LETTER – Tell MPs to protect our way of life on waterways
At present, the federal government is reviewing the Navigation Protection Act—that’s the law that should give all Canadians the right to paddle up and down this land’s [Continue]
Environment
SUZUKI – Environmental Protection Act review could strengthen human rights
GOVERNMENTS CHANGE — along with laws, regulations and priorities. It’s the nature of democracies. In Canada, we’ve seen environmental laws implemented, then weakened or [Continue]
SUZUKI – Plastic straws suck; get rid of them and help the environment
OF ALL THE plastic products we use and take for granted, plastic drinking straws are among the most unnecessary. Designed to be used once and discarded, their only real [Continue]
LETTER – Federal environment minister should visit Ajax site before decision
July 18, 2017 Dear Kamloops Deputy Mayor Arjun Singh: Thank you for your clear point form disclosure of your “against” opinion on the Ajax Mine Project. I am struck how [Continue]
SUZUKI – Nature offers the best defence against flooding
SPRING FLOODING in Canada this year upended lives, inundated city streets and swamped houses, prompting calls for sandbags, seawalls and dikes to save communities. Ontario [Continue]
LETTER – Experts express environmental concerns about Ajax
The B.C. Environment Assessment Organization has recently posted some new information from our government scientists regarding the KGHM Ajax proposal to put an open-pit mine [Continue]
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