Top 5 environmental promises from Premier Christie Clark
Monday, May 27, 2013 Like many, I did not see Premier Christie Clark’s surprise majority win coming. The environmental community, West Coast Environmental Law included, saw some of the other…
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Top 5 environmental promises from Premier Christy Clark
Monday, May 27, 2013 Like many, I did not see Premier Christy Clark’s surprise majority win coming. The environmental community, West Coast Environmental Law included, saw some of the other…
Election 2013 – On protecting BC’s Salmon
Thursday, May 2, 2013 Earlier this year, the BC Legislature declared the Pacific Salmon to be BC’s official fish. Which is no doubt nice for the salmon. But even nicer…
Election 2013 – On protecting BC’s Salmon
Thursday, May 2, 2013 Earlier this year, the BC Legislature declared the Pacific Salmon to be BC’s official fish. Which is no doubt nice for the salmon. But even nicer…
Election 2013: Party platforms from 10,000 feet
Friday, April 26, 2013 The BC New Democratic Party released its election platform on Wednesday (April 24th), the last of the four main parties to release its platform. What? You…
Election 2013: Party platforms from 10,000 feet
Friday, April 26, 2013 The BC New Democratic Party released its election platform on Wednesday (April 24th), the last of the four main parties to release its platform. What? You…
Elections – a time to assert your environmental values
Friday, April 19, 2013 Tools and resources that raise environmental issues in the context of an election are always of interest over here at the West Coast Environmental Law Association.…
Elections – a time to assert your environmental values
Friday, April 19, 2013 Tools and resources that raise environmental issues in the context of an election are always of interest over here at the West Coast Environmental Law Association.…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
From Twitter Moots to Chemical Valleys, lawyers are talking environmental rights
Friday, December 14, 2012 On November 20th Team U of Alberta won the world’s second-ever Twitter Moot, arguing that we all have a right to a healthy atmosphere. Meanwhile our…
Living Democracy from the Ground Up: Why Local Voices Matter
Thursday, December 6, 2012 Living Democracy from the Ground Up is a mini-documentary series produced by West Coast Environmental Law that takes an up close and personal look and the…
Gutting Canada’s environmental laws = increased litigation
Thursday, December 6, 2012 Almost a year ago, Natural Resources Minister, Joe Oliver, made an unfounded accusations that environmental organizations were adopting "a quintessential American approach: sue everyone and anyone…
Cohen Commission: Put Wild Salmon First!
Friday, November 2, 2012 The final report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River was released on October 31st, contrary to rumours…
Environmental law is funny (really)
Thursday, November 1, 2012 When asked in polls, a large majority of Canadians think that it’s important for BC and Canada to have strong environmental laws. The trouble is, when…