Are BC’s election advertising rules silencing public debate?
Friday, April 19, 2013 Well, the writ’s been dropped and this Environmental Law Alert post is brought to you by the West Coast Environmental Law Association, sponsor under the Elections…
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NEB should abandon undemocratic limits on public comment
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Last Thursday, April 4th the National Energy Board (NEB) announced that anyone who wished to comment on Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline proposal in Central Canada even…
NEB should abandon undemocratic limits on public comment
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Last Thursday, April 4th the National Energy Board (NEB) announced that anyone who wished to comment on Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline proposal in Central Canada even…
”Fighting not just for our children, but for your children too …”
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 A snow storm that blew through central Canada made this year’s March 19 Ottawa’s snowiest on record. But there was more than weather to distinguish this…
On Greenwashing Canada’s Enviro-Assessment Laws
Monday, April 8, 2013 A press release issued last Tuesday (April 2nd), by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) concerning a proposed Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Export Terminal at…
Appointment of Federal Representative on Energy Infrastructure: Too Little Too Late?
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 As the Yinka Dene Alliance and their allies were gathering in Ottawa to renew their opposition to Tar Sands Pipelines on March 19th, Natural Resource Minister,…
Privatizing Salmon Protection: The Failure of the Riparian Areas Regulation
Thursday, March 28, 2013 In BC, key protection for fish habitat is supposed to be provided by the Riparian Areas Regulation (RAR) – a law intended to ensure that residential…
Land Use Planning for Nature, Climate and Communities
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 In December 2012 the Environmental Law Centre at the University of Victoria published a collection of environmental law reform proposals, with contributions from a variety of…
Municipality without people is a Jumbo of a problem
Monday, March 11, 2013 When is a municipality not a municipality? When no one lives there. West Coast Environmental Law is proud to support the West Kootenay Ecosociety in their…
We can’t just roll-over when it comes to the government’s roll-over forest plans
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Last Wednesday (Feb 20th) the Provincial government announced proposed amendments to the Forest Act that will provide for the conversion of volume-based forest licences to area-based…
Premier Clark abandons promise to ban cosmetic pesticides – now promises to regulate
Friday, February 22, 2013 Premier Christie Clark once promised a ban on cosmetic pesticides in BC, but the BC government is now promising laws that require that licensed pesticide applicators…
The case of the tankers and the missing insurance money
Thursday, January 24, 2013 Kinder Morgan’s proposal to expand its oil pipeline from Alberta’s Tarsands to Burnaby will dramatically increase the number of oil tankers passing through the Salish Sea,…
Vast majority of countries moving to address climate change – but not Canada
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 The Canadian government likes to excuse its slow action on climate change by suggesting that Canada needs to wait for other countries to act. However, when…
#IdleNoMore and the future of Canada
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Idle No More raises questions about both the past and future of Canada itself. It goes to the reality that we are a nation with a…
From Oolichan to Enbridge: Getting to the Heart of Cumulative Impacts Management in the Northwest
Monday, January 14, 2013 In November 2012, 170 resource management practitioners, scientists, academics, and community members came together at a conference in Smithers, BC entitled “Adding it All Up: Balancing…
The Smoking Gun: Who was the real author of the 2012 omnibus bills?
Friday, January 11, 2013 Kudos to Greenpeace Canada for finding something of a smoking gun exposing the role of the oil and gas industry in the gutting of Canada’s environmental…
Yukon court decision could force BC to overhaul its antiquated mining laws
Thursday, January 10, 2013 The decision of the Yukon Court of Appeal in Ross River Dena Council v. Government of the Yukon – delivered just days before the end of…
Raising your voice for the Enbridge JRP (in Victoria, Vancouver and Kelowna)
Thursday, January 3, 2013 Well, tomorrow (January 4th) the Enbridge Joint Review Panel arrives in Victoria. It’s in Vancouver on January 14th, and in Kelowna on the 28th. So this…
West Coast questions legality of wolf-kill contest
Monday, December 17, 2012 Should hunting clubs be able to hold wolf-killing contests, with the intent to cull the wolf population? A legal opinion we prepared for Pacific Wild on…
First Nations lead the charge against Canada-China Trade deal
Friday, December 14, 2012 First Nations in BC are playing a national leadership role in pushing back against the controversial Canada China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPPA), and…