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Please see our current Action Alert:
Canada’s Environmental Assessment Law Is Under Attack

The present Canadian government doesn’t understand or value environmental assessment any more than it understands or values sustainable development. Unless the Canadian public – not just environmental groups – takes a stand, we could lose what’s left of the federal environmental assessment process, and with it the possibility of building a coherent and consistent framework for planning for sustainable development.

Based on developments over the last couple of years, the federal government...

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Monday, February 20, 2012

News release: Leading public health physicians, environmental lawyers and academics warned today against haphazard federal attempts to undermine environmental reviews, cautioning that any government effort to cut corners will put public health and safety at risk.

Monday, February 6, 2012

News release: (Quebec) The Coalition Québec meilleure mine (Better Mining Coalition) is appalled that federal Environment Minister Peter Kent has approved the Matoush uranium exploration project despite opposition from the Mistissini Cree and the findings of a controversial review panel report from July of last year.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

News release: Environmental groups across Canada are expressing shock over the abrupt termination of the Parliamentary review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA). Committee hearings scheduled for today were cancelled late last week without warning, and even written submissions are no longer being accepted.