Strengthen Bill S-5 to make Canada’s environmental protection law more just

A modernized Canadian Environmental Protection Act with a stronger legislative framework for assessing and controlling toxic substances—including greenhouse gasses—and protecting the right to a healthy environment is an urgent priority.

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault, pictured on Nov. 22 alongside Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan. A modernized CEPA is our best defence against current-day threats such as air pollution, the plastic crisis, endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the products we use every day and ongoing colonization, writes Jane E. McArthur. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JANE MCARTHUR

December 1, 2022

From controversies about COVID-19 protections to legislative actions around education and health workers to concerns about inflation and food costs, there is no shortage of critical issues that have captured our attention. All require concerted action that will have a necess...

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