morgan’s pipeline project. “Cabinet should never have approved the Kinder Morgan project,” said Dyna … Read more.
Environmental group takes diamond giant De Beers to court
Dec 6, 2016
Failures to report on methylmercury, a neurotoxin, prompt legal action December 6, 2016 TORONTO – Wildlands League, represented by Ecojustice lawyers, has filed a private prosecution against De Beers Canada … Read more.
Religious freedom must include protection for Indigenous peoples’ sacred sites: Case before the Supreme Court of Canada could mark important turning point in Canadian law
Dec 1, 2016
A case before the Supreme Court today provides a crucial opportunity to bring Canadian law into line with international human rights standards and global precedents protecting the sacred sites of … Read more.
Federal regulator announces Neonicotinoid pesticide phase out
Nov 23, 2016
TORONTO — Ecojustice lawyer, Charles Hatt, reacts to the PMRA’s announcement: The Pest Management Regulatory Agency announced that it would phase out a neonicotinoid pesticide that poses unsustainable environmental risks, and … Read more.
STATEMENT re: Federal Court of Appeal ruling on approval of GM salmon production
Oct 27, 2016
OTTAWA – Ecojustice, Ecology Action Centre and Living Oceans Society issued the following statement about the Federal Court of Appeal’s ruling on the approval of GM salmon production: Kaitlyn Mitchell, … Read more.
Groups head to court to overturn federal approval of GM salmon
Oct 18, 2016
Approval failed to apply science-based, precautionary measures, groups say OTTAWA – Environmental groups are in court today to overturn a ruling that upheld the federal government’s approval of the development … Read more.
