Vulnerable populations will be more at risk due to Bill S-5’s CEPA changes

Bill S-5 may doom attempts to improve environmental health outcomes for vulnerable populations for generations to come.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May unsuccessfully introduced amendments to Bill S-5 at the House Environment Committee that would have corrected the gap in the legislation, write Joseph Castrilli and Fe de Leon. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JOSEPH F. CASTRILLI AND FE DE LEON

March 8, 2023

A mid-February media release from the federal environment minister repackaged a year-old outline of Bill S-5 amendments to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) currently being considered by Parliament.

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