Tuesday, October 18, 2016 The Fisheries Act failed to protect an important BC coastal salmon habitat. It’s time to renew the legislation. Young salmon rearing in the Skeena River estuary. (Photo: Tavish Campbell) read more
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Environmental Law Alert Blog: What are we going to do about Site C?
Monday, August 15, 2016
As the Site C dam project forges ahead, West Coast's RELAW Project Man…
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As the Site C dam project forges ahead, West Coast’s RELAW Project Manager Maxine Matilpi considers difficult questions about the future of the Peace River Valley and the Indigenous communities fighting to preserve their territories.
It’s the end of the day and our shared office is hot and stuffy. My colleague on the RELAW project, Georgia, asks with all seriousness, “What are we going to do about Site C?”
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Lessons from a summer at West Coast
Friday, August 12, 2016
West Coast Environmental Law Association was lucky to have four talented students join us this summer from law schools across the co…
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Friday, August 12, 2016
West Coast Environmental Law Association was lucky to have four talented students join us this summer from law schools across the co…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Catching up with science: Salmon biodiversity and Aboriginal fisheries rights in BC
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
At West Coast Environmental Law, we are passionate about collaboration a…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Catching up with science: Salmon biodiversity and Aboriginal fisheries rights in BC
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
At West Coast Environmental Law, we are passionate about collaboration a…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: #LovetheGreatBearSea: Put laws in place to protect it
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Earlier this year the BC government approved the Great Bear Rainforest Lan…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: #LovetheGreatBearSea: Put laws in place to protect it
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Earlier this year the BC government approved the Great Bear Rainforest Lan…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Enbridge asks for another shot: Public comment period open on Northern Gateway’s request to extend its expiring federal approval
Friday, June 3, 2016
The Enbridge Northern Gateway project's conditional approval is on track …
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Poor mines enforcement undermines social licence
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
BC’s government accuses political opponents of being too keen to say “no” to development, but a recent report by B…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: How do we make the environment a top issue in Supernatural BC’s next election?
Thursday, May 26, 2016
One year to go until BC’s next election – what role will defending ou…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Making a splash: Time for Canada to catch up as marine protected area networks take off around the world
Monday, May 16, 2016
Canadians love parks and wilderness. Banff, Nahanni, Algonquin, Gros Morne &n…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Taking action on fish habitat protection
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Momentum is growing to get habitat protection reinstated into the federal …
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Scaling Up the Fisheries Act: #Act4Fish
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Fish matter to Canadians. Fish habitat, called the “bedrock” …
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Mining good and bad news from a Mines Act announcement
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Good news and bad news on the environmental enforcement front from a recen…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Is BC’s environmental enforcement plummeting because conservation officers are stuck at their desks?
Monday, September 21, 2015 During the summer a news story on Global TV suggested that BC has too few conservation officers to deal with all of the problem wildlife calls. The key report that Global based this story on also helps explain why BC's enforcement of environmental laws been dropping
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: An open letter to FactsCan.ca on Navigable Waters and Environmental Protection
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Dear FactsCan.ca – We write in regard to your recent “fact check” of a 2014 petition by the New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP) related to the removal of environmental protection from 2.5 million of Canada’s lakes and rivers. The NDP states that “Canada went from
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Pricing the priceless: Why BC’s new water prices don’t violate NAFTA
Friday, July 17, 2015 We have suggested that BC's new water rates are too low – an assessment shared by the signatories to a SumofUs.org petition signed by 225,000 people. As a result, the BC government has commited to review its water rates. But with former MLA Judy Tyabji suggesting
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Mini-SLAPP provisions dropped from new BC Societies Act
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Today Bill 24, a new Societies Act, was introduced in the BC Legislature. We are very happy to be able to confirm that the controversial “Section 99”, which had been proposed in a government discussion paper, has been dropped. We’re inviting British Columbians to thank Finance
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